The Good Wife Guide #2

Current state of affairs at DG Manor

Up until pregnancy and long-term house guests meant that I delegated control of the cooking to others., I have to say that I’ve been pretty good at this one. But I did work from home part-time so I had did have the time (less since the arrival of the PD, but enough nevertheless) to be able to plan and buy ingredients and cook a yummy meal for my beloved DH. That said, I never cooked for two and invariably had leftovers. Either we would eat these the following day, saving me the effort of having to cook on a day when I had been in London working, or I would be able to make them into something else. It’s not hard to use leftover mince to make a Shepherd’s Pie, or to turn the remains of a roast chicken into a pie or risotto. And I have in fact served a variety of these things to guests.

Conclusion

Once again, at the moment I do very little (although I do actually have Nigella’s Gammon in Cherry Coke on the stove as I write *gasp*) though I do regularly churn out cakes and biscuits, as this very blog can attest to. They often take less time to do and can be done with PD in tow. I do, however, think that in an age where there are real concerns about the Environment and Food Waste and so on, (and remembering my nan talk about how little they had during and long after the War,) that it is perfectly acceptable to serve leftovers whether for guests or my beloved. I’d like to think they would appreciate the sentiment as well as the food. Of course when there are places like Cook who do all the work for you, there’s nothing wrong in faking it either.

Score

A mixed bag, I guess, so probably 6/10 on the grounds that I do cooksupper for my beloved, but often serve leftovers.  It has to be said that he’s never complained though, particularly about the cakes!!