If you read my blog, you know that I'm constantly struggling with staying within my food budget. Well, I've given up. I've turned over all cooking and shopping duties to my husband, Nigel.
Why I didn't do this years ago, I don't know.
He is an awesome cook and can make a dollar stretch like nobody's business. It's also nice to just turn to him and say, "Hey, what's for dinner?" And unlike me (where the answer is usually, "Whatever you can find under the couch cushions" or "Shake the toaster, that's dinner"), he actually makes something!
Also, my cooking experiences often turn out like this recent episode:
I was making rice krispy treats (simple, right?) and I was melting the marshmallows and butter over the stove. I was stirring and stirring and there was still this lump of marshmallow that would just not melt! What was the deal? It's never taken this long. I pulled out the spatula I was using to stir in order to turn up the heat and that's when I noticed that the rubber/plastic/silicone part of the spatula was missing! That wasn't a clump of marshmallow -- it was melted spatula!
I had always had those heat resistant spatulas -- but I guess this one wasn't! Gross! I had to dump it in the trash, clean the pot and start all over again.
Is it any wonder I've given up on cooking?
*Referring to Nigella Lawson, the "Barefoot Contessa." I like watching her cooking show just because her voice is so soothing (it's more relaxing than yoga!).
2 comments:
amen and I too love her voice while she whips up triamousse
btw your story is cute and funny and reminds me of my cooking experiences - my husband does ALLthe shopping and cooking and he loves it and he is very good at it-amazing really - happy he took over enjoy - the way I look at it my son will not expect women to do all the work- he is growing up in a house where the man shops, cooks, clean - awesome eh
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