*stands up and waves*
Hi everyone, my name is Azalea, and umm, I can't cook. I'm a disaster in the kitchen. It's quite awful. I get flustered when my boyfriend asks me to boil water on the stove and so quite naturally he generally cooks. Unfortunately he took a new job this year, and it's straight night shift, so he is sleeping when he is usually cooking. This results in us eating at different times (I hate this!) or eating a lot of quick, thrown together, boring meals. We get one really good meal maybe once or twice a week if he has time to cook. Sitting down at the table with him and having a good dinner is really important to me. It's one of my favourite things to do in fact.
So I throw myself on the altar and beg for mercy.. and cooking tips. I'm looking for easy meals that I can make.. baby steps if you will. Stuff that isn't overly complicated but tastes good and shows that I put effort into it. Hopefully that makes sense. I want to be able to actually make dinner for us a few nights a week without setting our kitchen on fire or creating something inedible.
A few fun facts about us to maybe show you where I am at..
-we don't eat red meat at all
-I keep seeing recipes calling for a "saucepan"... I don't even know what that is. I wish I was joking.
-my biggest accomplishment in the kitchen to date was learning how to use the garlic press. I get teary eyed thinking about that special time.
-we like spicy food
-we like garlic. a lot of garlic. it's unhealthy really.
-we like cheese. a lot of cheese. you get the picture.
So...any thoughts? Pity? Pointing and laughing? I'm a desperate woman! :roll:
Hi everyone, my name is Azalea, and umm, I can't cook. I'm a disaster in the kitchen. It's quite awful. I get flustered when my boyfriend asks me to boil water on the stove and so quite naturally he generally cooks. Unfortunately he took a new job this year, and it's straight night shift, so he is sleeping when he is usually cooking. This results in us eating at different times (I hate this!) or eating a lot of quick, thrown together, boring meals. We get one really good meal maybe once or twice a week if he has time to cook. Sitting down at the table with him and having a good dinner is really important to me. It's one of my favourite things to do in fact.
So I throw myself on the altar and beg for mercy.. and cooking tips. I'm looking for easy meals that I can make.. baby steps if you will. Stuff that isn't overly complicated but tastes good and shows that I put effort into it. Hopefully that makes sense. I want to be able to actually make dinner for us a few nights a week without setting our kitchen on fire or creating something inedible.
A few fun facts about us to maybe show you where I am at..
-we don't eat red meat at all
-I keep seeing recipes calling for a "saucepan"... I don't even know what that is. I wish I was joking.
-my biggest accomplishment in the kitchen to date was learning how to use the garlic press. I get teary eyed thinking about that special time.
-we like spicy food
-we like garlic. a lot of garlic. it's unhealthy really.
-we like cheese. a lot of cheese. you get the picture.
So...any thoughts? Pity? Pointing and laughing? I'm a desperate woman! :roll: