Meanwhile I've been having more than my fair share of "...But I don't wanna cook..." days. Gosh but I hate dealing with food! Eat? Sure. Plonk it in front of me & I'm happy enough to make it disappear ~ mostly because I can do something else while I eat ~ like read. Cooking doesn't work like that, though I have tried ~ mostly unsuccessfully.
My children have never understood this attitude but @ least now I don't have to deal with the 2 who don't eat tomato, the one not keen on pumpkin, 1 mint hater, the vegan & the vegetarian, the mushroom hater, the seafood lovers, the suspicious looks, the one who forages through her food in case something's snuck in she doesn't like [as I am apt to do the same I can't really fault this one!] & cries of, None of that for me, please.
Steamed broccolini heads, pine nuts & a squeeze of lime ~ topped with Parmesan if you like. I made cheese bread instead.
As an inveterate food hater how did I manage to raise food lovers & good cooks? Because given the right day & plenty of time I actually like to bake. Baking was our go to activity when it was cold & had been raining for days on end, board games threatened to get violent & everyone was bored out of their brain. I taught all of mine to make bread, pies, biscuits, cakes. It could take all day & kept everyone happily occupied & fed.
Then the oven died & as the children left the house I decided this was a good thing because I couldn't get fat on my own baking. The MOTH is more of a savory man ~ which means I was the only one eating all that sugary sweetness.
Renovating meant we got a new oven. Oh dear. It has begun.
It was very yum.
My husband has been scheduled to work for five weeks straight and it has been two. Between him being gone, the cook who loves to make those hardy meals, and my braces, I have been losing weight slowly but steadily. It is amazing how some metal in your mouth can make you feel so different about food and eating.
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot to say that the pie sounds yummy, although I really like traditional crusts.
ReplyDeleteI used to like to cook, but now that I'm old not so much. It's like laundry that never ends -- why does food prep keep pestering me day in and day out? I like making big batches of things that last for days when I can. That helps a bit. Hugs to you, and your pie looks delish.
ReplyDeleteIt's the never endingness that does for me. *sigh* I wish I could wrinkle my nose or snap my fingers & food would just... appear, you know.
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