Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone struggle with cooking?
I’ve been trying to lose a bit of weight and thought that cooking fresh meals instead of having microwave/ready made meals would be better for me - but when it comes to cooking I really struggle to follow instructions and when I do and come to eat the food it’s not very nice.
For example, I was recently using one of those “Maggi cook in a bag” and it asks for 100ml of water for a meal that they say serves 4 but as it was just me eating the meal I would (after being told/snapped at by my mum) need to quarter it - i didn’t realise this and it has since meant having to cool more food.
The best way to describe it is that my brain likes to read and re-read the instructions but when it comes to doing them, I completely forget/don’t realise I’m doing it wrong - I do have dyslexia too so maybe it could be just that?
I’m still yet to be diagnosed but wondered if this was something other people experienced.
I will share my favourite and very simple receipe, of my own design, where I prepare food in few batches ready to put into oven
Ingredients:
1kg of sweet potatoes, or 1kg of potatoes (Albert Barlett I find best for roasting)
Spices mix, 1tsp of cumin, 1tsp of cinnamon, 1tsp of turmeric, 2tsp of paprika, 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper, 1tsp of salt, 1tsp of black pepper
2 red onions, or 2 white, or 1 of each
Occasionally, to have a change in my menu I add carrots and/or butternut squash
1 halloumi
Occasionally, to have a change in my menu I add tomatoes and/or peppers
Preparation:
Peel potatoes, cut them in wedges, or any other shape that you fancy, to make 1 bite pieces best.
Put cut potatoes in a plastic bowl and empty spices mix on top, by shaking the bowl up and down spread spices over potatoes, or you can use hands to flip them and stir, until you spread spices over all, more or less evenly.
Peel onions, cutting top and bottom away, cut them into 4 pieces, or 5, or 6 :P
Divide potatoes and onions into 4 portions
Spread 1tbsp of olive oil (or rapeseed oil, I switched, it supposed to be healthier) over baking tray
3 portions go into plastic containers and 4th on a baking tray, spreading them, 1 layer of veggies on tray is best.
Cut halloumi into slices (thinner then 3mm to have them crispier, thicker to have them chewier)
Divide halloumi into 4 portions
Wrap 3 portions in foil and put in a fridge, 4th keep on a side.
If you decide to add any other veggies follow the pattern, carrots and butternut squash go with potatoes, peppers and tomatoes go with halloumi.
Cooking:
Heat up oven to 180°C,
Put in baking tray with potatoes for 20min
Beware when you open oven, there might be steam escaping, depends of type of oven.
Take out the tray, flip potatoes upside down, spread halloumi slices over potatoes
Put the tray back into oven for 20min
If I want to have it all crispier, I switch off oven and leave it like that for 5min
Beware when you open oven again.
Take out the tray and enjoy.
Next day you have portions ready to put on a tray and roast.
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