Tea: I drink black tea with milk, usually. I do like ginger tea with honey and lemon-- maybe try adding lemon and see if the honey tastes different to you then? Also, this may not be true for everyone, but eating less sugar eventually meant I wanted far less.
Cooking: Have you seen http://cookcheap.org/ ? That's got some good basic info. Ingredients... produce-wise, I go for things that last longer since I'm cooking for one, though I'll buy some of the more tricky stuff for variety (and I try to go for some things in season). My only other advice is to do simple things often, and more complicated things once in awhile (it can be fun to cook with a more experienced friend if you can). Complicated is good for variety and expanding your horizons when you have the time and ingredients to spare; simple is good for making sure you eat well and for getting more practice with technique and planning and timing and such. Also, planning-wise, it's good to figure out things that are good for leftovers or that can be incorporated into another, slightly different meal (so you don't get bored), and/or freeze well. These are all things that help assure that you have lunch the next day or a frozen healthy dinner on a night when you are tired or sick.
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Date: 2010-04-01 12:21 am (UTC)Cooking: Have you seen http://cookcheap.org/ ? That's got some good basic info. Ingredients... produce-wise, I go for things that last longer since I'm cooking for one, though I'll buy some of the more tricky stuff for variety (and I try to go for some things in season). My only other advice is to do simple things often, and more complicated things once in awhile (it can be fun to cook with a more experienced friend if you can). Complicated is good for variety and expanding your horizons when you have the time and ingredients to spare; simple is good for making sure you eat well and for getting more practice with technique and planning and timing and such. Also, planning-wise, it's good to figure out things that are good for leftovers or that can be incorporated into another, slightly different meal (so you don't get bored), and/or freeze well. These are all things that help assure that you have lunch the next day or a frozen healthy dinner on a night when you are tired or sick.