hey, ive also begun a cooking journey a couple weeks ago! mainly to meal prep for work, cus getting stuff at the food court where I work definitely adds up quickly. from this perspective I’ve been buying veggies that I can use for a week or 2 (potatoes, bell peppers, onion) in bulk, and getting what I want for the week at the grocery store. ive been making a lot of chicken and rice meals with different veggies/themes like this and they’ve turned out pretty ok. ive made a simple recipe with broccoli, potatoes and carrots, a japanese inspired curry recipe with potatoes, carrots and onion, and an american southwest styled recipe with bell peppers, beans, and salsa and ive been pretty happy with how they’ve all turned out. they give me enough variety to not get sick of what I prep through the week, and are all simple enough that I can make 8-ish meals in one batch with 3 big bowls, 3 pans for the oven, a pan for the stove, a cutting board, 2 knives, and containers for each meal.

heeeyyy I made quesadillas a little earlier too! although mine were way less complex. just a tortilla, mexican blend cheese, a chopped up frozen burger patty, and some salsa.

i work construction, and my right-ish foreman also forgot all day. until I told him what day it was just before the city’s memoriam service started, which we were working around 🤷

incredibly! i tried to avoid most of the lines by riding past the new stations but I decided to check out mercer islands station and had to wait at the platform for 3 trains to pass to finally get on the fourth. even then the train I got on was still sardine packed. for some reason soundtransit decided to run a bunch of 3 car trains on opening day so I don’t think that helped at all…

i too have a train, a historical moment from lake washington, of one of the very first passenger service light rail trains to cross over a floating bridge in the world!