Ok, all. I have to cook for my family. It is just a fact of life. A fact I have been running from for far too long. I prefer homemade food. There is a better chance of me eating it if I know what is in it. And yet I tend to shortcut far too often just to escape the kitchen. Then I'm overwhelmed with what I'm serving and don't eat it. I end up nearly in tears and usually settling for carrots and hummus (if caught by Hubby). So I need help.
I cannot/will not do hydrogenated or hydrolyzed oils or proteins. I panic about HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) and artificial colorings, specifically Red 40 and Yellows. Sometimes I can handle bread, preferably homemade so I know none of the above culprits are involved. Often times potatoes and other starchy foods freak me out. I refuse to use artificial sweeteners, they are worse for your body than sugar is! Those are my biggest rules. Of course any given day a certain food or type of food or foods high on the glycemic index etc will freak me out. But I'm working on being able to appreciate foods that have previously been taboo, like for instance a fully ripe banana or (on rare occasions) mashed potatoes.
I can't guarantee the foods I make will not panic me once they are on my plate but I cope with the panic much more constructively when I can analyze that I am eating a meal that I made that is healthy. That is where ya'll come into my recovery. I need help planning meals! I need family friendly dinners. I have no idea how to cook anymore. I used to be a pretty good cook. I can't remember what I used to make, which meals my family raved over or why I used to enjoy cooking. I have to get that back. Otherwise I continue to perpetuate this illness. Oh, I also am needing to slim my grocery budget a little. It is costing me too much to to not be able to cook for my family.
So go for it. Send them in. Send me some family friendly, budget friendly dinner meals you love! Please help me reclaim a love for cooking, or at minimum a tolerance of it!
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