Dinner at Home
Mar 30, 2011
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I've been trying this new thing lately, called making dinner at home. It's a good idea! I can't believe I used to hate going out to eat. I seriously thought I would die. That was a weird phase in my life. Now I'm making up for it, I suppose. But perhaps a bit too much. Hence the making food at home. Matt does some cooking too. Here's what he made the other night.
Last night I was invited over to his parents' house for dinner and tonight we were lazy and had frozen pizza (because I had class and got home super late) but we didn't go out and the pizza was on sale for $4, so that's pretty good. I spiffed it up with pico de gallo and spinach.
Tomorrow I have caving class, which also goes late, so I'm trying to figure out how that will work. My plan was wild rice stuffed pork chops and asparagus, so I'm hoping I can convince my chef to make it for me. Tee hee!
I really want to make healthy dinners at home every night and work out on a regular basis. I just have so much stuff going on all the time and it's hard. Like tonight, after work, school and groceries, I was home for the night by about 8:30. That's pretty typical. Maybe I'm trying to do too much?
Yes, you're doing TOO much!
That picture looks delicious!!
Good for you! Dinners at home are better!
"I'm hoping I can convince my chef to make it for me." LOL
I'm also cooking almost everything I eat, and the way I make it work timewise is to make larger quantities of two main dishes each week -- I can eat the same things for lunch/dinner 4-5 days and still freeze a few portions, and making a side dish of vegetables or fruit doesn't take very long. If I get bored, I supplement with things I've previously frozen or sandwiches. I eat a lot of lentils and rice with caramelized onions and spices (especially good with avocado), and last night I made a chickpea + collard greens main dish and fresh bread.
Sometimes the box macaroni wins, though.
I'll have to try that yam recipe. It looks delicious!