I go through phases where I eat out all the time, and then I regress into eating only simple homemade dishes like pasta with marinara sauce, homey Indian dishes, and my personal favorite, mixed vegetables with cheese (no, it's what you think it is -- frozen mixed vegetables with shredded cheese, and of course, lots of crushed red pepper).
I'm trying to get into a phase now where I homecook fancy foods. I was on a risotto kick for few months recently, and I made a cauliflower puree two nights ago (or if you want to be fancy about it, purée de chou-fleur). I even found a food blog with recipes for Indian food that I'd previously made only with store-bought mixes (lemon rice is a huge favorite of the husband, and we used our last MTR mix a month ago, so I had to resort to making it from scratch -- it wasn't hard at all, by the way). And after eating a roasted vegetable quiche from the cafe at work for breakfast, I made a huge batch of quiche with leftover fajita vegetables so I can pack my own every morning. My crowning glory is homemade lemonade.
If I were a stay-at-home wife in the future, I would start making everything from scratch... bread, jams, crackers, cookies, ice cream. Sounds like fun... maybe.
I'm trying to get into a phase now where I homecook fancy foods. I was on a risotto kick for few months recently, and I made a cauliflower puree two nights ago (or if you want to be fancy about it, purée de chou-fleur). I even found a food blog with recipes for Indian food that I'd previously made only with store-bought mixes (lemon rice is a huge favorite of the husband, and we used our last MTR mix a month ago, so I had to resort to making it from scratch -- it wasn't hard at all, by the way). And after eating a roasted vegetable quiche from the cafe at work for breakfast, I made a huge batch of quiche with leftover fajita vegetables so I can pack my own every morning. My crowning glory is homemade lemonade.
If I were a stay-at-home wife in the future, I would start making everything from scratch... bread, jams, crackers, cookies, ice cream. Sounds like fun... maybe.
