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Post by casii on Apr 11, 2020 19:50:28 GMT
I actually like cooking and usually make most of our food, but because DH is now home 100% of the time, the food disappears a lot faster. The cooking is endless! Plus getting creative when you have limited ingredients.
That's my whine. It's the weekend, so time for wine for real.
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Post by papersilly on Apr 11, 2020 19:56:41 GMT
Me. We eat out a lot so I’m not used to this much cooking. I enjoy cooking when I want to but not because I have to. I don’t know how people do it. You constantly have to plan what you’re going to cook and hope you have all the ingredients. I miss deciding at the last minute and just dining out.
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Post by mikewozowski on Apr 11, 2020 19:56:57 GMT
ME! i don't mind cooking either, but three meals a day and all the cleanup EVERY DAY is exhausting. plus i have been making bread.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Apr 11, 2020 19:59:49 GMT
So sick of feeding people.
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Nanner
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Post by Nanner on Apr 11, 2020 20:04:38 GMT
I am completely sick of cooking. We usually eat out or order in at least 3 times per week. Now I have to cook every single night.
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Post by cakediva on Apr 11, 2020 20:11:04 GMT
Not quite yet - but a few meals have definitely been "clean out the fridge leftovers" type of meals. DH does the groceries and I mostly cook, and I never meal plan, so it is usually "open the freezer in the morning and choose dinner meat" around here.
DH and I usually have a night out once a week/every other week. We haven't done that at all in about 4 weeks now. We did order in pizza the other night, and would have done take out yesterday for Good Friday, but it was also DS's birthday, and he had specific requests for his birthday dinner. So no take out.
I'm going to try and order take out from a local place this week to support them, they are trying so hard to make a go of things.
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Post by kamper on Apr 11, 2020 20:13:42 GMT
Me! I also like to cook but, I'm just tired of it. Fortunately, DH does all the dishes. Last night we just had cheese and crackers. I'm trying to psych myself up by looking at my pinned recipes I have yet to try. I'm going to make my next grocery list with a couple of those in mind.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Apr 11, 2020 20:13:43 GMT
Well. I didn't cook that much before, and I was sick of it. I still dont, as we are both still working. I cook sunday-thursday. Friday is pizza night, and saturday we would normally go out to eat, but now we are doing curbside to support restaurants. Saturday we just do a sandwich for lunch, and sunday my dh does brunch.
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Post by Skellinton on Apr 11, 2020 20:15:49 GMT
I am, but mainly because I am doing the dishes too. Normally I cook and my husband cleans, but since he has been working more then usual and I am not working as long I am doing both. We normally only eat out once a week, so it has been almost a month. We found a local restaurant we love that has brunch you can pick up at night and cook at home in the morning, so we are going to get that for tomorrow and we will get dinner tonight too since we will already be there, I am ridiculously excited.
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Post by maryland on Apr 11, 2020 20:25:45 GMT
I hate to meal plan and cook! But we don't eat out much (if we do it's take out), so I'm used to it. I always make enough for my husband to have for lunch the next day. The kids and I eat canned soup, chicken nuggets, or something unhealthy and easy!
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Post by leslie132 on Apr 11, 2020 20:30:59 GMT
It’s never ending!!!
My giggle of the day is that my husband said “my mom gave me a recipe that I want to make. Let’s have that and burgers on the grill tomorrow”. I said sure no problem. Well, now that he is in the kitchen trying to make the side dish he doesn’t know how he is going to get to grill the burgers. I had to giggle. I multi task everyday at dinner.......and it’s going in the oven. I want to turn on some news so he would know how I feel every night while I’m rushing around to make dinner, get the table set and organize kids..... all while the news is being watched!
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Apr 11, 2020 20:32:07 GMT
I love to cook but we usually eat out at least once per weekend and often once more during the week, so I’m missing the break. Plus I’ve been making breakfast and lunch which I usually don’t do during the school year since I leave too early to make breakfast and lunch is just a packed sandwich. I’m over it!
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Post by nlwilkins on Apr 11, 2020 20:33:55 GMT
I just have not been cooking. Hubby is on chemo pills that make it iffy is he wants to eat. So most nights it is fend for yourself meals. That means I usually eat snacks like cheese and crackers and the like. When I do cook, it last for at least two days as I just cannot get the hang of cooking for two. I really need to get some meal planning done so as to be eating more healthy for both of us.
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Apr 11, 2020 20:36:52 GMT
I enjoy cooking, but it is tough planning SO far down the line in order to minimize trips out. It's just DH and I, so we each handle our own breakfast, then I prepare our main meal around 1-2 pm, and then if we need a snack in the evening, we have granola bars and crackers and things to grab. DH does almost all the cleanup, and helps with the cooking but I do all the planning and right now the shopping.
DH is a big reason why the cooking hasn't become a chore. He helps, he cleans up, and best of all, he doesn't complain! I have been planning meals to use similar ingredients, example, I bought a cabbage and used it in several meals. DH doesn't say, oh cabbage again. He has always been a good eater, which helps me so much.
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Post by sawwhet on Apr 11, 2020 20:37:43 GMT
My husband is cooking dinner tonight. He cooked dinner last night as well. It feels great not to cook LOL
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Post by ntsf on Apr 11, 2020 20:38:46 GMT
I love to cook and have been having fun thinking of new things to make based on whats available.. but somehow, with two other adults home, there is no one consistently loading the dishwasher.. and washing the pots.. I like baking the occasional thing.. so have been doing that. I only make dinner. they are on own for the rest of it.
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 11, 2020 20:46:02 GMT
It’s me, dh and dd (19). We all do our own thing for breakfast and lunch. We cook dinner and do the clean up together. We are still getting a weekly meal kit (Sun Basket) and that takes care of three meals. It hasn’t been much different from our normal routine.
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Post by Merge on Apr 11, 2020 21:05:13 GMT
Meeeee. I normally enjoy cooking, and I don't mind it so much now. What I hate are the constant dishes and cleaning up of the kitchen. I actually had to unload and reload the dishwasher twice yesterday. There are only three of us in the house!
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 11, 2020 21:14:59 GMT
I hate cooking and rarely do it. DH does the cooking and has been continuing to make dinners. The thing is, I mostly have grabbed a quick takeout lunch at work for years, and now I obviously have to get lunch at home. DH and I have always had very different ideas of what counts as lunch food, so I'm on my own, and I am so over cooking lunch for myself. Today I would have cut off a finger if I could have picked up a Vietnamese pork bowl at the little counter across the street from work.
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casii
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Post by casii on Apr 11, 2020 21:17:20 GMT
I see the constant dishes are also a big point of fatigue. They're never ending.
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Post by bearmom on Apr 11, 2020 21:20:07 GMT
Me, me, me (raising my hand wildly).
we usually eat out one (or two) nights a week and have at least one left over night. With everyone being home, there are no leftovers for dinner. Since March 14th I have cooked every night except one. DD’s 18th birthday we got Qudoba (the restaurant she wanted wasn’t answer their phone even though the website said it was open for take out).
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Post by littlemama on Apr 11, 2020 21:26:23 GMT
Dh and I are both working from home and ds is doing classes online, so there is a little more time to cook, but not much. I do like it, but I like it more when I havent worked all day! I think it is the fact that we cant just decide to go.out that is draining!
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Post by J u l e e on Apr 11, 2020 21:33:40 GMT
So damn tired.
Placing grocery orders is anxiety inducing to me so I haven’t really been meal planning like I’ve done for the last 20 years. I seriously had that down to a science. But now things aren’t available or I just don’t feel like asking the Shipt shopper to find little things I need for certain recipes I would normally make. So we’re sticking to simple and easy meals with the fewest ingredients possible.
I’m used to making most everything from scratch, even making breakfast items that go in the freezer for easy grab and go in the mornings, but it just seems like so much more now. We’re not eating out or picking up food. I wish I could get over that but I just can’t.
I can’t even read the Easter dinner thread. How do people even have the energy to plan and shop for a big holiday meal?!?
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Post by PEAcan pie on Apr 11, 2020 21:39:13 GMT
yes! 30 days and have only ate carryout one time. I am over it.
Unfortunately, we have a long ways to go. I am going to order carryout next week, I NEED a break
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Post by Darcy Collins on Apr 11, 2020 22:14:46 GMT
I am not really a fan of cooking in normal circumstances and a few weeks in I was really done. I've had a much easier time now that I've completely cut out breakfast/lunch for anyone. At first I thought, sure I can make an extra sandwich or three- but no, you're on your own for breakfast and lunch. Most of the time I'm eating brunch as I don't want to deal. For dinner, everyone has a meal they're responsible for and we do one take out meal a week, so I only have 3 to worry about. I've also tried to make one of them something different/fun. I made tamales today, which should have made me more tired as it's a ton of work, but it was actually pretty fun and my daughter loved helping. Hopefully they turn out, I've never done them by myself before and I had a bit of trouble judging the masa.
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Apr 11, 2020 22:26:39 GMT
I just about strangled my college aged son yesterday when he complained there was nothing to eat (He's a vegetarian and has some allergies, but his hands aren't broken).
Fortunately I do about 60% and dh does about 40% of the cooking. Our sons do their own breakfasts and lunches and clean up after themselves, in theory.
We used to do "whatever" ( leftover) nights 1-2/week, now they are 3/week. Can't find any leftovers? Then find a can of something and cook it.
We were sitting out front yesterday and realized we could smell the pizza parlour 1.5 blocks away. We are 100% ordering pizza next week, our first restaurant meal.
This weekend is a bit of overload because of Easter. I have/will make mashed potatoes, lemonade, apple pie with scratch crust, banana bread, and split pea soup. A lot of it is using items that will go bad soon (potatoes, lemons, bananas, apples).
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Apr 11, 2020 22:33:26 GMT
So damn tired. Placing grocery orders is anxiety inducing to me so I haven’t really been meal planning like I’ve done for the last 20 years. I seriously had that down to a science. But now things aren’t available or I just don’t feel like asking the Shipt shopper to find little things I need for certain recipes I would normally make. So we’re sticking to simple and easy meals with the fewest ingredients possible. I’m used to making most everything from scratch, even making breakfast items that go in the freezer for easy grab and go in the mornings, but it just seems like so much more now. We’re not eating out or picking up food. I wish I could get over that but I just can’t. I can’t even read the Easter dinner thread. How do people even have the energy to plan and shop for a big holiday meal?!? I don't. I bought the ingredients for split pea soup over a month ago (including a vacuum sealed slice of ham) and it seemed like a good things for Easter Sunday. Plus I like making apple pies and have two large bags of apples that will go bad soon.
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Post by Jockscrap on Apr 11, 2020 22:34:02 GMT
Oh me. Fed up. There are three of us at home. Breakfast, they are on their own, but I plan the other meals according to what I’ve managed to get at the shops and what we have left until I’ll next be going. I’ve meal planned for years, but it is harder when you can’t rely on what you want being available. I’ve always been pretty good about not wasting food, but I am obsessed now with not throwing anything away. DS wanted mushrooms to have with his steak on Friday and he had three out of a pack. They were bought on Tuesday and needed used up by today, so I made the rest of them into soup. But I am so sick of soup just now as I’ve made pots of the stuff over the last few weeks for lunches, that I couldn’t face eating it so it’s now in the freezer. My instant pot is being used daily - so glad I have one.
I am also very conscious that at any time one of us could show symptoms and we would need to isolate for 7-14 days, so I’m trying to eat the fresh food I can buy at the moment and keep the freezer foods for if that happens. I also have a few packs of bake at home bread rolls with a good date on them as a back up in case I can’t go out. I feel like planning, shopping and cooking meals is occupying so much of my thoughts. For those who have to do all this as well as work out of the home, especially if they are key workers, full credit to them.
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Post by gillyp on Apr 11, 2020 22:43:11 GMT
Apart from being away on holiday and eating out maybe once a year, I have provided a cooked dinner every day for the last 46 years and a cooked lunch as well for the past 5 years. I'm getting a bit fed up with it now.
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Post by monklady123 on Apr 11, 2020 22:46:40 GMT
So damn tired. Placing grocery orders is anxiety inducing to me so I haven’t really been meal planning like I’ve done for the last 20 years. I seriously had that down to a science. But now things aren’t available or I just don’t feel like asking the Shipt shopper to find little things I need for certain recipes I would normally make. So we’re sticking to simple and easy meals with the fewest ingredients possible. I’m used to making most everything from scratch, even making breakfast items that go in the freezer for easy grab and go in the mornings, but it just seems like so much more now. We’re not eating out or picking up food. I wish I could get over that but I just can’t. I can’t even read the Easter dinner thread. How do people even have the energy to plan and shop for a big holiday meal?!?It's just me, dh, and dd who we just brought home. Our "big holiday meal" is: a ham that I bought at Costco the other day, big enough to have a lot to put in the freezer; a packaged thing of cauliflower mash with parmesan (in the case right next to the hams...smart Costco, lol); frozen peas. A dessert I bought at Costco. Done.
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