How Do You Cook?
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I cook/eat-in about 95% of the time. I go out for dinner on weekends with friends and such but otherwise monday-friday I eat in mostly.
My cooking style: Natural, super simple, whole foods, limited ingredients, easy to make lol
I often MAKE A LOT and the separate meals for the entire week.
I try not to eat processed foods. And I'm not that great of a cook..so while I do cook A LOT, it's always very very simple dishes made from scratch.
With the exception of things I can't actually create myself (like pasta or rice for instance) I make everything else: sauces, seasonings, sides etc.. from scratch.
My rule of thumb is to try to hit the grocery store/farmers market and have 90% of what I buy NOT have a nutritional label. So it's a lot of fresh fruits and veggies etc..and that means a lot of recipes on how to make a lot from whole foods.
add my veggie salad of some sort + a protein (I don't eat red meat at this point so chicken, turkey etc..) + a carb (like pasta, rice etc..) and you basically have a typical evening meal in the fran household.
and breakfast usually is yogurt (which I obviously don't make from scratch) and fruit.
It's not very fancy but it's simple and it is from scratch mostly lol
My cooking style: Natural, super simple, whole foods, limited ingredients, easy to make lol
I often MAKE A LOT and the separate meals for the entire week.
I try not to eat processed foods. And I'm not that great of a cook..so while I do cook A LOT, it's always very very simple dishes made from scratch.
With the exception of things I can't actually create myself (like pasta or rice for instance) I make everything else: sauces, seasonings, sides etc.. from scratch.
My rule of thumb is to try to hit the grocery store/farmers market and have 90% of what I buy NOT have a nutritional label. So it's a lot of fresh fruits and veggies etc..and that means a lot of recipes on how to make a lot from whole foods.
add my veggie salad of some sort + a protein (I don't eat red meat at this point so chicken, turkey etc..) + a carb (like pasta, rice etc..) and you basically have a typical evening meal in the fran household.
and breakfast usually is yogurt (which I obviously don't make from scratch) and fruit.
It's not very fancy but it's simple and it is from scratch mostly lol
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It's super super easy to make your own yoghurt actually. You can order cultures and then just take out a spoonful of the yoghurt you made and use that for the next batch, etc.
I don't know what to vote. My family has the worst diet on the planet. If I'm living on my own, I cook everything from scratch pretty much. I make stuff like chicken pot pie, enchiladas/fajitas, soups, etc.
At my parents...I'll occasionally try to cook but no one effing eats it because unless it's wrapped in foil and cooked in 3 lbs of grease, they don't like it. And I don't even want to keep leftovers in their fridge because I feel like it's unsanitary with how much crap they shove in there and never clean out. So mostly, unless it's just a snack or ravioli, I just eat what they eat
which is like instant mashed potatoes and frozen chicken fingers. or my mom will make "home made chicken soup" which is like a package you add water and chicken to.
I'm probably about to buy a mini fridge for my bedroom here. Hopefully then I can cook more.
I don't know what to vote. My family has the worst diet on the planet. If I'm living on my own, I cook everything from scratch pretty much. I make stuff like chicken pot pie, enchiladas/fajitas, soups, etc.
At my parents...I'll occasionally try to cook but no one effing eats it because unless it's wrapped in foil and cooked in 3 lbs of grease, they don't like it. And I don't even want to keep leftovers in their fridge because I feel like it's unsanitary with how much crap they shove in there and never clean out. So mostly, unless it's just a snack or ravioli, I just eat what they eat
which is like instant mashed potatoes and frozen chicken fingers. or my mom will make "home made chicken soup" which is like a package you add water and chicken to.I'm probably about to buy a mini fridge for my bedroom here. Hopefully then I can cook more.
I hardly ever cook at all. I don't eat here much at all... Breakfast once in a great while, I keep yogurt and fruit here so that counts for snacks, too. Sometimes cereal. When I'm at work, I have to eat with the children so that's at the very minimum lunch everyday. And I usually eat with someone for dinner, either out or at there house, or SOUP I love soup. lol
Mostly from scratch nowadays. It wasn't always like that, but little by little we've been doing more and more from scratch. We are to the point where I bake all our own bread, no store-bought bakery stuff here!
We keep a few prepackaged things around (like mac & cheese and some canned soups), but those are mostly just in stock for sick days.
We keep a few prepackaged things around (like mac & cheese and some canned soups), but those are mostly just in stock for sick days.
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http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-03-01/You-Can-Make-Yogurt-at-Home.aspx
The only thing you need that a lot of people don't have lying around is a food thermometer
The only thing you need that a lot of people don't have lying around is a food thermometer
Tons of great information on this website...link is to their page on yogurt cultures but the whole site is awesome.
The viili yogurt is cultured at room temp
http://www.culturesforhealth.com/starter-cultures/yogurt-starter.html
The viili yogurt is cultured at room temp
http://www.culturesforhealth.com/starter-cultures/yogurt-starter.html