shrewd adj - (shrood)
1. Having a keen awareness, sharp intelligence & often a since of the practical.
2. Disposed to artful & cunning practices; tricky.
3. Sharp; penetrating: a shrewd wind
single dude noun - (sing-guhl, dood or dyood)
1. Not accompanied by another or others; solitary.
2. Relating to the unmarried state
3. Hungry, broke & bored; a state of constant hunger & desire for fun on the cheap
This is the challenge of the 21st century quarter-life man. We're overworked, underpaid and highly caffeinated. We graduated college in the mid-00's with the vision of great jobs, easy careers and the lifestyle of our parents out of the chute. What we found was a lousy economy, monolithic student debt, and a skill set sadly deficient in culinary prowess.
We were raised on mac and cheese, hot dogs and chicken fingers. Our schools fed us flimsy pizza that our government now considers a legal vegetable. McDonald's bewitched us with cheap toys, while Pizza Hut bribed us to read with personal pan pizzas. Remember Book-It, anyone?
We're also strapped for cash. Most of us feel lucky to have a job at all, let alone a career we love. We're weighed down by student loans, car payments and credit card balances we're probably too ashamed to admit publicly. Hectic schedules, limited budgets and a propensity for the lazy side of life make the DollarMenuNaire lifestyle look very attractive.
There is hope, my comrades. You can eat well on a budget. You can cook fantastically tasty, reasonably healthy dishes yourself, and it's easier than you ever dreamed. My purpose for writing this blog is to share with you some of the ways I've learned.
I am certainly not a chef. I have no training, other than the occasional DVR'd episode of Tyler's Ultimate or Good Eats. I am simply a second-round single man with an appetite, a budget and a desire for something more than Ramen noodles or Lean Cuisine. Are you with me, brothers?
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