What Should I Cook?

It's easy to get in a rut with cooking.  Food may become boring or  dull unless you do something to refresh you taste and your attitude about eating.  I don't often really want to spend the whole day in the kitchen.  I remember doing it, but I'm trying to overcome that tendency now.


Now if you want to make eating an adventure again without going out, you can try new combinations or jazz up old one.  


Spaghetti with Italian Sausage is one favorite I haven't used in a while.  Usually spaghetti is usually served with meat sauce or meat balls.  Try slicing sweet or spicy sausage and adding it to your sauce. You can saute the sausage for a few minutes before you add the sauce, canned is fine, and the cooked spaghetti.  Or you can add the sausage and sauce to the spaghetti at the table.  If you light a candle you have romance.


Tomato soup is a favorite, but you don't have to eat it unchanged from the can.  Add a sprinkle of dried or fresh Basil, a spoonful of sour cream or a sprinkle of grated cheese.  Try a new kind of crackers, too.  There is a splendid variety with cheese or black pepper topping, whole wheat, or bran.


Tomatoes are good with your scrambled eggs.  Get the grape tomatoes and add a few whole or sliced to pep up breakfast.


If you have leftovers in the fridge, don't waste them.  Put all your leftover veggies in a pan and add a few pieces of chopped ham, left over roast, or chicken from last night's Chinese food, and let it simmer for a few minutes.  It will be unique.  Call it anything you like.  You probably can't repeat it because you won't have that same selection of leftovers again.  It may be the Soup of the Year.  On the other hand, if you don't like it, it was all leftovers anyway.  You don't have to feel bad about throwing it out.