Home cooking

I’m in a complicated cooking situation.

I have no stove or oven.

I cook with electric nonstick skillet, toaster, waffle iron, crockpot (slow cooker) and microwave.

I have got cooking pasta and rice in the microwave pretty close. (Notes: they are very hot, because you have to make water boil.)

I noticed I do better when I cook. (I do not like cleaning up. Sigh.) Compared to going out so much.

I just feel with Uber Eats or Door Dash, the things are overpriced and the serving sizes have gotten smaller.

Probably the last few times orders got mixed up or the there was just something making me want more. It didn’t fix the craving or feel the void. (I need to stop ordering when I’m upset.)

Like I said there is nothing like a home cooked meal.

Homemade sushi

We got a sushi kit.

I read several recipes, and we watch many cooking shows.

My brother, mom, and I missed the local Asian buffets that served sushi.

I love Alaska roll. Salmon is one of my favorite fish. I also enjoy crab.

So we got a kit, I found Nori (seaweed), and we got crab, avacodo, and cream cheese.

We made a few rolls, it was messy and it really is an art. It gave me a new respect for those would make sushi.

The taste was still there. They were really good.

Door Dash

With the pandemic, we have been ordering more food, especially with the stimulus for help.

I do NOT like UberEats. .. they either deny payment or they cancel the order due to lack of drivers. (Even my own health insurance uses Lyft over Uber. . . that is another story.)

So we have tried different restaurants both chain and local. We have gone through DoorDash, the app is easy to use. They have all been quick and easy deliveries.

I love getting my McDonald, Taco bell, Chipotle, Subway, KFC, and Rally delivered. Their food is a bit pricier, but I just think it has to do with extra charges for delivery.

Bob Evans is by far the best for the money, especially the country fried steak meal for four. You get soup, the main on-tray, two sides, and cookies with banana bread, rolls, or biscuits. Super cheesy MacN’cheese It comes up to around 45 dollars before tip. It’s a lot of food. Grade rating: A-

However I have been disappointed with a few local places. . . a local soup place charged us 45 dollars for two soup: mind you one was lobster bisque, but it was too much for soup. For that much money, I could make twice the amount. The bread they served was small and crumbling. There were no crackers. I wouldn’t go back. I liked their plastic containers, still use them. Grade rating: C-

I went to Cracker Barrel today, and I really felt we paid too much for our food. The sides were small, the chicken and dumpling had no taste. The broccoli was cooked well and the chicken was moist. I have a variety of side which was a good thing, but they were way too small of portions. Muffins too small. Macaroni N Cheese very dry. Grade Rating: C-

Cooking Creatively

I have been getting creative lately with my cooking. . . However I have been having issues with writer’s block and motivation to get my recipes and pics up here. So I am will post all of the food pics and stuff on here.

Western or Country ribs in the crock pot (or slow cooker) with Pepsi and bourbon sauce from Chinese take-out (actually it’s Asian take-out as the place does a mixture of places and cultures in their cooking) and a tablespoon of butter and they are sweet and pull apart. You can also use BBQ sauce.

I got a new electric skillet and last night at 11:30 pm . . . I made pancakes from scratch with a peach, walnut cinnamon caramel sauce. It was really good.