Showing posts with label home cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home cooking. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Crockpot Conundrium



So.......recently I tried cooking a crockpot meal for my girlfriend . For some reason this is an aggrevation for me . I keep returning to this endevour with lackluster results , not imparting the level of flavor I desire .

I am realizing I need some more education in this area . There is quite of bit of prep involved (and as my girl will tell you if I am not organised with everything in one space I melt down ) and then it never sits well with me to fix it and forget it - in my Male brain that's not cooking ;P The irrational part of my brain worries it will boil over ( which it did ) or burn the house down ( which it didn't ) . If this isn't enough I am cooking with liquid that seem to nullify my dry spice I like to us so much and the recipes I have found are ...........bland . Now I own several crockpot cookbooks none of which have had recipes I crave but I know it is possible . I have had amazing food from crockpots .

I bought a cookbook that looks more savory with some interesting looking recipes ( savory cornbread in a crockpot ) .

Do I need to give up or is the suggestions to rectify my problem ?

I like my shiny metallic red programable cauldren but is this the end ?



Monday, February 28, 2011

what to cook ?

today it with raining pretty good - no bbq for you :(
have to cook indoor without fire :( :(
feeling tired and uninspired
Fridge has no leftovers , no ingredients

i could sit with cookbooks
Watch some food network on Netflix
hit facebook and ask everyone what they are eating today
could just say screw it and make waffles and eggs

Got to go the grocery store anyway so in the isles I shall wonder
but will being lost help ?
For me I need just one ingredient
one thing to spark of an idea , one spark to start a fire .
one item that turns into a meal or a few that creates itself in my head

Hoping going to my source of food will solve this eternal delemia today .
Most day shopping with a plan makes it easy to get through the week
but when I fall short or wake up picky and grumpy and nothing sounds good
this is the problem .:(
What to cook , what to cook ?