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Healthy Eating For Rubbish Cooks

Today I’m launching my healthy eating for rubbish cooks series of blog posts.

I don’t know if you guys really want it?  Are there a pile of rubbish cooks like me hiding out there wanting some tips?

People keep telling me that they do, so lets see ….

What is a rubbish cook?  In my case it’s someone who ….

1) Can’t follow a recipe that involves more than three ingredients

2) Panics when there are too many steps

3) Add to that children who are not willing to politely wait for more than 10 minutes, so it’s got to be quick

4) A lack of interest in improving my skills (in fact a big mental block which I’m happy to keep)

5) No chance of being organised at the beginning of the day for dinner at the end

6) Not worried about being boring and having only enough meals for 2-3 weeks

7) Cleverly married the big northern hubby who can cook brilliantly

8) Makes the same meals for the kids and adults, because I really don’t have enough time not to

9) Has a phobia of soup apart from Heinz tomato soup with lots of bread

10) Quite likes a bit of salad, but definitely couldn’t be considered a health nut

 

I really, really, really think that you mums who can cook, casserole, make pies, and organise yourselves so brilliantly are amazing.  You don’t appreciate the skill required to read and follow a recipe.  Seriously, it is NOT that easy!  BUT, I’m not that bothered about learning.  I have been a domestic goddess twice in my life and it kicked me big time in the butt both times, so I’m totally content with my rubbishness.

So why on earth am I going to write about it, if I’m so rubbish at it?

Because I think that the media only gives three really extreme images of cooking.  You have the chips, curries, fried in humungous amounts of fat with a sprinkling of sugar and salt on top image.  Then there are the incredibly extremely healthy bunch, who eat a pile of things that I wouldn’t consider, let alone my children.  Then there are the chefs who seem insistent on adding so many ingredients and chopping so many things up, even when they are cooking something ‘simple’ or ‘quick’.

I have learnt to cook healthy well balanced meals, that are simple and quick to cook.  There’s hardly any preparation time.  They are easily mix and matched.  And they work for both the grown ups and the kids in this house.  So that’s what I’m going to share.  Hopefully it will help anyone stuck in the chip scenario to break out of it, and Mums struggling to balance their demanding lives with providing healthy food.  Some of you may then go on to become brilliant cooks, which will be great.  Some brilliant cooks might still like to read my ideas, just to make sure that they are also brilliantly healthy.

Got ideas for healthy eating for rubbish cooks?  I’d love to have guest posts, but remember the rules; only truly rubbish cooks need apply, I promise that I can smell out a good cook pretending to know how to make it easy!

So lets go …. <Click here for all the posts in this series>

 

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