everyday either for herself or both of us or for others unless it was a special holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas. Up until that point-in-time, my cooking interests were just for fun... like making soup, biscuits, or cooking a hamburger.
So, if I wanted to eat, I had to start cooking for myself whether I liked it or not... and, so I adopted the daily or every other day cooking routine so that I would have something to eat other than making a sandwich, cooking a burger, eggs, or oatmeal.
My base of ingredients was: onions, garlic, peppers, celery, pepper, and olive oil
Once those were in a pot cooking, I typically added all sorts of different kinds of beans, such as: white beans, navy beans, black beans, pinto beans and/or veges like: broccoli, squash, zucchini, peas, or limas. To this mixture, I would add white rice (basmati) or very thin spaghetti noodles.
Not too long ago, I made lasagna with Turkey Burgers and except forgetting to cook the noodles before I put them in a glass container and into the oven, everything went ok and the damn thing tasted pretty good.
I've also made bread in a Dutch Oven and cooked a whole chicken in an Instant Pot.
I've cut my fingers several times while chopping up stuff and while I have never made anything too complicated, I am not afraid to cook other than cooking on a grill where it is difficult to gauge cooking times without a temperature probe or plenty of experience.
I don't use a whole lot of spices nor do I fully understand combinations of foods or how to offset one taste with another... I watch cooking shows and they explain stuff like that from time-to-time but it does not sink in.
Maybe one day I will attend a cooking class.
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