This week I moved out from my parents’ home to a flat in Kent for my placement. I have moved out before but this time it was different. Previously it was to halls in London and it was an exciting prospect living in London Bridge. The major difference this time was that I was moving Kent and that I wasn’t living in student accomodation but in a housing association estate. As you may imagine, it’s not the most glamorous places but we’ve slowly tried to make it our new home for the next 3 months.
A task that’s now come into my life is feeding myself. I must admit I’ve never really needed to cook and have always relied on my mum. Having said that, I love watching cooking shows and I think I’m a fairly good cook when I try.
The whole of this week I was fed up of eating frozen food parcels from home and started to use the kitchen. The first day I decided to invent my own dish which I’ve now title ‘Broccoli, Tomato, Cheese!’ Inventive, I know!
To be honest I don’t class this as cooking but it tasted great so here’s a demo as to how I made it!
Firstly wash the broccoli.
Steam the broccoli. I have a snazzy microwave steamer which works so quickly and is very convenient for washing up. Some people worry about radiowaves, but I’m not that worried!
I then decided to use pasta sauce. Shop bought and not home made which is definitely cheating but it will do when I’m in a rush. I slathered this on top of the cooked broccoli.
I then cut up some cheddar to sprinkle over the top. I do think grating it would be better but I don’t own a grater!
I then popped it back in the microwave just to melt the cheese. (Not the most appetising picture below, but it does get better!)
I then realised that this was not enough food for dinner and there weren’t any carbs so I added a piece of buttered toast and also a few slices of cucumber!
The finished result! I accompanied my meal with a glass of Innocent Tropical juice and as I was alone in the flat this week, my eating companion was Graham Norton!
I have such a sweet tooth after eating and I just snacked on some of these yummy chocolates that my work colleagues got for me when I left my job at the end of summer.
I am aware I made this whole meal in a microwave but it’s still healthy, filling and yummy! Maybe I’ll try inventing something more complicated next time.
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