I admit it freely, I have no shame: I am not a cook. I don't pretend to be a cook, I don't like to cook, and quite frankly...it makes me nervous. I'm okay with baking (which must be the reason I like to make casseroles). But browning meat is as much skillet work as I'm comfortable with (and I've just recently mastered that). But you know what's even worse than having to cook? The meal planning. Oh my goodness...It's a nightmare! I can't just whip something up from what I've got in the kitchen, so I actually have to preplan what I'm going to serve for the week. And believe me, I'm saving these "weekly menus" and they are going into heavy rotation once I run out of ideas. So here's the deal: if you've got any easy (and keep in mind what's easy for you probably isn't easy for me) recipes that don't require a lot of "stove action", I'm all ears. I'm great at casseroley type things and I LOVE the crock-pot. And DO NOT send me anything made by Rachel Ray (I tried to make one of her 30-minute meals once and it was a total disaster. Not only did Jason have to come to my rescue, it took us an hour and half to get something on the table. Even Jason thought her recipes were hard.)
And just to prove that I'm actually cooking everynight, I have pictures. Now one of these pictures has already been accused of being a fake when I posted it on Facebook. But, sadly, they are all too real. And why do I look so happy when I hate cooking you might ask? Smiling through my pain, my friends....smiling through my pain....
And if you're wondering how I'm typing this post during the dinner hour....I've got a lasagna in the oven, baby!
7 comments:
Looks like a new reality home cooking show coming up. You may not like it, but you look really great doing it. Too pretty to be a really good cook, but cute enough to get by with anything you put on the table.
At least you know your way around the kitchen...Harry would starve at my house,but I will give you Daddy's Hot Water Cornbread recipe. One cup of meal, about a tsp. of salt, use hot boiling water to make a paste out of this. Use your hands to make a patty and fry it in hot peanut oil.
You'll have to come on over to our house and I'll give you a lesson or two. Shoot, maybe Shelly would even learn something and I wouldn't have to cook someday! :)
OMG you made a lasagna?!?!?! I'm so proud of you! Unless of course it's Stouffers... lol
Sending you a facebook message with some of my faves...easy, fast, and lots of crockpot!
I'll e-mail you some recipes. I can proudly say that after 10 years of marriage I'm a darn good cook. I totally prefer easy stuff tho, who has time to chop stuff for hours?!
Here's one easy one:
Pot roast. Put it in a crock pot, on high to brown both sides (1 hour), turn down to med. add potatoes, carrots, onions, and one packet of McCormack's AuJus. Keep it in the crock pot All day. (like 6 hours.) DONE!
Think of this time as training for when your boys are teenagers. Just imagine feeding two teen males! I'm with Sherry, you look too pretty to not enjoy cooking. I'll email you a few easy recipes. Check out Sarah's blog about her projected cooking blog (aka Julie and Julia).
Lu
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