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Home cooking for hungry home workers
Hardworking home workers and their families need sustenance, but often we lack the time or inclination to think much about food or take long to prepare it. A is the chef in this household, and enjoys combining just the right ingredients for the right textures and flavours.
I love eating the results, but I’m no cook. If he’s not here for supper then my default is baked beans or baked potatoes. Or if I’m feeling reckless, maybe even baked beans with baked potatoes.
No doubt proper cooks would be horrified, but I only like to cook when I have something else to think about, a piece of writing maybe, or the best way to structure a workshop. Giving my unconscious mind permission to concentrate on something down-to-earth, like chopping onions, allows my imagination to come up with new ideas that never materialise if I stay at my desk.
I prefer one-pot meals so I don’t have to bother too much about timing – chilli, stew, soup, that kind of thing – and I make it for six so we have three meals worth. I love that smug feeling of knowing a healthy supper is in the fridge and only needs heating up.
Sometimes we give in to temptation and treat ourselves to a bargain M&S meal, picked up during our afternoon walk, which often seems to coincide with the time they are making reductions and sticking on those lovely yellow labels, all priced to the nearest 50p or pound. So easy to add up and the total so pleasantly small!
I’d love to hear about your tricks for quick, nutritious meals, your favourite home working recipes or whether, unlike me, you use cooking as a way to wind down from working.
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Mmm, you’re making me hungry, which reminds me it’s about time I got some breakfast! Nothing easier or more nutritious than homemade soup. Did you know the same ingredients blended into a soup fill you up for longer than eating them separately? So in theory you could lose weight – if you can resist a big chunk of crusty bread and butter with it!
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I have a pan of spicy parsnip soup bubbling away in a pan at the moment! I try to have something healthy & nutritious, but sometimes the workload only permits a quick sandwich – it’s sometimes easy to forget about lunch – my stomach always reminds me eventually though! ‘Tis true – cooking helps to de-stress, there’s something comforting about preparing something from scratch – the end product is so satisfying!
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I definitely use cooking to wind down from work. It’s a great passion of mine! I agree about one pot meals and soups and that’s where the trusty slow-cooker comes in especially at this time of year! Nothing nicer than the smell of something scrumptious bubbling away whilst you finish up the days work. Also recently I have taken to preparing supper during my lunch break – so that there is little to do at the end of the day and there is always a stock of homemade soup in the freezer for lunch Of course Friday night means takeaway and that usually means Indian!