My first few years of college I actually attempted to cook for one.
Then I went on a mission and when I came home all I remembered how to make were microwave brownies and no bakes. Somehow I couldn't remember what normal people eat. As a result, I was forced to establish new eating patterns.
Unfortunately, this is what evolved.
I go to the store every couple weeks and buy things in bulk. Then I go home and spend hours washing everything and putting it in little Ziploc bags. I never eat meals, I just snack throughout the day. The menu this month consists of the following:
- Blueberries
- Edamame
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Grapefruit
- Snow Peas
- Cucumbers
- Carrots
- Plain Almonds
- Baked Tostitos w/ Fresh Salsa
- All Natural Fruit Leather
- Sugar-free Chocolate Pudding
- 1 small can v8
- 2 bottles of flavored water
Now I realize that this does not constitute a balanced diet. But hey, who needs grains and dairy products? Don't Jello Pudding and Tostitos count? The Jello is sugar-free and the Tostitos are baked - that should count for something.
Additionally, I will sometimes prepare a simple main course in the evenings (depending on how busy I am with school/work.) This usually consists of something such as fish, baked chicken, or a particular kind of salad that I will eat obsessively for several months before developing a sudden revulsion to it, at which point I subsequently refuse to eat it for years. The food items I am currently (and indefinitely) intolerant to include the following:
- Oriental Mandarin Chicken Salad
- Cod or Salmon
- Baked Chicken
- Chicken and Rice (or Noodle) Soup (a former breakfast item)
- Snow Peas (pending)
- Carrots (pending)
- etc. (I could go on, but I'll stop here.)
I'm not exactly sure if my eating patterns are a symptom of my own neurotic tendencies or the result of being single for entirely too long.
I am going to blame it on being single.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I would like to thank Ziploc for supporting my habits and aiding me in my quest to destroy the environment one baggie at a time.
