What I'm not looking forward to is a significant chunk of my pay going towards plane tickets. Memories too much canned food come back to me *shudder*. I was talking about this with friends at work today and they suggested I try cooking cheap meals instead of eating microwave dinners or cans every night.
Now it's not like I don't know how to cook, it's just that I have reservations about doing it every night. First of all, it can't be that cheap to buy all those ingredients for meals every day. Then there's the fact that after a long day at work you have to slave over the hot stove to make your meal. I think a lot of Londoners eat ready-made meals because they are just too hungry when they get home. There's also the washing up factor.
But the thought of all those cans in the cupboard made me consider it. Naomi suggested making minced meat and having it with different things each night. Peter mentioned cauliflower cheese. Elvira discussed a peppers (capsicum) and vege stir fry dish, and described how to cook nice rice.
The only way I can go through with anything longer than a day is to make it an official challenge, so here I am.
(BTW, I am not a person who makes new years' resolutions. I believe that if you want to change something about yourself you can start any day of the year.)
So the mission is to go for 1 week without eating a canned meal or microwave ready meal. I finished off my last microwave meal sadly, a yummy rosemary chicken with roast potatoes, hoping that my cooking skills develop a bit over this week.
1 week isn't that long, I know, but I cook something other than eggs about once a month so this is BIG. After 1 week I'll see how I feel.
My prediction? I imagine it will cost about the same as living on canned food and that I'll be well over it in 7 days' time. Doing it cheap means not very exotic ingredients, and probably many overlaps of meals. As for the health/body side of it, I'd imagine I'll be eating bigger servings for dinner and lunch this week. I'm cynical so I don't think I'll feel any better than I do now.
If it's going well, maybe I'll become one of those people who cook food. You know those people? I know, they are strange, but maybe there is something that I'm missing about the experience.
Wish me luck! :)
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