Not so 'cul-n a-rysky-skill' :P

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One question. That haunts me everyday. That wrings the nerves of my brain mercilessly. Not once but twice a day! Isn’t it funny how just one question, the very same one each and every day of my life, can manage to make my life miserable or at the very least give a run to my mental peace? “What do I make for lunch/dinner today?” There I wrote it. Even writing about it makes me fret and starts wrecking my brain nerves upside down as if someone crushing the strings of a guitar ruthlessly!  “Oh Gosh! Its already time to start thinking about what to make for dinner! Now let me see what I have in the fridge… umm… Ahaaa, I found a Cauliflower! Naaah I just made it day before yesterday.” There goes my first option. Ok so what next? I have some potatoes. “Naah it has too much carbs honey and not very good for the stomach” pat comes the reply from dear hubby. Alright. How about some Punjabi dishes? Too heavy. South Indian? Not in the mood. Pizza or pastas? Too much calories. And it goes on.. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!  

Since past few years this question has been haunting me every single day of my life. It somehow never seemed so tough to answer when it was my mom who was doing the questioning. Now, since it depends on me to decide and add to it even prepare it, it suddenly has become a tedious query which I often don’t have any answer to. That’s an altogether different story that I’m not a big fan of cooking and neither very adventurous nor creative with my culinary abilities and hence I may be finding this question so torturous :O LOL! I often envy those who have cooking blogs and come up with sumptuous recipes each time which makes me speculate why didn’t God bestow upon me such a virtue which is an absolute must if you are born in an Indian family and more so if you are an Indian ‘bahu’. :D There’s no escaping it sadly, how hard you may try. I’m sure such talented people with to-die-for culinary skills would never have a dearth of ideas of what to cook daily. Ahhh! Blessed souls. And for people like me whose culinary skills beg for a chance of survival, it’s a never-ending quest. Alas!

I even vainly tried to re-direct the same question to dearest hubby many a times but he relentlessly tries to dodge it leaving me yet again to conquer the dreaded question all by myself! Sigh! How I wish that I had a genie who would answer all my questions and it would indeed be an icing on the cake if the genie not just answers it but magically makes it appear in a jiffy! Wow..is that even remotely possible in reality!?! I guess it would only have been possible if I’d married a genie. Oh wait! I am already married to one…ain’t I?  Though mine is more of a weekend genie… rest of the week he’s off duty! :P So still the question remains… unanswered! Do YOU have  answers to my question…anyone, someone, puhhleeeeazze answer me and help me retaliate to this question, once and for all! How and from where do you all experienced and wonderful cooks manage to get your answers everyday to this same question without batting an eyelid?  And the quest is on…

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  1. A day in the life of a MOMOctober 1, 2011 at 2:12 AM

    Hey..ok this comment is going to be an essay.. I have some suggestions for you..out of the 7 days, first declare 1 day as no cooking day, for the rest try and make up a menu of things you both like to eat and stick it on the fridge..cook out of it with whatever you have in your pantry..I am such a moody cook, sometimes I ' ll cook up delicacies all week and the other week we all have to do with bread/butter/jam. sandwich/frozen roti n stuff like that !! Second suggestion is keep a fixed menu for one meal..like rotli shaak or khichdi shaak or dal bhaat or everything, whatever u like, so then u just hv to think once in a day, what to cook ! The last suggestion is of course the best, make friends with neighbors who like to cook ..!!

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  2. nehaOctober 2, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    Haha... I like your first and last suggestions the best!! :P But seriously, thanks for the suggestions..it sure will come in handy in future!! :))

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