Adventures in Cooking

I hate cooking. I might even go so far as to say I have a fear of cooking. Not fear as in some fear spiders (I love spiders!), however I strongly dislike it. I have never found the use for something that takes longer to prep and cook than it does to eat. My parents also decided to name me after someone in the family who was a really good cook. I claim that it cursed me from the beginning to never cook anything. I still do feel that way, however of course going the other route costs a lot more money and is significantly less healthy.

I don't remember why, but I decided to try out a crockpot. My sister had used one a lot but I never found the use in having to wait 8-10 hours for my food to cook. I realized, however, that I needed to find a way to cook food that was healthy and be able to reheat it for leftovers many days later. I got the idea into my head I was going to buy a crockpot, and asked permission of my landlord/roommate to make sure she would be okay with this. She is a very nice person though and of course had no problem with it whatsoever, and even better, had a spare one that I could have while I was living here!

I am a very last minute kind of person, and on my way home from work I decided to stop at the grocery store and get the makings of something to cook. With a bit of research on my droid, I decided to cook http://busycooks.about.com/od/chickenthighrecipes/r/peachcpchix.htm . It was a labour of love that I had to wake up at 3am to finish and put away in the fridge, but it was great. Next time I'll do without the curry powder. My sister, who does love to cook, heard that I was using a crockpot, and mailed me 2 great books on crockpot recipes. I think it always perplexed her that I hated to cook, so now that I'm doing SOMETHING in the kitchen department she went all out and got me them. I am very thankful :)

Another last minute decision was to buy a foreman grille. I had one when I lived in my grandmothers house, however there was no drip tray so I never used it. I don't have a stove or oven in my half of the house. I am welcome to go upstairs and use my roommates, but sometimes I don't feel like bringing everything upstairs or if she has friends over or something. Foreman grille just seemed like a great way for me to stop at the store on the way home from work and pick up some meat and stick it on the grille. Indeed I just got done eating a hamburger, and it was great!

I am very excited to have the use of these in my future cooking. Just don't look for me to branch off much more than this. All the burger took was me pre-heating the grille, throwing a patty on, then taking it off 5 minutes later. Very low maintenance for which I am thankful.

-Me