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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
Century egg congee this morning. Tuna sandwich this evening. Proper cooking resumes tomorrow with veggie "meat" stir-fry.
Anyone else use meal kits sometimes? I find them helpful for (1) chef's mental health and (2) picky eaters. Somehow picky people think it's better food and will eat it if it comes in a fancy box with a fancy picture. Especially if they got to pick it from the site list.
I have in the past, they're not as helpful as they were due to accessibility. I did use an app (mealime) to create meal plans with preferences and such that let me buy everything for the meals in one list. (And it was smart enough to combine the half an onion here and quarter of an onion there into one onion)
I also felt like they all got kind of samey after a while, but it's been quite a few years since I last ordered any.
They do indeed get samey.-..- it's the same small range of sauces and ingredients afterall. So I use them from time to time mostly to save from having to hear food complaints. Definitely only worth it when they have a 40-50% off coupon code though
Oh before I moved hello fresh was courting me. But it's too expensive right now. It might help me cook more as my partner hasn't been feeling well often and that's meant a lot more "girl dinner" style meals for me at night.
You're talking to someone who just admitted to feeding their family tuna bread for dinner . Pray tell, what are girl dinners; I feel like that might be up my alley.
It's hard making big dinners with a small family who does not eat repeat meals or leftovers.
Aha ok so "girl dinner" is when you piece together random things together - some deli meat, popcorn, pickles, hunks of cheese, almonds. It's not curated enough to be a charcuterie though I always have a mental idea of balance that is fully a construct in my own head. You can have leftovers too but generally there is little to no prep.
There's a song
It was started by Ilona Maher's sister (she's a US rugby player).
And there's Roll for Girl Dinner
It's basically a snack plate but fun (and unfortunately some folks use it as a way to undereat)
Oh it's a TikTok thing~ Saw some pictures, how fun and beautiful! I love that there seems to be some fruit veg and protein with some optional carbs
In my culture, if one were eating a lazy meal at home for one, it'd just be cup noodles. Rip lid, add water, you got way too salty hot broth and carbs. A girl dinner plate of even the most meagre portions would surely be more nutritious. :•|