Cooking on a boat?

Someday I know that I'll look back on this period of time and think, "That went so fast!"  But today, it feels the opposite.  Most of my dog business has been transferred to the new trainer.  The house is pretty clean.  "Pretty" because there's little point in a home with two kids attempting "spotless".   And the big stuff all has to wait.  So, here I sit. 

Fortunately, the distractions are helpful. I'm having lunch with my cousin today, and the weekend promises to be full of play dates and activities for the kids.  I've also been following more and more closely the Eat to Live program.  The recipes and cooking techniques are foreign to me, so I've been learning a lot about food for the last couple of weeks. I think of this as helpful for the cruising lifestyle as well.  A more plant-based diet is a more flexible diet.  When we run to a local market, I am hoping to have a better idea of what I'm seeing than I would had we continued to follow our meat and potatoes with the occasional pizza routine.  I'm becoming a squash connoisseur.  Butternut, acorn, spaghetti - I can make something out of all of these now.  My next conquest shall be sourdough bread.  With a culture, you can apparently keep making fresh sourdough day after day.   Hopefully, with the added bonus of fresh fish, we will not starve. 

And coffee! Let's not forget coffee. I will be giving up my Keurig, which is limping to its death anyway.  Instead, I'm opting for the more portable, and just as effective, French Press.  Since I'm the only one in our family who drinks coffee, it's perfect. I can still make just one cup at a time, and it's really easy to clean.  The cream that I seem to still require is going to be a little trickier.  I'm trying to wean myself off of it, slowly but surely. I'm down to a couple of spoonfuls/cup.  But that last dive into bitter is going to be tough for me. 

So, that's it! These are my distractions.  Limbo is not a pretty thing.