Food Experiment: Day 1

Day 1 dinner:
- Made ginger chicken soup, had some, and refrigerated the rest for the next few days.
- Made a big pot of white rice, and refrigerated most of it for the rest of the week.
- Sauteed one of the rib-eye steaks for dinner and marinated the rest for the next day to cook.
- Prep/cooking time:
     Chicken soup:  prep15 minutes; cooked in pot for 3 hours, but doesn't require any work except making sure it's not boiling over;  minimal effort required.
     Rice:  prep 5 minutes (or less);  cooked in rice cooker for 30 minutes, minimal effort.
     Steak: 30 minutes to let it warm to room temp, 6 minutes to saute in pan (medium-rare), minimal effort
     Marinating steak:  20 minutes to prep marinade (black peppercorn, crushed garlic, rosemary, shallots, olive oil), 20 minutes to cook the marinade in a sauce pan, 30 minutes to let it cool to room temp before putting it in a ziplock bag with the ribeye steak to marinate overnight.  moderate effort.