When it comes to feeding yourself are you a cook, a 'someone-please-do-it-for-me?', a buyer-in, a grazer....?
I have grazer moments (avocado on toast is a fallback haha) but I LOVE to cook.... I just get bored with only cooking for me. I'm actually not bad in the kitchen, and a lot of the time I prefer to cook than be cooked for at home. I do love my restaurant meals and my (calorie controlled haha - you'd be amazed what's out there!) takeout too though.
I think if I had to pick one to do always I'd cook <3
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I love food in general! I'm like you Trudi, love to cook but really cooking extragavent stuff is a bit tiresome when you're cooking just for yourself. When my partner's home I always try out something I wouldn't normally make just for me. I love Chealsea Winter's cookbooks, so easy-to-follow and such good recipes, made her Chicken and Vegetable pie recently which including prep took a fair amount of time but so tasty.
I also love going out to restaurants :)
I also love going out to restaurants :)
shaz I love when they press herb leaves into the pasta <3 I've not made my own pasta but I've made my own soba noodles.
How long does it take? I don't think I'd be able to do it on a weekday but I'd be keen to try at some stage on a weekend. I'd need a machine though :S
Jesse sometimes on the weekend I cook up bathes of anywhere between 3-5 dishes and freeze them in portions, but when I'm up at my parents place I always cook up a killer feed. I need a boyfriend to cook for lol
How long does it take? I don't think I'd be able to do it on a weekday but I'd be keen to try at some stage on a weekend. I'd need a machine though :S
Jesse sometimes on the weekend I cook up bathes of anywhere between 3-5 dishes and freeze them in portions, but when I'm up at my parents place I always cook up a killer feed. I need a boyfriend to cook for lol
Hmmm not long at all, but I have time to spare haha. I cheat though and throw it in the stand mixer, it cuts down on the kneading, and after a few rounds in the pasta machine its smooth and perfect. Maybe 1hr 1/2 all up? It has to rest in the fridge for 30ish mins (I leave mine most of the day cos I make it in the morning) and then once it's been cut up it has to dry a little so it doesn't stick to itself while cooking in the water. I actually love putting spinach in mine, makes the pasta so lovely and green!
I do all the cooking in our house.. I do like a good take out but our nearest is half an hour away and they don't deliver. Still everyone needs a night off once and a while :)
Hubby has limited culinary skills... that is to say he can make toast but he has a skill not many could match... He is the only person I know who can curdle pasta snacks or burn 2 min noodles lol
Lucky for my family I don't mind being in the kitchen and often make dinner sauces from scratch but my kitchen at them moment is mid renovation so I am a bit limited for space.
Making pasta sound like fun, I might have to wait a little bit but definitly want to give that a go. I have made ravioli before but with store bought sheets :)
Sadly the most lack luster meal in this house is beans on toast and that is rare.
Oh and I do love to bake too... buiscuits, cakes, cupcakes, tarts.... Can not wait for kitchen to be finished! lol
Hubby has limited culinary skills... that is to say he can make toast but he has a skill not many could match... He is the only person I know who can curdle pasta snacks or burn 2 min noodles lol
Lucky for my family I don't mind being in the kitchen and often make dinner sauces from scratch but my kitchen at them moment is mid renovation so I am a bit limited for space.
Making pasta sound like fun, I might have to wait a little bit but definitly want to give that a go. I have made ravioli before but with store bought sheets :)
Sadly the most lack luster meal in this house is beans on toast and that is rare.
Oh and I do love to bake too... buiscuits, cakes, cupcakes, tarts.... Can not wait for kitchen to be finished! lol
Now that I have really specific dietary needs since my gastric bypass surgery I prefer to prepare stuff for myself because then I can get it just right. I've found a few good options for if I'm out but can have issues with things if it's not quite right. I used to love eating out all the time but now I'd just prefer a coffee or something simple!
I love cooking. Only have to do it once a week because I split the cooking with my flatmates but I do enjoy it when I do it! I don't cook with meat so I get quite creative to make sure everyone is fed properly. When I cooked a few days ago I managed to get something like 8 different types of vegetables in the meal which was pretty good!
I love cooking and baking, whether its just for me or for others as well. During the week I like simple but tasty dishes. My fav at the moment is chicken parmigiana. I also love how you can control exactly what goes in your food when you cook it, e.g. how much salt, oil, cook in oven vs fry psn etc. I have always wanted to make my own pasta too. Shaz when you say you put it in the mixer do you use a dough hook attachment or the paddle? And are you willing to share any good pasta dough recipies? Need some inspiration/encouragement :)
I'm a chef by trade so I do do a lot of cooking and love it. I love eating out though if it's somewhere with good service and to be honest even if it's not the best any meal cooked for me by friends or family with love is a good one.
I love playing around with flavours and veges from the garden and we eat really well. It's often completely wasted on a tomato sauce loving partner, picky toddler (she's actually not too bad just looks at me like I'm crazy when I serve a whole plate of veges and no starch), and a baby that smears 70% of it on his face, tosses 10% and eats maybe 5% (the other 15% gets stolen by the toddler who can never resist someone else's food).
I love playing around with flavours and veges from the garden and we eat really well. It's often completely wasted on a tomato sauce loving partner, picky toddler (she's actually not too bad just looks at me like I'm crazy when I serve a whole plate of veges and no starch), and a baby that smears 70% of it on his face, tosses 10% and eats maybe 5% (the other 15% gets stolen by the toddler who can never resist someone else's food).
Elena I saw that on insty. Looked so yum! I made wraps last night and got that many veges in - with a piece of chicken haha so full, didn't even need the chicken!
Miss QT yeah I use the dough hook haha my bad. Pasta dough is easy, it's just 100g of flour to 1 egg for every person. I can get away with feeding me and fiance that, but sometimes I'll go whole hog and do 200g flour and 2 eggs, although sometimes that's too much haha. I like to add pepper just cos I can, and to get the spinach (or herbs) in the dough you just cut it up super fine and mix it in. Others might have recipes but that one works best for me and I find it always comes out lovely and smooth :-)
Miss QT yeah I use the dough hook haha my bad. Pasta dough is easy, it's just 100g of flour to 1 egg for every person. I can get away with feeding me and fiance that, but sometimes I'll go whole hog and do 200g flour and 2 eggs, although sometimes that's too much haha. I like to add pepper just cos I can, and to get the spinach (or herbs) in the dough you just cut it up super fine and mix it in. Others might have recipes but that one works best for me and I find it always comes out lovely and smooth :-)
I go through periods of being a shining example of the next greatest chef/baker but it doesn't last long lol and I fall back into quick meals or worse takeaways! even though I try and stick with subway if we fall into one of those nights as I can somewhat justify it as almost good. I graze during the weekend then just eat 3 meals during the week as if I was to graze at work I would be even bigger than I am. I am not a fruit lover but can polish off plates of just veg in cooked or raw state. I'm a mood eater, if I am in the mood to prepare and cook I will happily, if I am not I either do it in a grumpy state or get take out. There is no happy meduim for me
I dont love or hate cooking .....I think if I didnt get home so late from work i'd probably enjoy it more, but gone early and home late I just want to have something that doesnt require too much effort to be honest. These days especially the bigger and tireder I get I have been using our wonderful slow cooker healthy meals cooking while im at work come home to dinner already done...Magic ! :)
Id love to cook for just me! I have all these ideas of when the kids move out, I can start making more exciting things and stock up the freezer lol. At the moment, I am a mum of four, my eldest has aspergers so she can be a bit fusy with new things and my partner who is also fussy with new things. I love cooking up new things, even moreso when everyone likes it! I do get stuck in a cooking rut though as it is so much less drama to be able to cook things that everyone likes.
I LOVE cooking. Sometimes I'm happy to be in the kitchen for a few hours cooking up new things. I am very lucky though that my partner and kids aren't fussy at all with flavours. Although master almost 9 will now tell me if there isn't enough sauce or if his steak is well done instead of pink. So he's a bit fussy like that. Funny how he can tell at such a young age! I love cooking up vegetables out of our garden it's so satisfying. I love (sometimes) the kids helping me cook and watching how creative they can be
I cook at least three nights a week for my family. I did have a time when I was on my own and then I would cook on the weekend and portion out my meals to keep cooking at a minimal since I didn't want to make a huge effort if it was just me. But since I live with family I do put quite a bit of time and effort into it. Sometimes I'm inspired and make some really nice casserole dish or something extra special and other days I just need to get dinner cooked fast and go for curry with some veggies on the side. I strive to prepare healthy meals with lots of veggies included.
I love to cook! MKR is my absolute fave show, I would love to go to night classes to learn how to cook better. We've got Gizzy food month in July so I'm going to a couple cooking shows and one is to learn how to make pasta. I'm so excited about that one, I've always wanted to make my own pasta and I've heard that nothing beats fresh pasta.
I love to cook too. I went through a phase of buying in when it was just me and the ex bf with no cares or kids. My body paid for that huge mistake. I prefer to eat better now such as making from scratch and not relying on packet food. I make my own pasta, pasta sauces and all sorts. It really does good things to the soul to cook for your family and have fun doing it.
I'm not one to brag... but my pasta was amazeballs Shazatron lol. It really was so so so much better than the fresh shop bought stuff. And I was really surprised at how easy it was to make - I read up on Jamie Oliver's recipes and techniques first and it was amazingly easy. I am an absolute convert now!
Oh, and Manu....if Manu and Colin came to town to cook I think there'd be a riot ;)
Oh, and Manu....if Manu and Colin came to town to cook I think there'd be a riot ;)
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