More cooking

[celticdragonfly]

I'm realizing I'm doing a lot more cooking these days. We've been trying to cut back on the budget, which means I'm cooking more meals, and trying to be more creative about what I'm cooking - cutting back on more expensive meals like big pot roasts and thick juicy pork chops. Some of the cheaper meals are things like canned ravioli, but some are me cooking. There have been a number of days lately where I've cooked from scratch three meals in the day. I'm doing more experimental stuff, not just the handful of things I'm used to. It's baby steps compared to a serious cook, but I'm beginning to feel like more of a cook. I've been making omelets fairly often, those are going well, and are inexpensive. Last week one afternoon I decided hey, I had a couple chicken breasts leftover that I hadn't cooked with the chicken and stuffing dish, I felt like having some sort of chicken teriyaki on rice dish. So that night I ended up making chicken stir fry, and it worked. This morning I didn't feel like making muffins yet again, so I decided to make pain perdu. That worked, too. I'm feeling pretty pleased about it, pleased that I have the confidence to just decide to make something and go do it. I wonder what I'll think of to make next.