Making myself a restaurant-style meal menu
I really struggle to cook for myself regularly. As in I don't do it. I eat a lot of TV dinners with a side of potato (fries, tots, etc). Meal planning, cooking, shopping ... its all a huge mental load.
I've thought about collecting recipes before. But it's always super overwhelming, and like it just doesn't really feel very approachable. But I'm always happy when I'm at a restaurant selecting what I want to eat. There's no mental load, and it's all laid out pretty compactly.
So, in order to hopefully increase the variety of my meals and help me cook just a little more often, I had the idea to make myself a meal menu. There's also a Breakfast Page and a Night Snack page (I eat at 10:30am, 5pm, & 10pm). It's far from complete. But I'm really excited for this.
And I've never really been one to want detailed recipe breakdowns, unless I'm learning something brand new. Rarely do I need measurements (though, I will need them for the homemade Pad Thai).
So here's an example:
P.S. I've recently learned how to use a bunch of styling features in LibreOffice, so I have a custom "Food Item" style & an "Ingredients" style. Everytime I press [enter] it alternates between the two, which makes the menu-making quite easy. ([shift+enter] to stay within the current styling, like for the multi-line ingredient entries)
P.P.S. I just realized, I could add bears to the menu! It would make me so happ! (for decoration, not for meals)