The Joys of Cooking / Get in the Kitchen, Woman!

So ever since I moved in to my own place about a month ago, I've been having to cook my own food three times a day, seven days a week. This in itself was not a big change from when I was living and studying in Japan, though the big difference would be that:

1) I am a better cook now
2) Fresh produce is abundant
3) Meat is so cheap that it is practically free


Breakfast is usually french toast or pancakes or an omelet, or if I'm feeling particularly lazy-- a cereal bar and some yogurt. Lunch and dinner are slightly more complex, because there is literally a crapload of dishes one can conjure from a well-stocked pantry. See below:

Yakisoba on top of an omelet;
and no, it's not that instant crap

Rib-eye steak with Putanesca on the side

And another shot, for good measure

Chicken breast with gravy, fried tomatoes with parmesan, and rice

The boyfriend is spectacularly hard to displease when it comes to food, so I now have an overblown sense of greatness when it comes to cooking. (I'm actually contemplating maintaining a cooking tag on this blog.)

In any case, because I've been cooking a lot of main dishes, we've had to resort to going downstairs to buy an icecream for dessert. According to several cooking blogs that I've been reading, dessert is the bookend to a great meal and it should be good enough to entice one's guests to take an extra bite even though they're stuffed. Henceforth, I have decided that Php24 soft serve is not an adequate end to my fantastic meals.

I can't bake in my closet-sized kitchen, so I've been researching how to make quick and easy desserts that don't require having an oven. So far, so good. Expect pictures soon! :)