Well now what? I am cooking for one again and it seems that all the cookbooks and magazines are stacked against me. It is so hard to come across recipes that are for one. I could certainly half some recipes but when you have to half a 1/8 teaspoon is it really worth it? How much flavor can 1/16 teaspoon impart? How on earth am I going to measure that? I could make a whole recipe and eat leftovers for days, but I like variety in my meals I can only eat my homemade mac and cheese for so many dinners. I could make some recipes and freeze the rest but I live in an apartment and I don't have a reserve freezer for meals, broth, veggies, egg whites, meat etc.
So if I can't cook maybe I could go out. Nope that is just a bummer. Last time I went out to my favorite French bistro that a friend works at I got "oh you are alone". I wasn't even single then. Now that might send me straight to tears.
Isn't it really more fun to cook for someone? More fun to cook with someone? More economical to cook for someone?
So now what? food seems to have gotten boring a home. Instead of being fun and exciting it is now just a part of my day that I must go through. It is like brushing my teeth or taking a shower. I still love reading about all of it and wondering through a grocery store or two but I don't want to clean 3 pans from the dinner I made for one.
Sometimes I even wonder how my parents do it for two. The recipes still seem to make way more food than two people can eat. At least there is someone fun to share it with though.
So if any of you are my close local friends and you are hungry then call me up and I will make you dinner cause I am over the pasta dinners.
If you aren't my close local friend and you have great dinner ideas for one then send 'em over.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
2008: the theme is change
So 2008 has gotten off to an interesting start. Everything I knew on December 15th is no longer the same. I have been promoted to a new store and I am single. Okay so the word everything is dramatic but it has felt dramatic the last few weeks. With all these changes and the fact that every time I turn on the TV there is a politician talking about change it is overwhelming.
Talking to a friend he described me as a person that really likes structure and routine and that in order for me to change it has to be a situation where there is little option but to change. He went on to say that I am one of the tough ones and I can handle change I just won't bring it upon myself easily. Sounds pretty accurate. Anything out of my routine makes me a little cranky. I will quickly adapt to a new routine but it takes a while. I don't know if I would have moved from Indiana to San Francisco if my friend hadn't said I am moving to San Francisco if you want to go too I need to know by TOMORROW. It will be interesting to see what comes from this next leap that has been forced upon me.
I see people around me that don't mind change, you could throw anything at them at they would leap at it and immediately adapt. I think my brother is that person. Very take it as it comes. No need to plan he will just figure it out when it comes up. I envy him because the minute he isn't into something he is aware and will make whatever change is needed. He seems to live life to his own rules and not to the expectations of anyone. It sounds very free.
Then there are people that change so much they can't even figure out what they want anymore. The sister of one of my friends is the person. She has tried 3 different academic degrees, 3 careers and lived in 7 different cities in about 20 years and is still convinced she wants something permanent in her life, but isn't sure getting her last degree was a good idea. She seems to try things just to try things.
I am sure there are a few more kinds of people but I know who I am. I will charge any hill if you first push me off a cliff and tell me I have no where to go but up. Leave me on my own I would stay at the bottom of the hill until I was completely bored. Well I am in it now so onward and upward. See ya on the other side.
Talking to a friend he described me as a person that really likes structure and routine and that in order for me to change it has to be a situation where there is little option but to change. He went on to say that I am one of the tough ones and I can handle change I just won't bring it upon myself easily. Sounds pretty accurate. Anything out of my routine makes me a little cranky. I will quickly adapt to a new routine but it takes a while. I don't know if I would have moved from Indiana to San Francisco if my friend hadn't said I am moving to San Francisco if you want to go too I need to know by TOMORROW. It will be interesting to see what comes from this next leap that has been forced upon me.
I see people around me that don't mind change, you could throw anything at them at they would leap at it and immediately adapt. I think my brother is that person. Very take it as it comes. No need to plan he will just figure it out when it comes up. I envy him because the minute he isn't into something he is aware and will make whatever change is needed. He seems to live life to his own rules and not to the expectations of anyone. It sounds very free.
Then there are people that change so much they can't even figure out what they want anymore. The sister of one of my friends is the person. She has tried 3 different academic degrees, 3 careers and lived in 7 different cities in about 20 years and is still convinced she wants something permanent in her life, but isn't sure getting her last degree was a good idea. She seems to try things just to try things.
I am sure there are a few more kinds of people but I know who I am. I will charge any hill if you first push me off a cliff and tell me I have no where to go but up. Leave me on my own I would stay at the bottom of the hill until I was completely bored. Well I am in it now so onward and upward. See ya on the other side.
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