Bad cook, bad

It's Tuesday and I don't remember the last time I prepared something more than a salad or sandwich for a meal. I've been really busy and going out a lot, so I have been relying on restaurant food and frozen dinners. Sunday night, I ate the Seeds of Change Spicy Thai Peanut Noodles for dinner. I'm hesitant to stray past Amy's for frozen dinners, but this dinner was pretty good. It is fairly spicy (I'm a lightweight), but not so much that I couldn't take it. The tofu chunks were a palatable size and the mix of ingredients was quite tasty. That's what's rather remarkable about this entree. Unlike a lot of frozen dinners, it not only looked like something you'd want to eat, it also looked like the photo on the box after it was been prepared. The vegetables maintained a bright color (even the broccoli) as well as the proper taste. As in, the carrots tasted like carrots and the broccoli tasted like broccoli. It hadn't been packaged in such a way that the flavors inside the container all blended into one singular taste. It really looked and tasted like it had been recently prepared.

Last night, though I took a step down from frozen dinners. A step down? Yes. I ate cookies for dinner. Granted, they were Kashi Oatmeal Dark Chocolate cookies, which is not your standard junk food, but cookies nonetheless. And I ate four of them--half the box. Tonight, though I resolve to actually prepare myself a meal. My refrigerator is nearly bursting; certainly there's something in there I can throw together to make something decent.

Sunday

As always, I started my day with a banana. My power went out right about the time I was going to fix lunch, so instead of lunch, I had four Kashi oatmeal dark chocolate cookies. Not the healthiest but not the unhealthiest lunch ever. All my bread was in the refrigerator, though and required toasting to be edible. Though in retrospect, I could have placed it on some aluminum foil outside despite it not reaching over 100 degrees here today for the first time in recent memory.

Later, I had a Kashi chocolate chip cherry snack bar. Yes, I eat a lot of Kashi brand products. Target's the best place to get them (much cheaper than at the grocery).

And fortunately, the power was back on in time for dinner. I made some vegetable fajitas (chopped fresh squash, zucchini, mushrooms, Vidalia onions, and tomatoes). I use the McCormick brand fajita seasoning. The link is for a larger container than I've seen at the grocery; I've always bought the packets and only use a partial packet for small meals, so I'll look for this next time--it's my favorite. All I do is mix up a little of the fajita seasoning with some corn oil and water and fry in a skillet for a few minutes and serve in some fresh flour tortillas. I'd use corn tortillas if they made burrito size, because I like the taste better. Note: vegetarians should always check labels on tortillas to make sure they're not made with lard. And for everyone, don't wuss out and buy low-fat tortillas--yuck. Buy Lupita or Ole or Mission if you're in a pinch. I don't recommend the Azteca brand at all.

The tap water here in Nashville continues to smell (and taste) like algae, so I didn't drink enough today. Perhaps I should have splurged on some bottled water.