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The summer is hell, them wapsies get everywhere
there is NEVER a wrong time for cake.
Slow cookers are brill for healthy lazy high volume cooking. I just made 5 meals of mushroom curry from one batch.
Another vote for a slow cooker...
We chuck some nice lean meat in, or a bit of chicken, along with some fresh chopped veg, a bit of stock, and a few herbs to add some flavour, and switch it on before work... takes just a few mins... and return home to not only a nice meal, but have the pleasure of opening the back door to a house full of lovely homely smell!
Serve up with a few new pots, or a jacket pot stuck in the oven on a timer... really easy, really tasty and very healthy..
And so many variations.... from stews, casserolles, curries, chilli con carnes, soups, etc etc etc...
One of things forgotten about a slow cooker is that it 'sweats' the fats out of joints, and you end up with a lovely lean joint without having to resort to the the most expensive cuts... try lamb on the bone, with just a tea cup of water in the bottom, and a bit of chopped mint in the water... its heavenly!
No washing up no cooking and all the food groups covered.
yumtastic
Gyraffe,
I am currently working on a nutrition plan which I can send you the first two weeks of plus recipes if you want?
Also, I plan my meals, write a shopping list and def utilise my freezer. I always have fish in there - mackerel, salmon or cod - take out, into a pyrex dish, add herbs, pepper and lemon juice, cover and microwave for about 4-6mins depending on size.
Served with all the usuals of rice, couscous, pots and veg etc. Couscous is SO easy - chuck in a bowl, add enough boiling water to just cover the grains, cover with a lid. Leave for 5mins til the water has absorbed. Add 1 tsp olive oil and a bit of salt (good esp in this heat) and eat. Yum!
Tesco also do lovely frozen multigrain pain rustique bread rolls. Keep in freezer, about 6mins in a pre-heated oven and lovely warm healthy bread to accompany meals!
Frozen berries are great too - defrost in microwave and make smoothies with a mango and banana and a bit of OJ or heat them up and have with plain yoghurt and mixed seeds (pumpkin, linseed, seseame, sunflower).
I could go on......Luckily, I have just eaten so am not tempted to go and stuff my face!
This is great waff
(although am glad I also just ate or would be feeling rather hungry!)
I live by myself and find it more convenient to cook for 2/4 and freeze the remainder which means home cooked food is just a defrost away but I've been losing inspiration recently - getting a bit mored of making the same old things. I find it hard to contemplate hot food when it's so warm as well!
I agree re the slow cooker, as I like the flexibility about when we can eat in the evening.
Also we use a few cook books and plan meals for the week, do the shopping from the list of ingredients.(rather like Rach) I'm not saying the food bill is any cheaper as we eat decent, organic, free range etc but there is little waste and no emergency scoffing as I know in advance what we're having each evening.
When I was a student way back two of us lived on £5 a week food (breakfasts and evening meals), we worked aout a menu which went something like:
Monday- Spaghetti bolognaise (we used the cheapest mince which had a percentage of soya)
Tuesday- remaining bolognaise plus red kidney beans and chilli powder to have chilli and rice
Wedensday- last bits of chilli done with baked potatoes(properly in oven)
Thursday- having done enough potatoes previous night, re-heat and have with beans or tuna and cheese
Friday- we both headed to our respective homes to scrounge veg from the garden and Liz's mum had a rowntrees card for reject kit kats and peanut butter.
The other thing we always did was eat before going shopping that stopped us piling in perishables and sweet things.
Oil and Balsamic based and chuck in whatever you want to flavour it and leave in the kitchen
Am starting to realise that my diet was pretty damn good a few years back....... risottos, curries, fresh grilled fish with cous cous and home grown vegetables, asparagus and wild rice. Salads with balsamic vinegar and olive oil......... peppers stuffed with fennel and tomatoes.....vegetable lasagne cooked 8 servings at a time and frozen for emergencies. Now I come to think of it we even used to make our own bread every other day - it had pumpkin seeds in and everything.......
Rach - yes please - I need some new ideas to inspire me to get back in the kitchen.
for most I think it's a time issue especially when you're training and your needs are not focused on cooking after a hard session and when you mostly can't be arsed. but I think we've shown that you can cook good balanced food quickly, you just need to make the effort and the time
we sometimes have to rein ourselves in during the week when we seem to end up cooking something that takes way too long - that's just bad planning.
here's another quick healthy meal - kedgeree - fish and eggs for protein, rice for carbs. and bloody lovely as well