Inspire Yourself @ the Library

Every writer knows the feeling of writer’s block. It happens when we stare at the blank paper (electronic or physical) and no words come. I know it’s not just a “writer’s thing” – everyone at one point or another has suffered from a lack of inspiration for something they are doing.

I think the one I’ve read about the most this past year is cooking. While some have found joy in expanding their kitchen art (bread making was very popular), I’ve talked to many people regarding the fact that they’re just burned out from trying to cook every day and make it interesting (or even edible… I’m not going to mention the dish I made and had to throw out last week, and there’s definitely a family story regarding a totally inedible meal from when I was a teenager). While take-away meals are available (and please, if you can, support your local restaurants), more folx are cooking more at home because of the pandemic, and the same old becomes, well, old.

The Library offers some amazing cookbooks to help get you out of the rut. Here’s a list of simple and easy, not-elaborate- Martha-Stewart-esque productions, available from the Library as a physical copy or as an e-Book.

• The complete one pot: 400 meals : skillet, sheet pan, Instant Pot, dutch oven + more by America’s Test Kitchen Includes: sheet pan pizza, slow cooker pork. They say that all can be done in less than 45 minutes.
• Time to eat: delicious meals for busy lives by Nadiya Hussain Includes: peanut butter and jelly traybake, tatty cakes (tr note: leftover potatoes do so much!), baked bean falafel This goes along with her Netflix show of the same name.
• The full plate: flavor-filled, easy recipes for families with no time and a lot to do by Ayesha Curry Includes: Mushroom Tacos, Pineapple Chicken Thighs, Swedish Meatballs Most of these recipes are easy and definitely outside of my regular cooking routine. Definitely worth a try.

There are so many more available to you in our catalog (bcfl.sirsi.net). They might just reinspire your kitchen art.

And, for those plodding through other types of lack of inspiration, we offer many books, movies, and more to spur creativity and motivation.

See you at the Library!

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