This broken hand is all new to me - I have never been handicapped in all these 70-something years. I know I'm being a big baby about all this, but I do need some help.
I need some ideas for just basic dinners. I don't need recipes, I can do that - just need some proding.
To explain what I find I'm still doing is - i.e. I told Roy I'd make marinara sauce and make spaghetti for a dinner. Then my mind went into overdrive - I thought, o.k. sausage or beef meatballs, adding some interesting ingred. to the sauce - green olives? capers? bacon or salt pork? on and on. I just don't seem to be able to just think spaghetti sauce with pasta! (anyone understand what I'm tying to say?)
I guess bottom line is I overthink things to make dishes as interesting as I can. But my hand just kills me after 4hours of prep rather than one or 1 1/2.
I've come up with -
spaghetti -BASIC
Twice baked potatoes
Adding simple things to basic soup
I'm open- the above is not going to be very interesting for the next 5 weeks.
I need some ideas for just basic dinners. I don't need recipes, I can do that - just need some proding.
To explain what I find I'm still doing is - i.e. I told Roy I'd make marinara sauce and make spaghetti for a dinner. Then my mind went into overdrive - I thought, o.k. sausage or beef meatballs, adding some interesting ingred. to the sauce - green olives? capers? bacon or salt pork? on and on. I just don't seem to be able to just think spaghetti sauce with pasta! (anyone understand what I'm tying to say?)
I guess bottom line is I overthink things to make dishes as interesting as I can. But my hand just kills me after 4hours of prep rather than one or 1 1/2.
I've come up with -
spaghetti -BASIC
Twice baked potatoes
Adding simple things to basic soup
I'm open- the above is not going to be very interesting for the next 5 weeks.
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