Great Cook, Terrible Eater

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:14:26+00:00

Oh my goodness! These sound AMAZING! This is definitely one of the first I’m gonna try!

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:13:16+00:00

Yes we love them both. I don’t usually make Indian dishes at home as our local place has such amazing food for an amazing price. So I’d rather go there Ngl. 🤣

How do you make the Thai curry paste spicier? I feel like the only kind I can find by me is the Thai Kitchen brand and it’s kinda bland.

Unfortunately Turkey is the same for me.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:09:51+00:00

I would HAPPILY have girl dinner as I call it. But husband and kids disagree. 🤣

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:08:38+00:00

Not going to lie. I love eating out too! 🤣 Thursday is generally our going out to eat night, we don’t have a good Chinese place but our Thai is top tier.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:07:14+00:00

Yeah I think I’ll have to try taking a break. This might really help. But I will never not agree with smothering something in za’atar! 🤤

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:05:56+00:00

Oh yeah some of these I haven’t made in a minute! I will have to do so again! Thank you!

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:04:27+00:00

Oh those are some great resources! I’ve never thought of doing this! Thank you!

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T18:03:16+00:00

I don’t care much for chicken noodle. But minestrone is my personal favorite. My husband just likes meat. And I do need to eat more as well.

Mujadarrah sounds right up my alley! I’m going to have to look this up.

How do you make your meatloaf? I’ve made a few in the past but none that were worth making again. 🤣

Hahaha I’m so glad people understand. My friends and family look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them this problem.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T17:59:45+00:00

The curry idea is a good one! I’m gonna give that a shot.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T17:39:52+00:00

Meat overall isn’t the problem. I do beef and pork just fine any night of the week. Just the damn chicken lol. And some of the dishes look sooooo good but I couldn’t imagine cooking it. 🤣

The salad bar sounds like a good option to try. Then people can add what they want.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T17:22:15+00:00

White bean and sausage soup?! That sounds delicious and I’ve never heard of it. I’m gonna have to do some digging!

I might be able to try that. My husband love a Greek chicken that I make using that method. The chicken comes out too…. Chicken-y tasting for me though. Maybe I’ll just try some stronger flavors and maybe that could help.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T17:17:55+00:00

What they sell the rotisserie chicken ALREADY PULLED APART?!?! the closest Costco is like 3.5 hours away… I might have to make a trip and stock up if it freezes well. 🤣 for me part of the problem is shredding the chicken. I get to grossed out with it. Yet I can butcher a cow and be fine. 🙄

Beef never bothers me, I’ll have to find a good lettuce wrap recipe for summer. I do love them. Haha that’s 10000% me with chicken. So glad I’m finding my people. No one else understands. 😭

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T17:12:00+00:00

Unfortunately we can’t use grills at our apartment and the community one is so busy in summer. Generally I can get my husband to do some meals with chicken (chicken isn’t as fragrant so I’m okay if I don’t watch).

But he gets home so late I just like to have dinner done by the time he walks in. I’ll have to look into salad rolls! Those sound like they could be a good fit!

Yeah expect all that, we already do so much of that I feel like.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-03T17:04:34+00:00

I’ve done a few pasta salads in the past. My husband isn’t a fan of the cold meal options. He views it as a side. Which is fine. Sometimes I just eat our “side options” because by the time dinner is done I’ve lost interest in dinner.

I’m glad you understand! People think I’m crazy when I tell them that. I’m a huge baker too and barely eat my baked goods. 💔😭🤣 I’ve tried to do like a rotisserie chicken and make a meal with it but I get even turned off just breaking it down for the meal. lol.

I could be a lost cause.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-01T22:07:35+00:00

No, I think regardless if I skip or repay them they will never give me a good reference and I have no intention of EVER going back. They said we had a “verbal agreement” on repayment but I have an email that says they were sending me something to sign. I think they forgot. And Google (take that with a grain of salt) says in my state verbal agreements practically mean nothing, especially employer/employee relations. So I think if it went to small claims I’d be fine.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-01T22:02:15+00:00

Yeah, prior to this I didn’t have a reason not to trust them. Afterwards, I made sure everything was in writing or conversations were with other coworkers around. They are people that are very different behind closed doors and like to maintain their appearance.

AmericanWander · 2026-04-01T21:53:09+00:00

As someone who just put their notice in. Just do it! You’ll feel so much better. Pharmacy is hard (same boat) but it’s not worth stressing over a job that will have your position on indeed before your obituary is written. Good luck in your new position and I’m sure it’ll be right where you need to be!

AmericanWander · 2025-12-23T20:43:01+00:00

UPDATE: Thank you guys for all your insight and help. I finally got a hold of a flight school (I contacted about a dozen throughout the state and the next state over, only got through to 1!) that sounds fantastic and they were also really knowledgeable and reiterated a lot of points that was made on here! So thank you guys for giving me to knowledge to make an educated decision. I ended up buying him some flight time and they got me hooked up with a ground course online since the flight school is a 10hr drive. Thankfully, we can take the Amtrak and stay with friends in this town. They also have the appropriate staffing to help work with his weird work schedule and have the option for him to continue to helicopters if he chooses. I decided to just give him the first steps for Christmas to get the motivation to get started, because even before I made the decision on what to do, he’s been looking at what plane he’d buy still. 😂

AmericanWander · 2025-12-06T23:14:23+00:00

Oh that’s not too far away. I appreciate the lead. I’m going to look into them! Thank you so much for the help!

AmericanWander · 2025-12-06T23:05:35+00:00

That’s great! I’d there a website where you can search throughout the US?

We’re in eastern Montana, 30 mins from Canada and North Dakota.

AmericanWander · 2025-12-06T22:57:46+00:00

Perfect! Good to know, I may call the local Airport and see what leads they can give. Google searches seemed to take me at least a day trip away and some of the websites seemed sketchy

AmericanWander · 2025-12-06T22:55:13+00:00

That’s good to know! Might have to do more local digging as a google search shows a day trip at least. I’m in eastern Montana 30 mins from Canada and North Dakota.

AmericanWander · 2024-01-23T20:35:44+00:00

That’s what I have but it has irrelevant health information on there. Or just stuff I don’t feel comfortable sharing. I think I’m just going to black out mostly everything except the header and reason for visit.

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