germs and the lazy cook

You don't have to know me more than say.... one second.. to realize I'm a germaphobe! I carry sanitizer in my purse. I have wipes in the car for after I pump gas. I clean off the steering wheel after I get the oil changed and other hands have been at my wheel. I could go on and on.

But nowhere is my germaphobe-y-ness more obvious than in the kitchen. I've always been very conscious of cleaning up after the dreaded raw meat etc. But when my kitchen became a post bone marrow transplant kitchen, things went into overdrive. If I cleaned it good before... I had to be hyper vigilant at that time.

And I never stopped. "Why?" you ask. Because it makes good sense for my family to keep surfaces clean and free of contaminates.

But when mealtime rolls around, sometimes all I can think about it the fact that I'm tired. Does it change how I prepare or clean up after the meal? Not one bit. But some nights it's real hard to stay with it, especially when we have a 'late dinner' which we're prone to do since sometimes Daddyman doesn't get home until 6:30 or later! ugh.

By then, my thoughts are on getting done and sitting down like the lazy slob I am elsewhere. Which brings me to my big 'ah-ha' moment I had yesterday in regards to getting some things out of the way and done with before the end of the day bla's set in. We were having a chicken thing with tenders that needed to be cut in bite sized pieces before cooking in a pan etc. So I did the cutting and put my chicken in a plastic container... being very careful about germs and keeping all the nasties on the INside on the container etc. And then I could clean up all the mess and clean out the sink and be done with it.

Later last night, I opened my chicken container, dumped, sauted and "TA-DA!"... I didn't have to mess with the icky chicken stuff during crunch time. I was so happy with how it turned out when I did it yesterday, I did it again today. I was practically giggling under my breath at my own stupidity for being the last one on the planet to figure out something so obvious brilliance!