Colleen_C_C is doing 40 things.
Monday, 6 July
6 days ago
Made smoothies in the blender, using iced coffee & lowfat vanilla ice cream. yummy
How to cook and bake more often
It made me
happy & in control 
"I cook every day, and I bake for fun at least once a week."
How I did it: I moved in with my boyfriend, he is a bit lazy and doesn't have much experience in cooking, but I will teach him. Anyway, I've been cooking our tea since I moved in, and it's been great, we have a meal plan which makes it easier, and we're eating healthy foods!
Baking is something I love doing, and I will try any recipe at least once. It's more of a trial in Sweden though, as my recipe books are English, and so we're having to find equivalents for ingredients mentioned in the books. I am adapting, though :)
Lessons & tips: Patience. Cooking is not a science, it's an art, you taste, you change, you taste, you add, little by little you get a really tasty meal. And why are people so afraid of herbs? See what ones you have, and usually the packet tells you what the herbs goes well with.
Resources: Recipe books, I lean away from recipes with fancy ingredients, and long methods. One is okay, but not both. Sesame oil is great for stir-fry's.
People doing this are also doing these things:
Entries
Colleen_C_C is doing 40 things.
Saturday (4 July)
1 week ago
Baked another batch of the “Country White” bread mix, using the “White” setting (“1”) with the same crust & size settings (“light” & “1.5 lb. loaf”) as before, with the same good results. smile
Colleen_C_C is doing 40 things.
Friday, 3 July
1 week ago
Boiled some nice fresh sweet corn with sugar & lemon juice & ate it with “butter” melting over it & a sprinkling of salt. yummy
Not exactly cooking
1 week ago
but I was able to go to a local weekly market and picked up bread, cheese and cherries and had a very nice meal with these things :)
Cheese omlette
1 week ago
I tried this for the second time today. And since I only had feta cheese at hand, that’s what I used.
Well… it was terribly messy, but it tasted very yummy !
Colleen_C_C is doing 40 things.
Tuesday (30 June) -- Bread Machine (10)
1 week ago
I’m trying that “Sourdough French”-style bread mix from the store in the “new” bread machine again. Instead of using the “French/Italian” setting (as last time), I’ve set it to the standard “White” loaf; also, instead of using the medium setting for the crust (as last time), I’ve set it to light. The setting for size – a 1.5 lb. loaf – remains the same. We’ll see how it turns out this time! smile
Edited to Add: it came out pretty much the way a loaf of “standard white” bread does in this machine, only having a touch of sourdough flavor to it—not bad, just not typical of a sourdough loaf from an artisan bakery! wry grin To acknowledge its virtues, however, the bread wasn’t overdone this time, nor was the crust tough, so changing the settings from my last effort clearly did have some positive effect.
Colleen_C_C is doing 40 things.
Monday, 29 June
2 weeks ago
Made smoothies in the blender, using iced coffee & lowfat vanilla ice cream. yummy
Colleen_C_C is doing 40 things.
Sunday, 28 June
2 weeks ago
Mixed steamed white rice with sauteed onion & celery & fried egg, seasoning it with salt & black pepper & soy sauce. good stuff
Colleen_C_C is doing 40 things.
Friday, 26 June
2 weeks ago
Potatoes pan-fried in olive oil with fresh rosemary: yummy
I say potato
3 weeks ago
Today I got some potatoes at the store and later boiled them. Half of them I had with rosemary and the other half with an indian spice mix. Very satisfying simple food :)
