More recently, I spent much of my cooking time feeding my boyfriend, his family, or my family. But most of the time was dedicated to cooking for the two of us, planning meals, grocery shopping, and cooking.
After we broke up, I was faced with a number of new challenges including finding my own place, living alone for the first time, paying all my own living expenses, and (God help us all) facing being single and dating again. Scary stuff. But one of the challenges I didn't consider was feeding myself.
How do I feed myself without cooking enough for a family or living on frozen dinners (which I absolutely will not do)? Sure I can eat chicken nuggets, cereal, or pizza, but none of these are really very good solutions. It is certain that if I do not figure out the answer to this dilemma, I will die a slow and painful death of preservatives, junk food, and a dusty kitchen.
It got me wondering, how do my other friends do it? What do they do? Some of them don't cook (not an option for me). Some of them do cook, but it scares me. And some of them may be onto something by cooking for their non-cooking friends who would otherwise be destined to live on MTO.
I can't stand not to cook. I love food. I love being in the kitchen. And I love all my pans, gadgets, utensils, and bakeware too much to let them just collect dust. I refuse to stop being able to cook all those great meals that I love just because I am only feeding myself. Looking ahead, I think this could be an interesting project, Single Girl Cooking.
And, on the positive side, at least I won't have to cook Hamburger Helper any more.
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