Salt is important. If I don't get enough salt in a day, my body seems to not absorb the water I drink, so I become dehydrated and feel quite bad, really. (And when I'm dehydrated I crave sugary drinks, which just goes to show how everything is somehow interconnected.)
Ready-meals, though... Living in a single-person household means I really can't be bothered to cook from scratch every day. So I'm learning how to make ready-meals for myself! Basically this means keeping cooked carbs in the freezer... I have an array of small, portion-sized tubs of cooked rice, potatoes and pasta, and then I have small bags of frozen sauce or stew that I can put into each tub before giving it a whirl in the microwave and sit down for dinner. It takes a bit of practice - especially to get the pasta al dente after microwaving - but it's just making life so much simpler. It's processed food - as most food is, when you think about it. But once you get the hang of it you really can't tell the difference between a home.made ready-meal and something freshly cooked from scratch.
(And going to the freezer seems such a treat now! Do I want rice with a beef Stroganoff, or do I want noodles with a veggie curry? There are so many options every night! I love my freezer and my microwave... The latter I would have forsworn ever buying, but I inherited my grandmother's and it really... Well, it just works well with my freezer!)
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Ready-meals, though... Living in a single-person household means I really can't be bothered to cook from scratch every day. So I'm learning how to make ready-meals for myself! Basically this means keeping cooked carbs in the freezer... I have an array of small, portion-sized tubs of cooked rice, potatoes and pasta, and then I have small bags of frozen sauce or stew that I can put into each tub before giving it a whirl in the microwave and sit down for dinner. It takes a bit of practice - especially to get the pasta al dente after microwaving - but it's just making life so much simpler. It's processed food - as most food is, when you think about it. But once you get the hang of it you really can't tell the difference between a home.made ready-meal and something freshly cooked from scratch.
(And going to the freezer seems such a treat now! Do I want rice with a beef Stroganoff, or do I want noodles with a veggie curry? There are so many options every night! I love my freezer and my microwave... The latter I would have forsworn ever buying, but I inherited my grandmother's and it really... Well, it just works well with my freezer!)