JerAmy

A Little Motivation from Jamie!

Jeremiah and I have an interesting cooking style. Though we both enjoy cooking fun/cultural/tasty meals, it doesn't seem to happen that often. I think the combination of being busy/lazy in regards to the time it takes to cook and the effort to keep a clean and organized kitchen is somewhat of a deterrence. Jeremiah recently discovered Jamie Oliver's new book Food Revolution, and now there is a new hope for an Overland kitchen revolution. Jamie teaches that you can actually eat nutritional, cheap meals that take little time to prepare. Wow. Sounds great. So we made tasty chilie con carne last night, and are going to try Jamie's spaghetti with simple tomato sauce (with way less salt than store bought sauces). One thing I am excited about is this revolution has motivated me to tackle my spice storage. I have always disliked how my spices are stored...if you need a teaspoon of oregano for example, you try to shove the teaspoon in the small spice shaker with so much force that eventually spices are are all over the counter. I have tried to think of a solution. My brother Josh, has his spices wonderfully arranged in ikea jars, which was my dream, but I was trying to think if there was a cheaper solution. Then I saw an add on kijiji for baby food. The lightbulb came on and I figured these jars would be perfect as a teaspoon fits in (because the baby eats out of a jar)! So I called up the ad people, and found myself meeting up with a random husband man in wal-mart to rid him of his baby food. A very random excursion. But I think it has worked out quite well! Hopefully we will continue to be motivated and mac'n cheese, Mcdonald's and chunky's will be the type of "cooking" that won't happen that often!