I thought I had a week to figure out something funny to say in this blog, but we just can't resist diving in to this fun project!
So, as you may have all noticed, I'm single...no hubby to cook for, no kids to worry about feeding the right amount of fruits and vegetables. Also, no motivation to cook for myself :) There are a few things that work against me on the cooking front - I don't like it, I don't have the creative flair required for cooking, and I don't really like leftovers (unless its pizza or something pasta related).
So, all of this adds up to me eating quick and easy meals...basically, eating like you all probably did in university. The staples in my fridge/cupboards are as follows: Mini-wheats (highest priority), milk (to go with the aforementioned mini-wheats), Kraft singles (calcium!), English muffins (good for aforementioned cheese slices, or peanut butter), grapes (favourite fruit), apple (most transportable fruit), granola bars (10 am snack requirement), chicken (in the form of "fingers" or "breasts"), Kraft dinner, Lean Cuisines and Zoodles. Yes, I said Zoodles...typical Saturday lunch for this single lady! Now, I do eat other things, but these things are ALWAYS in stock around my house, and are my "go-to" foods.
Let me step back to justify this fairly atrocious (and vegetable deficient) diet. During the week, I go out for business lunches almost every day. Restaurant food everyday...crazy...but I try really hard to make sure I get a healthy dose of protein and veggies at lunch. So, I feel like I eat a big lunch, and can get away with just eating cereal or grilled cheese or fruit for dinner. Oh, and I should also mention that I frequently play my cards right and end up with dinner invites from my amazing friends, and get good home-cooked meals that way...I rarely ever turn down a dinner invite!
With my dirty eating habits now revealed, I will now share with you my favourite recipe for dinner, which is the only recipe that I could actually give you from memory and have complete confidence in making. I make it alot when I have company, for that reason (sorry Em...hope you aren't sick of it! Guess what you're getting when baby #2 comes?!?) My mom always made it for me as a kid, and it was actually referred to around our house as "My Favourite Casserole". It is the epitome of comfort food, for me.
My Favourite Casserole Recipe
- 1lb ground beef (Falls' ground beef really is the best...and Em doesn't pay me to say that!)
- 2 cans Campbell's tomato soup
- 1/2 bag of pasta (macaroni or Scoobi-doo are my favs)
- Boil pasta; Fry ground beef; mix soup (undiluted) into ground beef; add pasta and mix it all up!
There are lots of things you could do to this recipe - add some of your purees, fry onions with the beef, season it with something, put shredded cheese on top. But honestly, I like it just as it is!
Okay, as I was writing this blog, I just ate two chicken fingers and low-fat French fries (Cavendish - only 120 calories for a reasonable portion...such a good find!). Heavenly!
Now off to catch up on T.V. in my PJs....ahhhh, the single life....
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Beth... I can't believe your favourite casserole! We called ours tomato macaroni and meat and the only difference is that you add one less can of soup and instead add one large can of diced tomatoes. You cook it the same way. We very heavily salted ours though before eating. I wonder if everyone has a version of this in their repertoire?
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