OT : Rain/weather

[Guest guest]

> I have a general question for the group (is this ok to ask?): Who is

> the main cook in the household? I'm always amazed at how different

> households organize meal times. I was raised having to cook dinner

> once a week when I turned 10, and I loved it. But my husband never

> had to cook until he moved out on his own. Now days I do most of the

> cooking as I really enjoy it, I love playing with all the different

> spice/flavour combinations. Anyways, I'm just curious if people have

> a system or just play it by ear. thanks!

 

I am the main cook. Once a week we have RTF (raid the fridge) where

we reheat the week's leftovers, and perhaps once a month or so DH will

get the urge to cook. Thankfully for me, he is a one-pot wonder, as

the non-cook does most of the dishes (cook cleans as s/he goes, but

whatever's left when dinner is ready, and then the dinner dishes

themselves, go to the non-cook for cleaning).

[Guest guest]

my husband prefers to cook, and if much better at it, so he cooks as

often as he can. He did all of the cooking until last year when he

accepted a job with longer hours. I now do most of the cooking, he

fills in when he feels the need, and he cooks most weekends. He has

been cooking 3 or 4 meals on weekends and freezing the extra.

 

I make a menu plan every wednesday (I use the vegetarian menu mailer

at savingdinner.com). I leave two days free, one for him and one for

leftovers. He then adds a meal he wants, we negotiate about the other

meals and we go shopping thursday

 

I've tried a lot of angles at meal planning, now I just plan quick

meals and a crcok-pot meal for Tuesday, the day I take the kids to

dance & acting class.

 

I make 3 hot breakfasts a week, 5 hot lunches (usually sandwiches on

the weekends) and 5 dinners. My kids are homeschooled so we often

have " buffet o'leftovers " for lunch or dinner when daddy's working

late or traveling.

 

I end up doing all the dishes regardless, but he's started freezing

his meals in disposable stuff (which I wash out, LOL) and I try to

just cook 1 thing and serve everything else raw. He's a dear though,

we didnt have a dishwasher and the portable kinds were out of our

price range. He bartered one from a neighbor in exchange for yard

work though Now I spend 1 hour a day doing dishes and not 2

 

Meg

 

Meg

[Guest guest]

I am the main cook in my household. But I leave all the grilling up to the

hubby. He is great with the grill. And since I've been vegging it he even

cooks up my Boca burgers, Tofurkey sausage, and Veggie dogs. He says that when

I want stuff like portobella mushrooms, zucchini, etc grilled I will just have

to show him how I like it so he will be able to do it for me next time. Isn't

he sweet???

 

Misty

 

 

 

Heidi Cusworth <hcusworth wrote:

Linda,

Today is surprisingly dry, but basically we have been drownding up her

on Whidbey. We have a super small creek in our back yard that has

become a river! Rain is forcasted for the next few days, but sunday

is suposed to be a bit sunny! Woohoo......I think I'll run circles in

the yard to celebrate the sun

 

I have a general question for the group (is this ok to ask?): Who is

the main cook in the household? I'm always amazed at how different

households organize meal times. I was raised having to cook dinner

once a week when I turned 10, and I loved it. But my husband never

had to cook until he moved out on his own. Now days I do most of the

cooking as I really enjoy it, I love playing with all the different

spice/flavour combinations. Anyways, I'm just curious if people have

a system or just play it by ear. thanks!

 

-Heidi