Anonymous
01/17/2024 21:10
Subject: So over cooking
Anonymous wrote:Do you enjoy cooking? I cook every meal aside from very occasional takeout and I am so over it. The one thing I will love about being an empty nester is never cooking aside from when dcs come back home.
Just get takeout a couple times a week. That makes a big difference
Anonymous
01/17/2024 20:47
Subject: Re:So over cooking
Anonymous wrote:Hate it all.
I hate the planning, the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning up (even when my husbands cleans up, I still have to finish all the stuff he missed)
I hate how my husband can do what he wants with his time, but my evening has to revolve around dinner. I cannot do what I want, I have to be ready to make dinner around the kids activities. I finally have one night I make a crockpot meal so I can get to the pool, but I still have to plan it and get up early to make it.
I hate how when I am injured, it takes longer to heal, because I cannot fully rest my back, neck, arm, hip - whatever, because I have to bend and lift and go up and down stairs (to get pantry items) to cook every day.
There are nights when I realize the rest of my family is relaxing and I a cooking, that I sit on the floor and cry for a few minutes, and then carry on.
So yep, I hate it.
That does not sound equitable.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 20:46
Subject: So over cooking
I don’t love it, I’m not good at it, and I don’t love that either. I cook or prepare a meal for the family maybe 2-3 times. My husband does about the same, and we get takeout, and eat those leftovers. I’m not proud of it, but there it is. I grew up with a mom who painstakingly cooked multiple complex dishes a night on top of working full time. She was exhausted and also an amazing cook, but she didn’t love it. I want to be able to cook like her once or twice a wk, but am just lazy and not skillful.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 20:39
Subject: So over cooking
I hate doing the dishes.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 20:35
Subject: So over cooking
I went to a Thai cooking class and the chef had done all the shopping and mise en place. We cooked and the assistant cleaned our stations and all the pots and pans and then served us wine while we ate. I loved cooking that night. It’s the shopping and cleanup that I hate!
Anonymous
01/17/2024 20:28
Subject: So over cooking
I love cooking, and I even love meal planning … but some nights I get home from work exhausted and just can’t do it. This was one of those nights. I ordered takeout and am now scrolling DCUM instead of working out.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 20:16
Subject: So over cooking
I love cooking. I don’t have time/focus to do it as much as I would like with kids, though, and there are so many more constraints on meals. I miss the days when I could spend an entire evening prepping a pot of goulash and have it last a week and still have leftovers. Now I have to to prep the pork one weekend, then cook it another weekend, then have it only last a couple meals and see some of it go to waste because one kid will turn up her nose at almost anything with meat in it.
But sometimes it’s worth it when I get a really good loaf of bread or my 5yo semi-competently rolls out a pie crust for me or I’m able to pull something just to my taste together in a few minutes from stuff I have in the fridge.
But sometimes it’s worth it when I get a really good loaf of bread or my 5yo semi-competently rolls out a pie crust for me or I’m able to pull something just to my taste together in a few minutes from stuff I have in the fridge.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 18:44
Subject: So over cooking
Eat yogurt for dinner
Anonymous
01/17/2024 18:38
Subject: So over cooking
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I love cooking, but I hate planning! I also hate food waste, so the planning becomes super important ugh.
Have you considered batch cooking? Do a big cook on sunday and prep for the week, everyone can just heat up what theyw ant?
I hate all of it. Meal planning, grocery shopping are also a huge pain to me. I pre-cook sometimes when I know I won't be home for dinner, maybe I could do it more.
How old are your kids?
Anonymous
01/17/2024 18:28
Subject: So over cooking
No, I've always hated cooking. I cook once a week. DH cooks three or four times a week. He loves it. It's not the only reason I married him, but it's definitely a huge bonus.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 18:26
Subject: So over cooking
This is why I love being single and the kids are grown. Girl dinners!
Anonymous
01/17/2024 18:23
Subject: Re:So over cooking
Hate it all.
I hate the planning, the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning up (even when my husbands cleans up, I still have to finish all the stuff he missed)
I hate how my husband can do what he wants with his time, but my evening has to revolve around dinner. I cannot do what I want, I have to be ready to make dinner around the kids activities. I finally have one night I make a crockpot meal so I can get to the pool, but I still have to plan it and get up early to make it.
I hate how when I am injured, it takes longer to heal, because I cannot fully rest my back, neck, arm, hip - whatever, because I have to bend and lift and go up and down stairs (to get pantry items) to cook every day.
There are nights when I realize the rest of my family is relaxing and I a cooking, that I sit on the floor and cry for a few minutes, and then carry on.
So yep, I hate it.
I hate the planning, the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning up (even when my husbands cleans up, I still have to finish all the stuff he missed)
I hate how my husband can do what he wants with his time, but my evening has to revolve around dinner. I cannot do what I want, I have to be ready to make dinner around the kids activities. I finally have one night I make a crockpot meal so I can get to the pool, but I still have to plan it and get up early to make it.
I hate how when I am injured, it takes longer to heal, because I cannot fully rest my back, neck, arm, hip - whatever, because I have to bend and lift and go up and down stairs (to get pantry items) to cook every day.
There are nights when I realize the rest of my family is relaxing and I a cooking, that I sit on the floor and cry for a few minutes, and then carry on.
So yep, I hate it.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 17:16
Subject: So over cooking
Anonymous wrote:I love cooking, but I hate planning! I also hate food waste, so the planning becomes super important ugh.
Have you considered batch cooking? Do a big cook on sunday and prep for the week, everyone can just heat up what theyw ant?
I hate all of it. Meal planning, grocery shopping are also a huge pain to me. I pre-cook sometimes when I know I won't be home for dinner, maybe I could do it more.
Anonymous
01/17/2024 17:04
Subject: So over cooking
I love cooking, but I hate planning! I also hate food waste, so the planning becomes super important ugh.
Have you considered batch cooking? Do a big cook on sunday and prep for the week, everyone can just heat up what theyw ant?
Have you considered batch cooking? Do a big cook on sunday and prep for the week, everyone can just heat up what theyw ant?
Anonymous
01/17/2024 17:03
Subject: So over cooking
Do you enjoy cooking? I cook every meal aside from very occasional takeout and I am so over it. The one thing I will love about being an empty nester is never cooking aside from when dcs come back home.