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omorkaThis whole not-cooking-regularly thing is really pissing me off.
On workdays, I rarely get to cook because I don't get to leave work until 5:00 or 5:30 (having gotten there at 7:00 am) and am usually too wiped to get my ass together and boil water. But I am acutely conscious that eating out constantly is one of the reasons I'm heavier than I should be - it's very hard to get food that both tastes decent and is reasonably healthy out. Moreover, and perhaps more important, it's a part of my kitchen-witchery that the process of preparing food is extremely important to me, to the point of being a spiritual practice.
At the moment, I'm making a meal that isn't really homemade, even though I'm cooking it here at the apartment. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts (from an IQF bag) marinated all day in store-bought Italian dressing, grilled on the little indoor grill pan, with pasta dressed with Middle Market pesto. Pretty much all store-bought and thrown together. And yet, I feel much better about it than any other meal I've eaten this week.
There's a tray of pre-cut stir-fry vegetables in the refrigerator - also from Middle Market - that will become another not-really-homemade meal either tomorrow or Saturday. Again, I feel really bad about using storeboughts and precuts - but it's better than eating out again.
On workdays, I rarely get to cook because I don't get to leave work until 5:00 or 5:30 (having gotten there at 7:00 am) and am usually too wiped to get my ass together and boil water. But I am acutely conscious that eating out constantly is one of the reasons I'm heavier than I should be - it's very hard to get food that both tastes decent and is reasonably healthy out. Moreover, and perhaps more important, it's a part of my kitchen-witchery that the process of preparing food is extremely important to me, to the point of being a spiritual practice.
At the moment, I'm making a meal that isn't really homemade, even though I'm cooking it here at the apartment. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts (from an IQF bag) marinated all day in store-bought Italian dressing, grilled on the little indoor grill pan, with pasta dressed with Middle Market pesto. Pretty much all store-bought and thrown together. And yet, I feel much better about it than any other meal I've eaten this week.
There's a tray of pre-cut stir-fry vegetables in the refrigerator - also from Middle Market - that will become another not-really-homemade meal either tomorrow or Saturday. Again, I feel really bad about using storeboughts and precuts - but it's better than eating out again.
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there's always sauce from a jar
Date: 2004-08-20 11:27 am (UTC)or throw in some ricotta and other cheeses, turn it into a casserole and pop in the oven to melt together while you have salad and a glass of wine..
so don't stress to much over the pre-packs, if you are adding your own energy to the meal. and it is better than restaurant food.
and I, too, am waiting for the weather to cool down, so my crock pot recipes can emerge