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juldeaThis list is of meals I make that require honest-to-goodness cooking, i.e. not soup from a can, macaroni and cheese, or frozen ravioli, although they are also dinner options at the house.
grilled chicken or steak (on Foreman)
chicken pot pie
poor man's lasagna
stir fry
meatloaf
pot roast
fried rice
barbeque chicken with rice and corn
spaghetti with meat sauce
bean and meat burritos
chicken parmesan
Portuguese kale/sausage soup
vegetarian vegetable soup
quinoa risotto with arugula
couscous with various mix-ins
quinoa with various mix-ins
baked herbed chicken
spaghetti with parmesan, garlic, and olive oil
Most of my meals follow the same form: carb (rice, couscous, quinoa, pasta) & meat (chicken, steak, or ground turkey; rarely sausage, tofu, or tuna) with some vegetables (fresh, frozen, or canned) thrown in somewhere. I'm a big fan of one-dish meals where all of these things are cooked in together. One meal in fifty might have a side dish; if the vegetables aren't cooked into the carb or the meat, they're rarely eaten.
I enjoy the process of cooking, but I have become bored of the way I cook. Perhaps because I get most of my vegetables canned or frozen (regular exceptions: onion, mushroom, carrots) and throw them into whatever meal I'm making, I don't think of them as foods in and of themselves that can earn the right of their own dishes. I'll put green beans in vegetable soup, but they're completely boring all by themselves. Carrots are often sliced up and put into things, but just cooked carrots? Yawn.
The main problem with wanting to try to expand my use of solo vegetables is I'm very sick of solo meat. ANOTHER meal with a chicken breast or hunk of steak next to whatever else?
Also of note: I really rarely eat fruit these days. Must do something about this.
grilled chicken or steak (on Foreman)
chicken pot pie
poor man's lasagna
stir fry
meatloaf
pot roast
fried rice
barbeque chicken with rice and corn
spaghetti with meat sauce
bean and meat burritos
chicken parmesan
Portuguese kale/sausage soup
vegetarian vegetable soup
quinoa risotto with arugula
couscous with various mix-ins
quinoa with various mix-ins
baked herbed chicken
spaghetti with parmesan, garlic, and olive oil
Most of my meals follow the same form: carb (rice, couscous, quinoa, pasta) & meat (chicken, steak, or ground turkey; rarely sausage, tofu, or tuna) with some vegetables (fresh, frozen, or canned) thrown in somewhere. I'm a big fan of one-dish meals where all of these things are cooked in together. One meal in fifty might have a side dish; if the vegetables aren't cooked into the carb or the meat, they're rarely eaten.
I enjoy the process of cooking, but I have become bored of the way I cook. Perhaps because I get most of my vegetables canned or frozen (regular exceptions: onion, mushroom, carrots) and throw them into whatever meal I'm making, I don't think of them as foods in and of themselves that can earn the right of their own dishes. I'll put green beans in vegetable soup, but they're completely boring all by themselves. Carrots are often sliced up and put into things, but just cooked carrots? Yawn.
The main problem with wanting to try to expand my use of solo vegetables is I'm very sick of solo meat. ANOTHER meal with a chicken breast or hunk of steak next to whatever else?
Also of note: I really rarely eat fruit these days. Must do something about this.