When my mom was here in January she was
(rightfully) appalled at the lack of certain things in my kitchen. I said at one point, “Know what I need?” and
she said, “Mom to come visit and actually use your kitchen”. She wasn’t wrong in that.
It’s not that I don’t like cooking; on the
contrary, I like it a lot, when I am cooking for someone else who will appreciate
it. And when I have the time and
space. The last time I cooked a lot was
when I was living in Boston, I was dating someone who enjoyed what I ate and I
had easy access to anything I needed at the store down the street. Since moving here, I have been drowning in
work, and the last thing I want to do after a ten hour stressful work day is
come home and cook. I’ve had a lot of grilled cheese, salad, cereal, and an
occasional Uber Eats delivery.
But now, those reasons have gone out the
window and suddenly I find myself with time and energy and plenty of desire (even
though I’m still just cooking for myself).
About two weeks ago something possessed me to buy a whole chicken in the
store; I’ve never cooked a whole chicken before, but I stuck it in my slow cooker with some vegetables and seasonings and man, it
was beyond delicious. Honestly, I won’t
ever buy a rotisserie chicken again.
With the carcass and some instructions from
Mom, I made some really, really delicious chicken soup.
Pita chips, and hummus. Both are so easy and so not worth the price
in the grocery store. Pita here is a
little different than in West Africa, I had to roll it down thinner (the first round
turned out more like croutons) but pairs perfectly with my garlic hummus. Yum! (next I’ll try making pita myself….)
Zucchini bread, with some substitutions for
things I can’t find here. Side note, zucchini in South Africa is called marrow
and in England is called courgette.
Other things that didn’t warrant a photo:
sloppy joes, tacos, butter chicken with halloumi instead of chicken, a second chicken, pesto pasta from my garden basil…. That’s
what I can think of off hand.
Today was the best so far – I made bagels.
I can’t find decent bagels here in SA and I’ve heard they’re easy, just a
little time consuming. They turned out
AMAZING. Next time I’m at the grocery
store I’ll look for some sesame seeds to sprinkle on them! I’ve been dreaming of good bagels for awhile,
and am looking forward to making a breakfast sandwich with one of these
beauties.
What are you making while on lockdown? What else should I try??
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