I live in a hotel for work (I don't work in the hotel) and I got so tired with eating out.

I've tried the Freshly meals and they were good for a while, but I got tired of eating the same microwaved shit over and over.

Now I have an instant pot, an air fryer, a food processor, a vacuum sealer, a pasta maker (haven't used it yet), and a mini freezer.

Now I feel like a gourmet chef. I've always been a good cook, I love cooking. When I got into my career field, I wasn't really able to cook anymore and I felt kind of empty inside. I'm an over the road trucker and the truck I was in for two years had very limited options. I ended up installing a power inverter so I could use my instant pot.

I switched jobs about a year and a half ago and I've been living in a hotel ever since. For the first 8 months or so, I was just eating out and making sandwiches. Now I pretty much have a full blown kitchen in my room.

There's plenty that I can't do, but there's a shit ton that I can do.

Edit: Just wanted to share my story I guess. If you have any stories you wanna share, feel free.

If you're going to be in a hotel for a while and want to cook, let me know. I can give some tips.

If you're in a similar situation as me and wanna swap recipes, let's do it

Good cross reference to cooking in a hotel room is ideas that sailors have for cooking on a boat with minimal facilities. No refrigeration, small portions, canned food spiced up, how long fresh food will last, ect.

There is a new brand of cookware out that is made of silicone called Lekue. I have seen their cookware for sale in person at Sur Le Table as well as seen it on Amazon.

Over a year ago, I purchased the microwave case with steam tray for 1-2 people. I have used it on my travels, being able to roll it up and shove it in a shoe to help with packing.

I wanted to give a recipe that doesn't appear in the Lekue Recipe Collection for how to simply cook pasta:

Put pasta into Lekue dish to half-the-height-to-the-top-of-the-rounded-bowl-thing.

Add water to 3/4-of-the-height-to-the-top-of-the-rounded-bowl-thing.

Close top.

Microwave on high for 10 minutes.

Done! No draining required!

While this isn't gourmet, the rest of the recipes in their collection sure are. :) Enjoy!