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> I cook a vegetable stew that lasts 4 or 5 meals, then cook my next vegetable stew for the next 4 or 5 meals, and so on. I hope you change it up more often th

by EADGBE 9y ago

> I cook a vegetable stew that lasts 4 or 5 meals, then cook my next vegetable stew for the next 4 or 5 meals, and so on. I hope you change it up more often than that. Do you get sick of stew all day every day?

spodek 9y ago
On the contrary, I have more variety than ever. I keep telling myself to try recipes, but when you buy everything in season, every week I'm getting new ingredients with new flavors, textures, and so on. There's huge variety. I look forward to seeing what new tastes and flavors I'll find this week. The stew I'm eating for lunch now has Lima beans, Brussels sprouts, kale, carrots, squash, onion, jalepeno, and a few other vegetables. In August it would have had eggplant, broccoli, red peppers, and a mix of dozens of other vegetables. In June it would have had spring vegetables. In February it will have parsnips, beets, cabbage, and so on. The legumes in my cupboard include Lima beans, split peas, and lentils, and some red/white striped bean from my CSA. In the past month I've used kidney beans, adzuki, pinto, northern, and I forget what other kinds. (I should mention, I eat other things too -- oatmeal with fruit and nuts for breakfast, lots of fruit, nuts, uncooked vegetables, etc.) If you work the combinatorics of one legume plus, say, three or four vegetables/mushrooms, nuts and other toppings, there's more variety than I'll exhaust in my lifetime. I've never eaten this much variety. That said, I've been meaning to make a Thai dish. I keep telling myself to try, but I keep enjoying what local farms provide. Here are reviews from friends of the results: http://joshuaspodek.com/food-world-reviews http://joshuaspodek.com/food-world-reviews.
bluesroo 9y ago
I'm fairly utilitarian about cooking and I see where OP is coming from... After working a full day I don't want to take more time to cook and clean. I want to relax or do something fun, and cooking isn't that for me. Being able to make a meal that lasts 2ish days is pretty excellent way of not having to spend time on cooking while still getting a good (if repetitive) set of meals. On the other hand my wife enjoys cooking so she'll end up doing most of that and it's my job to clean up afterwards. Time-wise it works out to about what it would take for me to make something simple. When she leaves town for a few days I go back to my utilitarian ways.
VyseofArcadia 9y ago
I dunno, I think Soylent has shown there's a niche market of people who just want nutrition.

by EADGBE 9y ago

spodek 9y ago

On the contrary, I have more variety than ever. I keep telling myself to try recipes, but when you buy everything in season, every week I'm getting new ingredients with new flavors, textures, and so on. There's huge variety. I look forward to seeing what new tastes and flavors I'll find this week. The stew I'm eating for lunch now has Lima beans, Brussels sprouts, kale, carrots, squash, onion, jalepeno, and a few other vegetables. In August it would have had eggplant, broccoli, red peppers, and a mix of dozens of other vegetables. In June it would have had spring vegetables. In February it will have parsnips, beets, cabbage, and so on. The legumes in my cupboard include Lima beans, split peas, and lentils, and some red/white striped bean from my CSA. In the past month I've used kidney beans, adzuki, pinto, northern, and I forget what other kinds. (I should mention, I eat other things too -- oatmeal with fruit and nuts for breakfast, lots of fruit, nuts, uncooked vegetables, etc.) If you work the combinatorics of one legume plus, say, three or four vegetables/mushrooms, nuts and other toppings, there's more variety than I'll exhaust in my lifetime. I've never eaten this much variety. That said, I've been meaning to make a Thai dish. I keep telling myself to try, but I keep enjoying what local farms provide. Here are reviews from friends of the results: http://joshuaspodek.com/food-world-reviews http://joshuaspodek.com/food-world-reviews.

bluesroo 9y ago

I'm fairly utilitarian about cooking and I see where OP is coming from... After working a full day I don't want to take more time to cook and clean. I want to relax or do something fun, and cooking isn't that for me. Being able to make a meal that lasts 2ish days is pretty excellent way of not having to spend time on cooking while still getting a good (if repetitive) set of meals. On the other hand my wife enjoys cooking so she'll end up doing most of that and it's my job to clean up afterwards. Time-wise it works out to about what it would take for me to make something simple. When she leaves town for a few days I go back to my utilitarian ways.

VyseofArcadia 9y ago

I dunno, I think Soylent has shown there's a niche market of people who just want nutrition.