The downside of that is that my mornings are generally pretty rushed and it can be tough to find something in that tiny amount of time before I have to begin my work day. On the other hand, I usually have a full day between posts.
Like many women who work full-time outside the home, trying to figure out what I want for dinner is an ongoing struggle. I am totally not together enough first thing in the morning to get a crock pot together, and I don't usually think about it at night - I'm doing good if I get one meal into my belly once I get home!
At any rate, last night I was looking around the kitchen, kind of despairing, as I haven't been to the grocery in a while and the freezer is a little barren, we have eaten most of the quickie "throw-together" meals that we have on hand (usually stuff I have cooked ahead of time and frozen), and I am totally sick of hamburgers.
As I stared into the freezer on top of the fridge, I slowly realised I had two freezer packages of garlic naan - they've been in there for quite some time, as I picked them up thinking I would be adventurous and make Indian for dinner some time. I had picked up some shelf-stable pre-made stuff at the same time -- boil in bag dinner things.
The problem with this is that I don't really LIKE Indian food all that much.
On the other hand, I was completely fried and really didn't feel like cooking.
So I pulled the naan out, and made some rice, and boiled up the bags, pretty resigned that dinner was going to be awful -- after all, how often are pre-made things actually tasty? Not so very often, in my experience.
I was pleasantly surprised at how flavourful the whole meal was. The naan had just enough flavour, and the [whateveritwas] has a nice kick to it - enough that my sweetie's nose began running!
Sometimes, the things we resign ourselves to end up better than what we would've planned for.
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