Okay, so I have been a bit slack with cooking. After realizing how much food these recipes were making (I was feeding at least 2 extra people) and adding up how much money I was spending on ingredients every week, I decided to try already frozen meals. I thought it'd either run out the same cost or be cheaper. I think it worked out the same, but instead of having to cook myself, I just throw it in the microwave.
Speaking of microwaves, I had to get a new one :( . It would never keep going after 3 minutes, and would take at least 5 minutes to restart again. Not good for these frozen meals that needed more than 3 minutes. It also got really hot on top too. Does anyone else's microwave get really hot? there was enough space for air flow. IT COULD'VE BLOWN UP!
I ended up not liking these meals and started to resort back to home delivery. Chinese and Turkish food mainly. The only problem is, there is a minimum order of $25 before they deliver. So here I was spending at least $25-$30 a night. Add that up... that's at least $125 for a 5 day week!
At least when you cook your own food, you know what you're eating. The meals I were eating had vegetables, mashed potato and meat. The mashed potato, I think it was the powdered stuff. The vegetables... peas, beans and carrots... these were yum but there wasn't enough of them, and the meat? The steak tasted funny, and the chicken? I wasn't a fan of the texture, and it tasted a little funny too.
What was I really eating? I have absolutely no idea, and I think I'd rather not know. Cooking from recipes, a thickener means using cornflour mixed with water (for example). Not like in the already frozen meals where an ingredient is "thickener (1422)". I've read in places and learnt at school that if there is a number after the ingredient, it is a chemical kind. Not something you can just buy in a supermarket to throw in your dish.
But, I've pulled my act together and I've started looking up recipes again and ready to enjoy my food again.
Speaking of microwaves, I had to get a new one :( . It would never keep going after 3 minutes, and would take at least 5 minutes to restart again. Not good for these frozen meals that needed more than 3 minutes. It also got really hot on top too. Does anyone else's microwave get really hot? there was enough space for air flow. IT COULD'VE BLOWN UP!
I ended up not liking these meals and started to resort back to home delivery. Chinese and Turkish food mainly. The only problem is, there is a minimum order of $25 before they deliver. So here I was spending at least $25-$30 a night. Add that up... that's at least $125 for a 5 day week!
At least when you cook your own food, you know what you're eating. The meals I were eating had vegetables, mashed potato and meat. The mashed potato, I think it was the powdered stuff. The vegetables... peas, beans and carrots... these were yum but there wasn't enough of them, and the meat? The steak tasted funny, and the chicken? I wasn't a fan of the texture, and it tasted a little funny too.
What was I really eating? I have absolutely no idea, and I think I'd rather not know. Cooking from recipes, a thickener means using cornflour mixed with water (for example). Not like in the already frozen meals where an ingredient is "thickener (1422)". I've read in places and learnt at school that if there is a number after the ingredient, it is a chemical kind. Not something you can just buy in a supermarket to throw in your dish.
But, I've pulled my act together and I've started looking up recipes again and ready to enjoy my food again.
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