Sunday, January 31, 2016

Sssshhhh...I'm cooking!

I love cooking. Since I was about 8 or 9, I started cooking and I found my peace. Om.
Vegetable gardening has the same affect on me, but I don't do that as much as I cook. It's like I am teleported to a happy place. Now, this is only when I WANT to cook. Not this, make something or we will die sort of moment. Doesn't work like that for me. I have to be in the zone. Which, fortunately for those that live with me, it's often.

For example, I made vegetarian chili, sauteed zucchini and mushrooms, and made some quinoa. Additionally, I made some jasmine rice to have on hand.

Oh, I'm not vegetarian, or vegan or anything but a foodie. It varies on my mood and I do try to eat healthy.

Vegetarian Chili. One of my Polish BFF introduced me to this recipe. It's so easy! Of course, like any recipe I get, I start altering it. Can't control myself. Just do.

I use an Instant Pot (OMG it's on sale on Amazon) for most of my cooking. It is heaven sent. Throw out that slow cooker and pressure cooker and welcome this tough guy in your kitchen. I LOVE it! I came across it from one of those RV traveler FB pages. You can cook just about anything in minutes. AND it's easy to clean. I love you Instant Pot.

Same girlfriend gave me some brothy Asian style soup and that led me to use it on my vegetable dish as well as the liquid for the quinoa.



I try to cook enough food for a week. That way, I can enjoy the rest of the week with my family. In addition, it helps if you have some type of libation while cooking. I had an IPA today. Lovely. 

I'll be posting some of my recipes soon. My intention with this blog is to share ways to make home cooked meals that are easy. There is so much crap out there. We need to try and eat better and not fall for that $1 menu. Once in a while, it's OK, but it should not be often.

Disclaimer- I may use organic, I may not. I may use ingredients from scratch, or something with MSG. The point is that we need to step toward eating something generally good for us and not some questionable chicken nugget. I know a lot of people who don't even know where to start with healthy eating, their parents didn't know, and they tend to fail because they go from eating hot dogs to trying to eat grass fed meat and a salad. It's important to just start trying to eat right, one step at a time, and later, once you get the hang of it, you can go all Whole Foods Hippy eating! Ha! BTW, did you hear about Aldi? They are going to kick WF's butt with their organic stuff. Go Aldi! 

Food Namaste. Om.