Comments on: Kitchen Fail of the Week http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/ A San Francisco stay-at-home dad getting the hang of things. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-11241 David Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:06:20 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/#comment-11241 I once made an entire meal (three dishes) that were all beans... and I didn't realize it until I put all the food on the plate and handed it to my wife before gasping and defeatedly saying, "Oh, these are all beans. Sorry about that." We all had gas that night. I once made an entire meal (three dishes) that were all beans… and I didn’t realize it until I put all the food on the plate and handed it to my wife before gasping and defeatedly saying, “Oh, these are all beans. Sorry about that.”

We all had gas that night.

]]> By: PJ http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-11240 PJ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:49:24 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/#comment-11240 I'm totally with you on the no-time-to-cook thing. I'm not a stay-at-home dad, but my wife often must spend the evening studying for various exams, so I end up doing meals and cleanup and etc. While I can cook reasonably well, my meal-planning skills are sadly lacking. So I was super glad to find a local <a href="http://dreamdinners.com" rel="nofollow">DreamDinners</a> where they'll do all the pre-prep for me (or you can do it yourself if you're so inclined)- I just have to pick a couple out of the deep freeze and put 'em in the fridge to thaw. Cooking them is super trivial (typically something like: pan-fry the meat that's in this package on both sides, then add the sauce from this other package). Steam some veggies for a side and I'm done with minimal mess (no mixing), minimal wasted food (no buying a huge pack of X when I need 3), and minimal thought (follow the directions that come with the food). Not a shill, just a really happy customer, --PJ I’m totally with you on the no-time-to-cook thing. I’m not a stay-at-home dad, but my wife often must spend the evening studying for various exams, so I end up doing meals and cleanup and etc. While I can cook reasonably well, my meal-planning skills are sadly lacking. So I was super glad to find a local DreamDinners where they’ll do all the pre-prep for me (or you can do it yourself if you’re so inclined)- I just have to pick a couple out of the deep freeze and put ‘em in the fridge to thaw. Cooking them is super trivial (typically something like: pan-fry the meat that’s in this package on both sides, then add the sauce from this other package). Steam some veggies for a side and I’m done with minimal mess (no mixing), minimal wasted food (no buying a huge pack of X when I need 3), and minimal thought (follow the directions that come with the food).

Not a shill, just a really happy customer,

–PJ

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-11242 doodaddy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/#comment-11242 <a href='#comment-11240' rel="nofollow">@PJ</a> - I used to try to do that kind of thing for myself, by setting aside some time to cook a bunch of meals and freeze them in portions. (We have a big freezer.) Maybe someday I'll get back to that sort of thing... @PJ – I used to try to do that kind of thing for myself, by setting aside some time to cook a bunch of meals and freeze them in portions. (We have a big freezer.) Maybe someday I’ll get back to that sort of thing…

]]> By: doodaddy http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-11243 doodaddy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://doodaddy.net/2009/10/27/kitchen-fail-of-the-week/#comment-11243 <a href='#comment-11241' rel="nofollow">@David</a> - Yep, that sounds like something I'd do. Just curious... what three bean dishes? Bean salad, dal soup, garbanzo loaf? @David – Yep, that sounds like something I’d do. Just curious… what three bean dishes? Bean salad, dal soup, garbanzo loaf?

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