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[needlegrrl]

my tummy said "grr".. and I thought - well, it has been about 5 hours since you've eaten, ok. :)

looked in our cabinets - mostly starchy things. noodles, couscous, rice.. some fruit bowls, beans for the chili we're making soon (tonight?)...i need variety in my cabinets, i think. i would love to be able to buy all fresh food, and not use anything canned, but that's not possible time or money wise right now. maybe as a goal for the future. :) i would love to be the woman who, when she doesn't feel like cooking, pulls out a soup she had made from scratch and then frozen to defrost. :)

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[klwalton.livejournal.com]

I was that woman :). I was a stay-at-home mom for 12 years. I made jam every summer. And pickles. I baked bread. I made all kinds of soups from scratch. I made demi-glace, fercryinoutloud :):).

I'm not that woman anymore. But some weekends I *do* love to get in the kitchen and do stuff like that again. But I'm now of the mindset that feels, deeply, that salad-in-a-bag is the greatest thing in the world ;-). And I have a pile of take-out menus a foot high :).

[needlegrrl]

oh, takeout & salad in a bag, definitely. :) I think what I'm really trying to say is that i wish I knew how to do that. I'd probably get tired of it after a while. :) my mom doesn't cook much, and when she does, it's casseroles or goulash, pretty much. and my grandmother cooks a lot, but her stuff lacks flavor. And I don't want to be either way. :) i love to bake. i'm currently trying to figure out if I have enough time this weekend to make banana bread. :) since i have ripe bananas.

[ladymerrydeath.livejournal.com]

I can help you with some of it...you two come stay a spell with me. Teach you whatever you wan to know...I am not one for canning; but, embroidery and cooking, now, there is a different story. I tend to make a great deal of food for just one person; therefore, I have to freeze things for later...even though, I do like my leftovers! They go in my lunch pail for work the next day.