Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Let is be said...let it be written...

I'd like to revisit my previous mention of Ryan's concern over my lack of cooking.

I've told him numerous times that I don't enjoy cooking. Or baking. I do it for him because I love him and I want him to eat real, fresh food every now and again. However, more often than not, I find myself solo during the dinner hour. Now, I suppose, if I had people to cook for, I might learn to enjoy it. But, it's 8:45pm and Ryan is stuck with clients and so why in the world would I cook a real meal when I can throw a Lean Cuisine in the microwave?

I'll tell you why. Because it's easier than standing over a hot stove for an hour. And I can think of...oh...about 476 things I'd rather do than cook for myself.

That's all I have to say.

5 comments:

k. said...

I eat Kashi cereal, a cheese tortilla, PBJ or a hard boiled egg when Mike isn't home. Nutrition goes out the window. No need to cook for one.

Ryan + Jess said...

I always thought I would be a "cooker" but it is hard to cook for small numbers, I have found - especially one. I don't think it will get any easier.

Heidi said...

Well on this certain topic I could not be more different. Occasionally I have days when I do not want to cook, but for me at least, after sitting in front of a computer all day, nothing sounds better than standing in the kitchen and making something for an hour or so. I like to come home from work and get to work making dinner- it is like a therapy for me. And if Ben is gone late studying, then I just have an excuse to make a meal he doesn't like as much.

Anonymous said...

i hardly cook when joses isn't going to be home. but then i feel like we are eating so gross and unhealthy. but i have 476 other things to be doing too!

Anonymous said...

i suggest someone read janet malcolm of new yorker magazine fame. she's made cooking and writing a simbiotic act and when i read her stuff, it makes me want to cook more myself. i will search for stories from her.