Ok, so I need some help from everyone out there.
I'm tired of my cooking.
I need some fresh ideas from all you meal-in-a-minute college friends, great recipes from parents, and just some new ideas. I've been travelling for over two months now, and I'm pretty much sick of the meals I've been having, becasue I keep making the same ones every week pretty much.
The thing is, it's a bit more difficult than cooking at home.
- I have no way of storing extra food, so whatever I cook I have to eat it all in one go. Meaning no big meals or casseroles or anything like that please.
- I have no way of storing extra ingredients, which makes buying and cooking meat very difficult because it hardly ever comes in single serving sizes or portions at the store.
- I need to use cheap ingredients, and ones I can get in small amounts, so nothing like mustard or something like that because I can't use it all.
It depends. Sometimes if I'm staying in one place for a few days, I can get by storing a bit of food in the fridge if there's room, or if they have tupperware or some cling wrap I am able to store some left overs. Most hostels don't have freezers though, so any meat I buy has to be used within a day or two. So if you have a recipe or idea you think is good, but needs meat or makes a meal for two or something, give it to me anyway becasue I may still be able to make it sometimes.
Things that I usually can't buy because of the storage issues are things like cheese, deli meats, condiments, sauces etc. Sometimes hostels will have a small supply of these, or provide salt and pepper, but it's not always.
That being said, I do have a small food bag I take everywhere with me, and so I usually always have a supply of pepper, butter, rice, jam and peanut butter with me.
The meals I usually end up cooking for myself are:
- Fried rice, with or without chicken if I can get it
- Some sort of pasta dish, sometimes adding a small can of salmon or meat if I have it.
- Lots of vegetables like carrots, broccoli, yams, corn, beets and peas
- Some fruits that keep for a few days like bananas and apples
- Sandwiches or breads
I am basically surviving off of all carbs - rice, breads, pastas, potatoes, etc. with some veggies thrown in.
So please, if you have any ideas help me out. I would like to branch out my flavour oportunities! And eat less carbs if possible! The perfect criteria for the meals I'm looking for are: small portions and easy to make with few ingredients.
Email me at justcallmejules@hotmail.com or leave a comment with your ideas, I can't wait to see them!
See you all in about about a week, I'm off on my 5 day hike today! Wish me luck, and pray for nice weather for me, since it's looking VERY crappy for the next few days. I'm really disappointed about the weather, since it's be glorious here for two months, and of course it decides to get crappy the ONE week I hoped it would be nice. I've been looking forward to this hike for over 6 months, so please keep thinking nice thoughts of nice weather for Julie in the next few days, I'd be ever grateful for that as well.
Thanks so much everyone!
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About Me
- Jules
- I'm a miniscule speck in this crazy old world, and I'm trying to see as much of it as I can. Read along with me as I meet new people, experience new things, and see new horizons.
My Travel Journal
I didn't go on this trip to "find myself", but rather to become the person I want to be. Open minded and outgoing, spontaneous and easy-going. Not to mention seeing the world along the way.
I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures. They may not always be exciting, but they'll be important to me. Please leave lots of comments; one can never have enough notes from home.
I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures. They may not always be exciting, but they'll be important to me. Please leave lots of comments; one can never have enough notes from home.
Planned Itinerary:
- New Zealand (Done!)
-Indonesia (Done!)
-Australia (Done!)
-Singapore (Done!)
-Malaysia (Done!)
-Thailand (Done!)
-Taiwan (Done!)
- England (Partly done)
-Belgium (Done!)
-Netherlands (Done!)
-Germany (Done!)
-Czech Republic (Done!)
-Italy (Done!)
-Switzerland (Done!)
-France (Done!)
-Scotland (Done!)
- Ireland
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- England (Partly done)
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- Ireland
Life Goals Accomplished On This Trip:
- Learn to scuba dive
- Go backpacking by myself
- Visit New Zealand
- Swim with dolphins
- See a penguin in the wild
- Walk on a glacier
- Learn to surf
- Hold a koala
- Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
- Sleep under the stars in the Outback
- Visit Prague
- Eat pizza and pasta in Italy
- Picnic on the lawn below the Eiffel Tower
- Eat haggis in Scotland
- Kiss the Blarney Stone
- Go backpacking by myself
- Visit New Zealand
- Swim with dolphins
- See a penguin in the wild
- Walk on a glacier
- Learn to surf
- Hold a koala
- Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
- Sleep under the stars in the Outback
- Visit Prague
- Eat pizza and pasta in Italy
- Picnic on the lawn below the Eiffel Tower
- Eat haggis in Scotland
- Kiss the Blarney Stone
Food For Thought
I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid, more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live
so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
~ Dawna Markova
The road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back to home and bed.
~ J.R.R. Tolkein
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid, more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live
so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
~ Dawna Markova
The road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back to home and bed.
~ J.R.R. Tolkein
5 comments:
aw well jules. I'm trying to think of stuff-but I'm afraid I'm not exactly the best 'cook'. Perhaps you could go to the stores near by and just get a few slices of deli meats? That way you could have enough for that day or something. I don't really know how stuff down there works. Rice cakes could be nice, a nice waking up to. Or lettuce with some of the veggies or even fruits on there. And if you can get your hands on some oil or vinegar packets then you'd be set. *tries to think of more* If I can think of anymore ideas then ill be sure to let you know. <3
You are in a tough food situation, that's for sure. I didnt realize you were eating boring things for that long. Brutal.
I can think of a million things, that are either carb related or unable to work with like steak or eggs and such.
I'm thinking, KD, with creamers for milk. You could always got for meats that are all prepared and stuff like jerkies or even salamis always last forever. I'd help you out with the meat problem if i was there, but for now, sorry, that's all i got.
Good luck Jules.
-Mikey
hmm well jules you know i live off noodles. hahah you could get a pack of mr noodles, add some fresh veggies to it, tastes really good. also chop up a potato, add some bell peppers, onions, kind of like a breakfast scramble without the egg.
hmmm what else do i live off of? sorry jules, just mr. noodles, OR sidekicks.
I am the worse person to ask for advice, instead of cooking a meal I order take-out...which I realize could be a problem once I become a mother.
I was looking at all your pictures and catching up-wow. I am so envious Jules, it's so great you are able to travel and see all these things so you'll have no regrets. The penguins are AWESOME.
Keep Safe--JEnn (Inner_Reflections)
I Haven't cooked a meal for myself in months because I live in taiwan, the most convenient country ever. Why cook when you can drive your scooter down half a block to the nearest food stall of your choice.
Do they have dumplings down there?
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