Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đŞđđŤ§đ˝ď¸ Wednesday 4 December
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Am trying to snap myself out of my visceral distaste for the kitchen, had a bit of time in between work and appt and ducked into my old f & v store to hurriedly buy a bunch of basic veg. I am flat out until Sunday but I canât be spending money on another week of premade meals, gonna start making some basic shit even on Sunday itself if I have to.
I have: :::spoiler inventory veg: two carrots, two zucchini, two sticks of celery, two small bunches of asparagus, one leek, one green pepper, one broccoli, and a quarter of a red cabbage. Two big onions and a head of garlic.
For carbs, I have pasta, rice, soba noodles. Maybe some old potat (it might be a bit too old, Iâll have to check).
For protein, toor daal, masoor daal, chana dal, moong dal, urad dal, black eyed beans, black lentils. Dried mushrooms. Six eggs. Dried cashews. TVP (chunks and mince).
Have heaps of spices and some dried 'erbs and various sauces and oils. :::
Time to make like an RPG character/creative uni student and try and craft a few easy one-pot meals out of all the above. Really quite a few options there if I put my mind to it. STILL MOURNING NOT HAVING A DISHWASHER
There are rice cooker meals if youâre interested? I think I saw one recipe with vegetables and cubed tofu. (Savor Delights is on Tik Tok but I refuse to get the app to consistently be able to watch them. So I found a link elsewhere.)
You can grate veg instead of chopping to make it cook faster and use less prep space, buy pre chopped or use frozen veg to avoid chopping at all.
If you have no rice cooker an electric frypan or a normal skillet does fine
Iâve got a rice cooker but I would die without it (itâs old and second hand but a good brand), donât want to risk somehow messing it up with anything fancier than takikomi gohan in it once in a while.
With one pot meals, I donât mind making rice separately to that - one big batch is worth cleaning the rice cooker pot and inserts for (and I never washed them in the dishwasher so Iâm used to doing that by hand, at least).
Thatâs valid. I even used to make one pot meals in a basic saucepan. Maybe you can get one you donât really care about from the op shop and donate it back when you move.
Making separate rice and viands means there will be enough for a few meals which reduces washing.
Storage is annoying⌠I found saucepans can fit in the oven for storage but I had to take the lids off (as I left the oven racks in). You can hang pots as well
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thereâs also sites like these to see what you can make
www.foodwise.com.au/âŚ/our-recipe-finder/
www.supercook.com/#/menu