WFH and cooking, what do you eat everyday?
Hi everyone,
For a while, I've been working from home. And one of the things I miss about the office is the lunches. Not because they were great, but I did not have to think about it :)
Does anybody also suffer from this, deciding what to eat everyday? Trying to make a decision considering health, shopping and cooking time?
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I normally have lunch at restaurants. That changed when lockdowns started.
These days, it's home cooked meals every day!
At first, it was a bit of a bummer. The worst part is doing chores in the middle of the day.
Fortunately, I started turning cooking (and other house chores) into a hobby. It's a nice break from staring at screens.
While doing chores, I'd listen to podcasts or ebooks. And have been treating it to be a strenuous leisure activity. Best part: I get to eat the product.
The keys are:
I think your keys are spot on!
One thing I typically like to think about in meal prepping is how can I expand what I am currently cooking so I can use it later. Can I make a larger batch of rice that I can use to make fried rice for lunch tomorrow? Can I double a vinaigrette I'm making for a salad at dinner and turn it into a sauce for roasted vegetables? Or can I take some extra roasted vegetables and throw them in a salad the next day for lunch?
I stole this from someone else (sadly I can't remember where I heard it to give them credit), but it is this idea of a "never-ending meal". You just keep carrying things forward to make your next meal even easier.
Love the never-ending meal idea!
Unlike the typical meal prep, this one introduces variety so even if you use a same ingredient across dishes, each dish is actually unique!
Exactly! It’s not making everything in advance and then just warming it up. It’s completing a few ingredients or components ahead of time and then reusing then in other places.
I like making lentils and rice in my rice cooker because it's easy and they taste great if I throw in some coconut milk and curry paste, plus some frozen vegetables. Also found some "healthier" cup of noodles called Mr. Lees that are good. I try to make sure to have one "fancy" lunch (usually delivery or pickup from a local restaurant) once a week.
Lentils are so underrated in the US. Not sure why we don't eat them as much as other cultures! They're delicious, nutritious, and easy!
Oh I am a big fan of shopping I spent lots of my money on shopping every week in the last month you can see some best cast irons here to buy.
I don’t know a meal that I am eating every day. I try to cook various meals every 4 or 5 days, so even if I repeat myself, my stomach doesn’t remember it. But, there are products that I put every morning on the table. I adore the jam and I cook it every summer. By the way I keep my pots in such an organizer that I found on a reviews list https://www.thewindupspace.com/best-pull-out-organizers-for-pots-and-pans/ and I didn’t wait for too long. I bought it and I am very happy.