Tag: hater-centric tips

  • Leverage the Information Age to Your Advantage

    Leverage the Information Age to Your Advantage

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Leverage the Information Age to your advantage (whether you’re a Hater or not!) Back in the day, it could take you 5-10 tries to get a pretty basic recipe just the way you like it. Because all you had access to were maybe a few cookbooks, a couple…

  • Keep Ya Head Up

    Keep Ya Head Up

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Keep ya head up!! All right, I’ve been slacking a bit around here… Mike got the flu, Izzy got pink eye/ear infection, we’ve all had a persistent head cold since Izzy started daycare/I started working there… AND I have a hard enough time staying motivated about cooking when…

  • Get in the Mood ?

    Get in the Mood ?

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Mood enhancers. If you Haters are like me, cooking is no sunny walk in the park: It’s more like being at the dentist… DAILY. So we Haters need to approach cooking differently than typical humans… Which is why I recommend finding ways to put yourself in a good…

  • Get to Love Leftovers!

    Get to Love Leftovers!

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: If you’re a Hater, Get to Love Leftovers! Ok, typically, I don’t like leftovers. Many meals do NOT reheat well, plus I’d just prefer to have something fresh every night. But HELLO, I hate cooking, and my hate far outweighs my need to have something new every single…

  • Semi-Prepared Foods

    Semi-Prepared Foods

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: If you’re a Hater, buy semi-prepared foods! Ain’t no shame in my game!! As a follow-up to the menu planning post from a couple days ago, I mentioned picking “easy meals” to make… Easy GOALS, in general, is a solid step in the right direction for any Hater.…

  • Menu Planning.  Get On It.

    Menu Planning. Get On It.

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Menu planning. Get on it. Yes, Haters, I’m talking to YOU. It’s not as fancy as it sounds, I swear. It just means deciding what you’re going to eat for dinner for the upcoming week, buying the stuff, and cooking it before it rots in your fridge. Even…

  • Last Minute App Ideas

    Last Minute App Ideas

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Last-minute app ideas! Do you need a last-minute, hater-friendly app idea for the weekend? If you’ve been charged with bringing an app to the party, and you’re a HATER, it can be hard to come up with something… Sure, you can buy a jar of salsa and some…

  • Blue Apron? Hello Fresh? Plated?

    Blue Apron? Hello Fresh? Plated?

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Blue Apron? Hello Fresh? Plated? What say you? I’m a big fan of this concept, although I haven’t tried any (yet). If these types of companies existed when I was first getting into cooking, I woulda been all over it!! And if you’re just getting into the cooking…

  • MmmmmMeatloaf Muffins!

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Meatloaf muffins, CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP ? My friend passed along this Rachael Ray recipe many years ago, and it gave me new love for meatloaf, muffin-style, that is ? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/meatloaf-muffins-with-barbecue-sauce-recipe My problem with old school meatloaf made in a 9″ X 5″ pan is that the edges would…

  • Spice Packets

    Spice Packets

    The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Spice Packets! So maybe you’re a cooking newbie. Or maybe you want to branch out a little, but don’t want to buy $20 worth of various Mexican spices. A rookie mistake is to spend money on spices that you buy for one recipe and never use again. That’s…