I am a killer of plants. I have killed so many plants, it's impossible to say how many I've killed. I do not have a green thumb, but I keep trying anyways! There is one plant that I have yet failed to kill and that is my pothos plant.
It has survived in my bedroom despite low light conditions and severe neglect. I have forgotten to water it for a month or so, often forgot to open the shades to give it light and basically ignored it for a good long while. The leaves got droopy, but it is still alive! I finally got around to watering it recently.
So I just want to say that if you have got a black thumb like it do, give the golden pothos a try! It's otherwise known as Devil's Ivy.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Not been cooking regularly
Since having the baby, I've not cooked regularly. At times, I have the time, but no energy. My parents brought a lot of food the first month and pretty regularly after that, but it's still not like we were getting a home-cooked meal every night and day. So the hubby and I ate a lot of delivery. We are lucky that the delivery places in our neighborhood are so varied and delicious! Even so, after a while, you get tired of it.
So I've been slowly trying to get back into the habit of cooking more regularly. I even tried this food delivery service, Plated.com, for a while. The company creates weekly recipes and you can choose which ones you want and they will deliver the ingredients, pre-portioned, to your door. What I realized was that the cook times are a bit deceptive. It doesn't include food prep time. So if you don't have knife skills and are trying to mince the garlic and ginger, the start to finish time may be longer than the stated time in the recipe. Same with the whole washing of the veggies. Still, the cook times are pretty accurate and the recipes have been very enjoyable so far. I still don't think I can manage to cook every night, but I would like to cook at least twice a week. The nicest thing about this service is that it allows me to try using ingredients I don't normally use. It has a fairly wide variety of recipes and we have enjoyed eating most of the dishes so far.
Cooking just twice a week is a rather low bar considering there are seven days in a week. However, that makes it easy to exceed expectations. I have been enjoying cooking when I can, and trying not to beat myself up too much when I can't. It's a work in progress and I just have to keep working at it.
Since time and energy has been an issue, that means that the recipes I'm willing to make are limited. Anything that's fast, easy and uses up a limited amount of dishes becomes very, very appealing. I also don't want to make anything that requires a lot of prepping. The best kinds of recipes are the kind where I just dump everything into a pot and it's ready to serve in 30 minutes.
A recent favorite is baked fish over veggies. Just line a baking sheet with some vegetables and put a fillet of fish on top. Salt and pepper everything and drizzle everything with some olive oil and bake at 350 degrees F. until the fish is done. Depending on the thickness of the fish, this can take anywhere between 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Ta da! Dinner is served!
One pot pastas are also a recently loved discovery. Just dump everything into a big pot and stir and stir until the pasta is done. There are plenty of recipes online, but just make sure to get the amount of water to pasta correct. It is also important to stir almost constantly to keep the pasta from sticking.
Well, I hope other parents of young children have had better luck than us on this front. Best of luck and happy cooking!
So I've been slowly trying to get back into the habit of cooking more regularly. I even tried this food delivery service, Plated.com, for a while. The company creates weekly recipes and you can choose which ones you want and they will deliver the ingredients, pre-portioned, to your door. What I realized was that the cook times are a bit deceptive. It doesn't include food prep time. So if you don't have knife skills and are trying to mince the garlic and ginger, the start to finish time may be longer than the stated time in the recipe. Same with the whole washing of the veggies. Still, the cook times are pretty accurate and the recipes have been very enjoyable so far. I still don't think I can manage to cook every night, but I would like to cook at least twice a week. The nicest thing about this service is that it allows me to try using ingredients I don't normally use. It has a fairly wide variety of recipes and we have enjoyed eating most of the dishes so far.
Cooking just twice a week is a rather low bar considering there are seven days in a week. However, that makes it easy to exceed expectations. I have been enjoying cooking when I can, and trying not to beat myself up too much when I can't. It's a work in progress and I just have to keep working at it.
Since time and energy has been an issue, that means that the recipes I'm willing to make are limited. Anything that's fast, easy and uses up a limited amount of dishes becomes very, very appealing. I also don't want to make anything that requires a lot of prepping. The best kinds of recipes are the kind where I just dump everything into a pot and it's ready to serve in 30 minutes.
A recent favorite is baked fish over veggies. Just line a baking sheet with some vegetables and put a fillet of fish on top. Salt and pepper everything and drizzle everything with some olive oil and bake at 350 degrees F. until the fish is done. Depending on the thickness of the fish, this can take anywhere between 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Ta da! Dinner is served!
One pot pastas are also a recently loved discovery. Just dump everything into a big pot and stir and stir until the pasta is done. There are plenty of recipes online, but just make sure to get the amount of water to pasta correct. It is also important to stir almost constantly to keep the pasta from sticking.
Well, I hope other parents of young children have had better luck than us on this front. Best of luck and happy cooking!
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