I personally don't enjoy cooking. I cook out of necessity, not joy! I hate the planning what to cook part, doing groceries part, chopping part,the cleaning up the mess from chopping/peeling, doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen afterwards grrr. In my previous life as a student, I barely cooked, used to eat out all the time, my excuse being I did not have enough time to cook a decent meal and still study for my exams.Yeah, right!
Well, now I'm married and eating out every day is just not an option. We still do eat out at least once a week but I try to make decent meals from time to time. I'm lucky that hubby doesn't mind cooking himself. He can also eat anything even a tuna sandwich will satisfy him for dinner. The only thing he doesn't do is red meat.Most of the times, we eat seafood and salmon is our favorite. I'm always on the lookout for easy recipes that don't take more than an hour/hour and a half to do. Seriously after working 8 hours, I just don't feel like slaving another 4 hours in the kitchen. So, if you have any easy recipes to share, please do. Oh I forgot to mention I don't really understand recipes either. I mean, do not write “If the sauce is too thick add a little bit of water." What does "too thick" mean? How do you know it is too thick? lol. So most times, I don't follow recipes but just make my own.Yesterday it took me about an hour to make this salmon + rice dish. Pretty easy. Just marinate the salmon, put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
As for the rice, I use a rice cooker, then marinate vegetables and mix it with the rice once it's done.
For the tomato sauce, pretty easy too. First, marinate the onions, add some garlic, tomato paste, vinegar, pepper, spices,water, potatoes and it's done in about 30 minutes as well.
Cooking + preparation time takes about 1h-1h:30, and this is what you get:
So, there you have it! I love eating but I hate cooking! I need to learn to love it since it's a necessity. How can I do that?
