Feb 15, 2010

Readers,

I've discovered some things about cooking for myself the past few days.

1.  I really need to expand the repertoire. I boring myself sooner than I anticipated.
2. Cooking causes leftovers. Leftovers are inevitable. It is inevitable that I do not want to eat the leftovers.
3. Yet, I continue to cook fresh stuff and the timing of things is getting complicated. Tonight I cooked something new for tomorrow, yet ate my leftovers from the weekend. Why does that seem unfair?
4. I'm not very good at this, and consistency remains very elusive. I can make the same thing two and three times over the course of a week or two and it will come out completely different. But, it feels like I'm following the recipes each time!
5. Eating only items that I actually cook for myself does continue to keep me mindful of portions and nutrition. I have yet to graduate to higher concerns like the balance of flavors. I'm lucky to have any flavor at all sometimes. 
6. I seem to have completely forgotten that I have a dishwasher.
7. I seem to have completely forgotten why anyone would go to a restaurant.
8. I'm actually a little surprised that I haven't cut or burned myself yet. (Did I just jinx myself?)
9. I'd like to work on vegetarian meals. It seems like I shouldn't need to eat meat twice a day every day. Does anyone else feel that way? Am I going to be kicked out of Texas for even thinking that?
10. And, finally, I've actually started to add to the toolkit. An immersion blender. Oh, boy. Tomato soup, here I come!

Be well everyone. Thanks for reading.