These are My Confessions… Ginger salmon, baked at 400 degrees for 20 minutes with salt & pepper to taste. Sauteed spinach, yellow peppers, brown rice. Don’t judge me, but I started buying the microwaveable rice packets.  I know, I know. For shame. What real foodie would do that? Well, one who has a 40-hour a week job... These instant packets only take 90 seconds to cook, so how can I resist when my other option is measuring, boiling, waiting (while starving), and fluffing with a fork? Who has the time and patience? Not I. (Unless it’s the weekend, of course, when I’m not working, and I can do all of the above happily while drinking a half bottle glass of cabernet.) Plus this instant rice is brown and whole grain, so I think in the grand scheme of things, and by that I mean according to Michelle Obama’s Food Plate, my choice here is nutritionally considered “ok.”  Call it cutting corners, it gets the job done. I just felt the need to justify my decision here to you. Good talk. ~LC

These are My Confessions…

Ginger salmon, baked at 400 degrees for 20 minutes with salt & pepper to taste. Sauteed spinach, yellow peppers, brown rice.

Don’t judge me, but I started buying the microwaveable rice packets.  I know, I know. For shame. What real foodie would do that? Well, one who has a 40-hour a week job...

These instant packets only take 90 seconds to cook, so how can I resist when my other option is measuring, boiling, waiting (while starving), and fluffing with a fork? Who has the time and patience? Not I.

(Unless it’s the weekend, of course, when I’m not working, and I can do all of the above happily while drinking a half bottle glass of cabernet.)

Plus this instant rice is brown and whole grain, so I think in the grand scheme of things, and by that I mean according to Michelle Obama’s Food Plate, my choice here is nutritionally considered “ok.” 

Call it cutting corners, it gets the job done. I just felt the need to justify my decision here to you. Good talk.

~LC

11 months ago