The biggest issue I have with "adulting" is feeding myself. It just requires too much patience and too much planning. In addition, my husband (no, family, I didn't get secretly married) likes more ethnic dishes while I enjoy the same dishes as a typical 7-year-old. Cheese, carbs, and sauce is pretty much my motto when it comes to what I enjoy eating. So, coming up with recipes we can agree on is pretty hard.
The main challenge I find with cookbooks is that they're either overly reliant on canned soup and prepackaged things, or they're overly "gourmet" and end up costing about $40 per person. Looking at you, my beloved Ina Garten. Thus, I wasn't overly hopeful upon receiving a copy of SkinnyTaste: Fast & Slow by Gina Homolka. I'd never heard of her blog, but saw that the book had a lot of reviews on Amazon and said "what the heck."
Well, it feels like this book may have been sent to me from above and may possibly save my life. The book has a ton of recipes, and they all have clear directions for my impatient and easily flustered self. No soups, cheese, cream, packaged items, etc. Just normal, accessible vegetables and other ingredients. My husband said, "If these are healthy, then I'm going to start eating healthy." Though we aren't officially married, this cookbook may have saved us from an unofficial divorce.
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