SHANKS LEARNS 2 COOK || i'm probably gonna regret this tomorrow

hello everybody. i'll try and get straight into it but today i made 2 different things to Eat for myself AND learnt to cook fried rice between 'em! big cooking day i guess

breakfast (at 09:30 or so) was just A REGULAR SANDWICH

- toasted whole wheat bread 

- margarine

- kewpie mayo

- salt and pepper

- silverside (aka corned beef)

- cheese (melted)

- iceberg lettuce (for texture)

overall nothing super interesting, logged here just so you know i CAN make something normal and decent

then i learnt my dad's fried rice recipe! not logging it here until i make it though. wink. for a later date. most likely what i'll have for lunch or breakfast tomorrow since i find i don't love cooking in the morning and usually have something distracting me midday

but i was pretty active today, so lunch (at 13:30?) was...

4X CHICKEN NOODLES, NO SOUP

and this one i have a picture of!

i won't write up how i cooked this unless someone desperately wants it but the long and short is that i did it in a pot on the stove

- (2X) 2 minute noodles packet, chicken flavoured

- (ABOUT TWO TABLESPOONS OF) salted butter

- (AN EYEBALLED AMOUNT OF) chicken stock

- (AN EYEBALLED AMOUNT OF) chicken salt

- (A FEW VARYING SIZES OF) pieces of chicken from a leftover rotisserie chicken, plus some fat

- (AN EYEBALLED AMOUNT OF) onion powder

- (A SPLASH OF) soy sauce

- (A SPLASH OF) hoisin sauce

- (A SPLASH OF) white wine

- (A GLOB OF) kewpie mayo

seriously, there could have been more in there. i don't remember now. it was really dense because i let everything cook down too much and didn't add any wetter sauces or cream? plus super salty obviously so it took me like an hour to finish at LEAST and maybe i regret making it now because my chest lowkey hurts and it could be related!

i don't want to feel like i'm taking a step back from all of my (entirely undocumented) progress to becoming a GOOD COOK though because i'm trying something new and getting the hang of shit slowly and that's not a crime

maybe i should start my pasta journey sometime soon because i have officially hit the edge of my ramen development i reckon, not that i'd ever stop making and eating it, just cuz i'm gonna keep making abominations like this that clearly should've been a pasta dish from the get-go

the next update to this blog series will likely be tomorrow if i end up not staying out too late but! who knows! if not tomorrow then the day after for sure

SATISFACTION WITH MEALS MADE:

BREAKFAST SANDWICH:  ★ ★  ★ 1/2  

4X CHICKEN NOODLES:  ★ ★ ★