Reply #48: more thoughts about cooking

[Melissa G]

My second major live in relationship taught me a lot about food. I don't generally 'do' breakfast, My sweetie loved it. Weekdays he made some amazing cold cereal combinations that he created from an asst of jars on our shelves. Grapenuts, weetabix, shredded wheat, various granolas mixed with milks or yogurt etc. Sometimes topped with fruit etc. Lunch was generally cold sandwiches, chips and fruit and the occasional dessert treat. He taught me to elevate the sandwich to an art form. Sometimes the sandwiches were from things we had grilled during the weekend. These same grilled leftovers often made the basis for some of the dinners I fixed as well.

Saturday breakfast was the treat of the week when he made me sourdough waffles from scratch from a starter sourdough batch he got from his mom. Sunday lunch/dinner was the big barbecue party and we frequently cooked for friends. The leftovers saw us through a lot of the week. We often made fish for Sundays, then grilled hot dogs and sausage etc. for later.

I think a 10 year old could help with barbeque and breakfast cereal and sandwich making. It was helpful to me to stop thinking about so many hot meals in relation to food.