Do you ever get fed up cooking from scratch?

Kitchenbunny

That's quite a paradox for me, as cooking from scratch relaxes me. I find it therapeutic. There are, however, some times when I really don't want to cook or just don't have time to. That's where homemade ready meals come in handy for me. I play a little bit "technophobe scared of microwave" and get DH to reheat stuff telling him he's the tech expert He doesn't mind, and I get a nice easy tea. I still have to do the washing up, but it's a start. Save the plastic trays that ready meals come in and put your own meals into it.

A meal that goes ping
Does make the heart sing
At the end of a long hard day.
But the kind I do like
Is a homemade delight
Frozen and cooked by a 'wave

Wow, sudden poetic streak.

KB xx

Miss_Liquorice

I've been really bad for it recently, I think it's going from unemployment to working full time - and now spring is rolling round my OH (who is self employed) has more money to spare too, so we've been "treating" ourselves to ready meals and takeaways - not feeling too healthy about it though, think I'll next be "treating" myself to a gym membership! I am definitely the cook of the house, but when I was very ill with flu it was lovely getting someone else to make food for me, made it much easier to eat even though I didn't feel like eating! I'm slowly teaching OH to cook (mostly how to do things like pasta/rice/potatoes, and the real basics of food - he knew nothing when we moved in together) and love getting the occasional "you sit down, honey, I'll cook for you tonight!".

Also, one last hint - when doing my meal plans I always take note of when we're working or busy or whatever we've got planned, and can mealplan the big effort meals/batch cooking for days when I'm not busy, and easy food for after 12 hour shifts!

Rikki

If you were to batch cook you could have a home made meal ready in the freezer.

BitterAndTwisted

I don't usually get fed up of cooking from scratch but I do sometimes suffer from pure bone-idleness. It's at times like that when I reach for the batch-cooked soup in the fridge and make some toast.

ALIBOBSY

We do tend to have a day off, not necessarily every week where we have a ready meal or takeaway. Done it a bit more recently as OH got back into work and as he is working long hours sorting the baby and the 3 older ones (12,7 and 3) can leave little time to bake/cook. Plus this week had a costume to make for school, and my sewing mc packed up doh-sewing by hand is a bit long winded lol. Had atakeaway last week and having a dominos ( with mse code of course) for the kids tonight.

ali x

Quenastoise

Sunday night is lazy day in my house because we often spend the day outside and come back at tea time hungry. So I put some breaded chicken under the grill, then drop then in a wrap, large dollop of Dorito sauce over it, fold the wrap and that's dinner ready

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Lazy days are what the pasta bake was invented for. Some pasta, a tin of tuna, a jar of sauce and some grated cheese. Takes minutes to prepare.

Justamum

Simple answer to that one - yes! I hate cooking, but I have to do it because of cost, and also because we are vegan so there's no option. If I could afford to hire a chef I would

LJM

i love cooking from scratch trying new recipes etc

eandjsmum

Usually cook from scratch, but somertimes I batch cook using the slow cooker and freeze some so I have a casserole or savory mince, bolognase sauce in the freezer. To-night I didnt feel like cooking so the kids persuaded me to get fish and chips I didnt need much persuading though.