All of you know that I do not like to cook. I would way rather go out to eat every single night. In Switzerland, this is just not practical. The minimum amount for a dinner for 2 with wine is 100$. I also know that when I have kids I will be cooking a lot more too. This blog is not meant to judge others because I myself am just starting out in the wonderful world of cooking. I, honestly wouldn't even call it cooking..... I also am not a health nut either, as you will see I love pastas and meat!
It is hard to start cooking over here because the measurements are all different from the U.S. Not to mention all of the directions are in German. Also meat here in Switzerland is very expensive so I can't make meat too much without the grocery bill being enormous.
A lot of what I find in America is when we cook we make these massive meals. So much food goes to waste or worse becomes part of our love handles. We cannot make spaghetti without the garlic bread. Oh and we must have a salad so we have the veggies too. Why not just spaghetti and a salad? Or just spaghetti? I mean we have been told that dinner needs to be our smallest meal yet we splurge and make huge meals because that is what we have always been told what to do. If I don't make a big meal for my family then I am not a good wife, or husband in some cases. Why don't more people cook breakfast foods for dinner? Eggs? Bacon? Eggs is one of the healthiest things we could have and so easy to prepare. We think because it is so easy to prepare it shouldn't be a dinner item. Well to be honest by the end of most dinners we have consumed about 700-1,000 calories. More people would cook in America if they didn't think it was such a long tedious process. That is the thing that scared me the most. Oh my, I have to first go get all of the items and then every night cook it, all. I find that if I don't scare myself with a the thought of preparing a huge frightening meal, I love staying in and making a home cooked meal.
I have been doing a lot of research on microwaves lately and not liked what I have seen. I also recently talked with a Scientist at Andy's company about the effects of a microwave. He had nothing good to say. He basically said all of the nutrients are taken out of the food, not to mention there is a huge link to cancer. Obviously he said, there is balance within everything. He says his family has to use it for certain things too. Well the Swiss don't really "do" microwaves. Which makes it pretty easy for Andy and I not to use one. We have been living without one for about 6 weeks and haven't thought a thing about it. I mean I am not going to lie it is very hard to pass up some of the microwaveable items in the grocery. Although I know how much healthier I am being with not using one.
I am all about making amazing salads for dinner. Chop up some tomato, mozzarella, avocado and you have an amazing meal. It is normal here for people to eat a lot of bread and cheese so I will have that as my side too. Again, we don't need to make a production of dinner every night. They have a lot of pastas here that are pre-made and have delicious cheese in it. Andy and I have this about 2-3 times a week. Now, we cannot go back to regular spaghetti because stuff filled pasta is so yummy. We just bought a grill which is nice too because we can grill out 1-2 times a week too. I am trying to find lean beef here but sometimes that can be tough :( We also pop in pizza a lot too. It is so good and we both only need a couple of slices to make us full. We want to start creating our own but being over here, and buying all the ingredients will be a lot of money.
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