Dinner Time Quandry

I expected marriage to be hard in many ways, but I wasn't really expecting the dinner time quandary. Unlike my single days where I could just throw the meal of my choice into the microwave at my convenience, I now find that eating with Zach is one of those nice, sweet coupely things to do Plus he's a better cook than me, so if we eat together I generally only have to do minimal work. Who says there's no such thing as a free meal? However, while eating together is a definite yes, figuring out what to eat is considerably harder. Every night Zach and I rediscover that while we're compatible in many ways, food isn't necessarily one of them.

You see, I love good food. And of course I mean food that is oozing with flavor - which usually means that its covered in butter or deep fried or accompanied by copious amounts of bacon. I'm a fan of the sugar and fat filled. I'm a double bacon cheeseburger, buffalo wings, french fries ,meat lovers pizza, juicy steak kind of girl. You get the idea.

Zach, on the other hand, prefers to eat foods that won't kill him. This may explain why we are eight inches apart in height, but Zach's probably only 10-20lbs heavier.

Our general business (laziness) and lack of preparation doesn't really help. Anything we eat generally needs to take only half an hour to make and must assembleable from the 10 ingredients we usually have on hand.

We do have a few things that we both enjoy and can make with minimal effort. This is pretty much all we eat: Pasta, Beans and Rice, some form of potatoes and chicken, potatoes with sausage and onion, Italian melts, dutch babies and homemade pizza. Occasionally we go crazy and make a lasagna, roast, lomo saltado or Thai food. By occasionally I mean this happens once every 2-3 months. I think its safe to say that we're in a bit of a rut.

And so, we've started to actually make dinner less and less frequently. one night we just had caramel corn for a meal. I consider this week to be an excellent cooking accomplishment because we cooked a real meal twice.

I think maybe I should try and stave off a death via lack of real food. I'm going to try to actually start contributing in the kitchen, maybe get really ambitious and find a few things to add to our rotation. Its a scary task, but I think its become necessary. Wish me luck!