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Default Do you feel that you are stuck in an EMR? ( evening meal rut )

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:44:56 PM UTC-4, gtr wrote:
> On 2013-08-27 23:32:52 +0000, Kalmia said:
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> > I seem to rotate about 30 different evening meals, and that's about it.

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> > I can't seem to branch out and try new things lately. I hate that

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> > "WhatamIgonnamakeforsupper" thought, and my better half's reply is

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> > always "Idunno".

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> > It's not that I don't have hundreds, maybe thousands, of untried

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> > recipes around.

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> > How do you get out of that rut? And please don't' say 'eat out'.

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> I sometimes feel the way you do, but if I don't go through this "MAKE
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> IT, ALREADY!" process, it will never get made.
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> 1) Make a list of things you really want to try.
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> 2) Prioritize it from "most feasible or convenient" down to "highly unlikely".
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> 3) Remove all the "highly unlikely" dishes from the list.
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> 4) Set a day that you have the time and project the energy to make the
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> first listed meal.
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> 5) Write down the ingredients you will need for that meal.
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> 6) Put that list of ingredients in your car. Use that car the next time
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> you shop.


Hmmmmm.....the BMW, Corvette or the Mercedes........? Decisions, decision. : ))

Just poking fun at 'that car'.....as if I own a fleet.