I get legitimately stressed when I have to think about a meal to eat for dinner because that means I have to think about the few things that Iâm actually capable of whipping up. The closest I get to âwife materialâ is a chicken patty, mac ân cheese and maybe some canned vegetables. This is why going out to eat is one of my favorite pastimes. I can try doing those cute Pinterest recipes, but they never actually turn out the way that theyâre supposed to. Iâll probably end up being the wife who orders pizza three times a week.
Despite the stereotype of girls being good at cooking, there are a lot of us that donât fit into that standard. Being in college and on a budget, itâs hard to find things to eat that arenât ridiculously unhealthy. Life was much easier when our meals were handed to us on a silver platter, or rather a plastic plate in the dining hall. I would love to throw in the towel and go out to eat every night, but my metabolism is progressively slowing down. I donât want to give up that easily, or go broke.
After convincing myself for the past few months that Lean Cuisines are a healthy dinner, I stopped fooling myself and bought some real, fresh food. This means that I bought chicken breast instead of chicken patties. The main problem with this is that I didnât know how to go about cooking it, and I was terrified because I didnât want to get salmonella. I cleaned my counters about 5 million times to make sure there was no leftover chicken juice. Cooking precooked, processed food is so much easier!
When I cooked the chicken breast, it actually didnât come out horrible. It felt good to make something good for myself and to eat a real meal. My advice to any bad cooks, which is advice that I need to take as well, would be to be willing to try new things in the kitchen. You may surprise yourself, and the only way youâre going to get better and find out what youâre good at making is with practice.Â