Since I’ve gotten back from the beach, the time spent doing things to bring in money has significantly increased, and as a result, my culinary creativity has been a bit stifled for lack of time. Usually I’d come up with some bit of inspiration in the morning, swing by the market and then start cooking, but the “just up and take off” time has been lacking.
So, now I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ve got to actually start planning things out ahead of time – which I kind of loathe, but it’s that or I’ll never eat decently again. ;)
However, I refuse to go down the “once a month cooking” road or things along those lines. It’s not that there is anything inherently wrong with them, but I’d prefer each meal to really stand on it’s own, rather than be part of some mass produced weekend day of hell in the kitchen.
Part of the problem is that my pantry, freezer and fridge are pathetically non-stocked for lack of a better description. More often than not, I shop for a day or two and that’s it. I have developed a stupid aversion to freezing meats and poultry, mainly because defrosting them is such a pain in the ass. I really need to get over that.
So, I think I am going to work through a meal cycle like this:
– Seafood (made w/in 24 hours of purchase cause I’ve yet to find seafood that freezes decently)
– Beef or Pork
– Poultry
– Vegetarian
Going to try to plan it around things that are either in season or on sale, or based on the various food challenges that are always floating around the internet food community. Or maybe just start with a big trip out to the butcher shop and then go from there?
We’ll see how it goes.