Domestic

Okay, so I'm not the most domestic person. I don't decorate, I don't do "crafty" things, I barely keep my house presentable and manage to get clothes in drawers and food on tables. I think this is partially because I work outside the house, but it's also not my forte. I don't enjoy most "domestic" things. I cook a lot of the same meals over and over... So, over the weekend, after having some Chinese take out, I decided to look through the cookbook to see how hard it would be to make my own Sweet and Sour chicken.
Let me first say this about most recipes, who has all that stuff in their house? Cooking a variety of meals must mean that you have a variety of foods in your house, and I just don't. Since I don't meal plan (my first fault, I know), there's not a chance that I just happen to have, say, a few leeks lying around in my fridge. So, I get frustrated when I try to be creative and then discover that a special shopping trip would be in store if I wanted to make anything other than stirfry, spaghetti or grilled chicken. (Yes, you all feel bad for my poor hubby... believe me, he doesn't starve.)
That aside, I was pleasantly surprised that the only "weird" thing that I would need to make sweet and sour chicken was a can of pinapples! No strange spices that I'd never heard of, no weird vegtables, just a can of pinapples. On top of that, talk about easy, breezy... this was a very simple recipe. I was thinking that it would be kind of bland because there's really nothing in it, and we tend to like spicier foods, but it turned out delicious and it will graduate to the rotation. If you're interested in the recipe, let me know. If you know other simple, use what you have in your kitchen type recipes, please send them my way!