Ever feel like NOT cooking???
Lately it's just been the youngest and I in the evenings. I never thought I'd ever say that my house was too quiet or that I'd miss cooking family meals... but cooking for one adult and one kid.... well, isn't always easy. At least for me. So I guess my question is "Can't we just have cereal for dinner?" |
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| My mom and mil both seemed to give up cooking once the kids left. I mean, they still cook... but it's simple and when they have to. |
With the kids out of the house it's just Dino, me and the puppers. He works lat a couple of nights a week so I do generally have an egg or cereal...  works for me!!!!! When Dino is home we will grill something or go out... |
| Scrambled eggs are fine with me! |
| ^^^ why don't men get that? scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, even cereal should be acceptable dinners. No we have to have meat, potatoes and whatever every night! |
I never feel like cooking dinner. I am more than happy with less than a normal supper. Todd is the cook here - and he actually enjoys cooking  I guess either you do or you don't!When he worked nights (5pm to 5am) he was gone before I got home. I had stuff like cereal, chips with cheesy salsa, chicken salad sandwiches....  Now that he's unemployed, we eat very well. He always makes supper (real supper) and I just have to eat it...  It's just the 2 of us now, but I have to pack lunches for work. It is nice to have a variety of foods in the fridge to choose from. Sometimes I mutinee and get a hot pocket from the freezer though! |
I love to cook in general, but I'm having a hard time lately with it. I have to watch the kid while making it which is hard, plus I never know when (or if) DH will be home for dinner, so that throws things off too, especially if I'm cooking something that is best if it doesn't sit warming in an oven for 3 hours. AND I have to clean up all the mess from making dinner. So I'm really in a rut these days. cooking grrrrrr  |
Today I went grocery shopping with all 3 kids who all had runny noses and stuffy heads (pollen I'm guessing). That combined with the fact that I pushed 2 full carts (bottoms included+40lbs+17lbs+30lbs) the 1.5hrs I'm there ...and my back is killing me. I feel like a truck hit me now.  This is when leftovers work for me ...and my husband doesn't do leftovers, so he makes himself a pb&j |
| I HATE cooking!! It takes so much time and effort, from getting the food, to putting it on the plate. It's just not worth the effort, even the best meals I make don't seem worth it. I would be happy with cereal every night |
| Popcorn!! Yeah, many nites now I have zero energy for cooking. Fortunately DH doesn't mind left overs and if I recombine them into something else, I'm not sure he notices Breakfast for dinner is big here, but to him it's sausage or bacon with the eggs. I'm lucky to get the eggs done...........and you want toast??  Greek salad: dump a bag of greens, throw on feta cheese, 3 swirls with EVOO, 1 swirl with wine vinegar, throw on the Cavander's Greek seasoning and add extra oregano. Find the olives and peppers in the frig. Thank heavens for the stir-fry type dinners in a bag, like from Contessa. Bought on sale with store coupon, they are reasonable. I'm trying to make my own to further the cost savings, store in a biz ZipLock but haven't mastered all the sauces. |
| It is a big adjustment going from cooking for a family to back down to two. What I do know is prepare a meal and freeze half of it. It works out really well for us. My huvvy loves to cook as well so there are times when he cooks and other times when we eat sandwiches, cereal or the like. The nice thing is when it is just the two of us and we have sandwich night I don't feel guilty. Where as when I was raising our family I always felt the kids needed to have a healthy dinner each night. It does take a while to get used to "downsizing" and I still am even after a few years. lol The other day I was thinking about this same problem and I thought what do Newlyweds do? They cook only for two so I guess going back to that way of thinking. Oh there are also nights that we skip dinner all together. One of my kids favorite dinners when they where growing up was when we had breakfast for dinner...they loved it. |
| When the kids were little we'd have "upside down dinner" which was breakfast for dinner (usually omlets).... but these days youngest is going thru an 'anti-everything' movement (sometimes 15 yr olds can be a pain!) and is very picky about what he wants, which is new for him. He was always my eat-anything kid. Hubby never balked at leftovers. He thinks we should eat everything till its gone before anyone cooks or shops again. He's all about leftovers. I'm the one that usually looks at it and sighs... "Again?! oh well." I can admit-- since he's been gone and the older 2 are not around I've thrown out more food than ever before. I've had to change all thinking at the grocery.I've gotten better and a more ... downsized creative cooker-- but I'd still rather just have a sandwich or cereal. Maybe I'm just getting OLD  |
Quote: what do Newlyweds do? They cook only for two Nope, cook for the usual four and over eat......that's this house. Woe be recipes for 6 because in times past we'd eat it all. Now we save half for another meal. Cooking for two is a pain as portions are small and not worth the bother. Last night we had sandwiches. |
| Personally, I think if it's dinner time and you're eating something than it's dinner. Even if it's Girl Scout Chocolate Mint ice cream . Hey, it required a bowl and a spoon |
his_armywife wrote: but these days youngest is going thru an 'anti-everything' movement (sometimes 15 yr olds can be a pain!) and is very picky about what he wants, which is new for him. He was always my eat-anything kid. Time to teach the 15 year old to cook. I taught my boys to cook and do laundry. That way if they had a complaint about service or content, they knew who to take it up with. |
Sheepdogma wrote: his_armywife wrote: but these days youngest is going thru an 'anti-everything' movement (sometimes 15 yr olds can be a pain!) and is very picky about what he wants, which is new for him. He was always my eat-anything kid. Time to teach the 15 year old to cook. I taught my boys to cook and do laundry. That way if they had a complaint about service or content, they knew who to take it up with. That sounds like Todd's mom. They had 8 kids - 7 boys, 1 girl. All the boys learned to cook, and they all do it extremely well! (thank goodness, as I hate it and he does SO much better) Most worked at nice restaurants through high school too. No picky eaters - ironically the sister's husband is a huge picky eater....  They all did laundry as well - can you imagine trying to keep up with laundry for 8 kids - and 7 messy boys!?? Todd does some still, but I primarily do most, as he is color blind..... |
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