Food Win

[calzephyr]

The best part about multiple crockpots is that you don't have to wait while one is in the dishwasher! I made a simple dish tonight with carrots, beef, vegetable broth, carrots, potatoes and celery. The vegetables and broth were all organic and so delicious. The carrots were local - I think the potatoes were from BC. Anything tastes better when it hasn't sat on a truck for days! We had some rice along side it and leftovers for one lunch and plenty of broth leftover for something else.

In the past I loved these kinds of food wins because the price of food certainly isn't going down. Generally we buy the same things over and over - so a shopping trip that was $50 ten years ago is now $70 and creeping higher. I have to get back in the cooking habit - unfortunately over the past two years I was too busy or exhausted or unorganized to really do much cooking.

This year too, I would like to waste less food. Most households throw out a shocking amount of food and ours is no exception. It's just money out the door :( Oftentimes my husband buys things that he forgets about, like sardines, or I just tell myself I will steam that red cabbage tomorrow. Eating out was something my family rarely did, and it's easy to become spoiled!

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

That first paragraph sounds wonderful, it's so nice to have a dish like that on a regular basis. Very true about costs. They're saying now, based on studies, that people who cook are naturally healthier and thinner than people who eat out.

You can shred and freeze cabbage, it's nice to keep track of things that will freeze and the best way to do so. Sardines never exist long enough in my home to expire. Mmmm.

Cooking more at home sounds like an excellent New Years resolution!

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Yes, I really like simple meals,it's what I grew up with. I forgot to toss a quarter cup of red lentils in.

Oh, thanks for the reminder on freezing cabbage. I think you or someone else mentioned it to me before. I do blanch and freeze vegetables.

Ugh, yes, eating out is so calorific and way too full of sodium. But it's the easiest route too :P

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

As Alice Waters discovered, simple allows the food to shine; Mm, I like lentils and they're a great source of protein.

The big secret to most "delicious" food is heat (they get fire hotter than an average kitchen), fat, and salt. When I feel luxurious, I add a bit more of those things. It's surprising that they still get away with not having to label things while everything in a supermarket (except gmo) is.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

I have had a new appreciation for fat :) It's really not as villainous as it is made out to be, or at least butter sure isn't.

BTW, I sent you something, so check your mailbox!