I need to vent, don't pay attention.

[Babyjustrun]

The rule in my house is "if you don't like what's cooking- cook yourself". That's how I got to learn how to cook. I was a very picky eater when I was younger. I wouldn't eat half of what my parents cooked, and even now I'm very sensitive to texture when eating. I can't eat pork or chunky sauces on my spaghetti because of this problem. I can cook couscous like a pro- complete with chicken and veggies cooked fresh if I feel like it. Couscous isn't a hard dish. It's basically small pasta balls (like...half a grain of rice small) and you boil a pot of water (to the amount specified for the amount of couscous you're cooking) and pour in the couscous. Turn off the heat once you've added the couscous and cover it for about 8 minutes- it steams itself and everything. You can add whatever you want to it, too. It's really easy to make and you can spice it up however you want.

Other than that, I love to mess around with salad ingredients, I like trying new dishes with beef and chicken and I'm a master griller, so long as I'm using a wild flame like in a fireplace. I can't grill for crap on an actuall grill. I was a girl scout and we used to do overnighters where all we were given was a list of ingredients and matches if we needed them. I could totally survive on my own in the forest. And I'm learning how to make pizza with a dutch oven!

I have the bolded problem also.
I don't eat certain foods because I hate the texture.
I love love love the taste of fried rice, but I can't eat it because the onion (or is it celery? All I know is that it's green and has ridges and it's in fried rice) makes me want to gag when I bite it.
I also only dip my nacho chips lightly into salsa. I can't eat the chunks in it, I can only handle the sauce.

And another one is macaroni tomato hamburg. It's just macaroni pasta cooked with hamburger and tomato sauce. It taste fine, and my dad loves it.
But the chunky tomatoes is gross.

 

[CheezDoodle]

Pizza can be a very healthy meal as long as you don't load it with greasy meats and crust. Plain cheese pizza from Papa John's or Subway is not greasy and is pretty good for you.

But I understand. We don't have a dishwasher (how ghetto is that?), and my mom won't cook most of the time because she hates to dirty the dishes. I don't like hamburgers very much and the only other fast food I like is pizza, which is getting old... I want some nice oven baked chicken from home with carribean jerk spices!!! And maybe a real baked potato? Yum... =[

 

[KidGoofy]

I hate fast food. Even though it taste really good, I have to stop eating it.
I don't want to struggle with my weigh as an adult.
I want to start eating healthy dinners every night instead of going to Pizza Hut 5 nights a week.
Thats just unhealthy.
Ick.

Are you kidding? PIZZA HUT IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!! I wish I was you. The closest one is like 4 towns away. I guess I am lucky because I have a fast metabolism(hopefullt thats the right word).

 

[valeriesunshine]

I'm in the same boat...
Somewhat.
My mother works from Tuesday to Saturday and works until after supper.
My dad isn't a creative cook and half the stuff he likes that is healthy I think is disgusting.
So for 5 days of the week I eat frozen food that goes in the oven. And I don't like it because it's generally not tasty, and it's not healthy either.
But I can't complain because my dad hates that I'm a picky eater and I hate the 'If you learned to like things,' speech.

And I can't cook for crap.
And I'm afraid to cook meat of any kind because I'm afraid that I won't cook it long enough and I'll get sick.

Thats EXACTLY what im going through.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Are you kidding? PIZZA HUT IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!! I wish I was you. The closest one is like 4 towns away. I guess I am lucky because I have a fast metabolism(hopefullt thats the right word).

I hate Pizza Hut, you can have all of mine, lol.

 

[Princess_Dot]

Are there any health-food resteraunts around you that deliver? Downtown, where I live, there is an all-organic restaurant that will deliver. Its great.

Also, try going to Whole-Foods or Trader-Joes and pick up there frozen dinners. They are way healthier and have a much biger variety than the chicken strips/french fries that normal super markets sell.

ETA: Do you like chinese food? Thats always my go-to delivery food because I love steamed rice and green beans.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Are there any health-food resteraunts around you that deliver? Downtown, where I live, there is an all-organic restaurant that will deliver. Its great.

Also, try going to Whole-Foods or Trader-Joes and pick up there frozen dinners. They are way healthier and have a much biger variety than the chicken strips/french fries that normal super markets sell.

ETA: Do you like chinese food? Thats always my go-to delivery food because I love steamed rice and green beans.

You just reminded me.
The place I work at is a bulk food store. Like half the stuff there is vegan, or like completely organic.
It's kind of crazy.
So maybe if you could find a bulk food store, possibly you could find some healthy snacks? I know you're complaining about actual meals, but the place I work at has so many healthy things it's crazy.

 

[imabrat]

No Trader Joes or Whole Foods. Only place that delivers is Dominoes.

Yes, I live in nowheresville.

 

[Princess Ash]

The one perk of living 6 people in a house (my fam of 4 is living with my grandparents for now): GOOD FOOD OFTEN!

HOORAY!

Sorry Sonya. Maybe you could go out to eat or even order out Chinese or something or even go to a friend's house maybe once or twice a week.

 

[imabrat]

Thanks for the ideas.

Unfortunately, we're on a budget and no one but Dominoes delivers around here. We've only got Walmart, Shoprite, and Weis for foodshopping. And friend's houses don't work. They all live far (school districts big) and it's hard enough to get around my own house with a walker, let alone someone elses.

OT- but I was angry yesterday. I didn't eat much of dinner, didn't really like what was made, so I went to look around for a snack. I found an Easy Mac. I was like Ma, why didn't you tell me we had this? So that's what I had for dinner/dessert.