very late breakfast today uses up the last okra, the last canned corn, leftover potatoes, some of the remaining cabbage, a jar of curry my Dad gifted me with when I asked to buy curry from the store.
I was not told much about adulthood and one of the things nobody told me was how many meals would be use-up-stuff-I-bought-while-stoked-about-it.
@Leucrotta That sounds like way more than just a breakfast, nice!
and... yeah. We tend to end up letting that food sit around for weeks until we eventually throw it out. >,,<
@topaz I hadn't eaten anything before that.
Initially I resented cooking for myself b/c it felt like another joyless task to save money and eat healthily, and then I tried to counter that by getting stuff I felt enthusiasm about at the store. This works, but means I'll buy more [whatever] than I need for one meal, and have to use it up or throw it out.
One advantage to cooking at home is that even if I don't use up everything I buy, I'm still getting more money's worth than if I went out.
more food stuff
@Leucrotta We also got a bag of potats. Baked four of them this morning, have eaten two so far, they're pretty good!
@topaz That counts! Adding spices and vegetables is the next step on that road.
The impression I got from you is your kitchen isn't especially cooking friendly and you might wind up cooking more if it were.
@Leucrotta Oof, yeah. Yeah.
Everything has to be done /on our bed/ which... isn't exactly a stable surface.
@Leucrotta ...I wanna make soop now. We're pretty sleepy though.
spider
@Leucrotta ...also we're still pretty jumpy from having a gigantic spider show up ON OUR WRIST AS WE WERE DRAWING
(Frost panic-blew them off and it actually worked; dunno where they landed)
and in theory that "shouldn't" affect my ability to make food any more than to do anything else, but it does.
@Leucrotta
and huh, neat!
We tend to get stuff we're excited about at the store but a lot of it is snack food. But then again we don't really have the spoons to cook.
(Though we did get vegetable broth and dumplings last night so we can make dumpling soup! That barely counts though.)