Moments D635: Lazy Cooking Days

This morning was an incredibly lazy morning.  I awoke at my normal time, 7am.  There was no way I was getting up that early today, my weekend day home in bed for 6 weeks.  What a sweet treat it would be to sleep in.

Little did I know!

Two hours later, I awoke.  EQ and I snuggled and chatted for awhile, then promptly fell back asleep.  A few hours later we awoke and did much of the same.  Did I have a long list of things to do?  Yes, but boy oh boy did it feel good to be lazy and enjoy some quality time with my love.

And then it was time to make the recipe that Mr. B gave me yesterday.  Cabbage Roll Soup.

We ventured out to the grocery store for the ingredients, then to the health food store for more supplements for me.  By the time we meandered back home, it was time to start prepping & cooking.  It was the first really opportunity I've had to test out my new Shun knife that EQ gave me for Christmas.  OOOOh I loved it nearly as much as the end result of the recipe.

Moments enjoying a slow day.

Moments enjoying a (delightful!) new recipe.

Moments D182: Home Made Cooking

One thing about me. I love food. I love to prep and play with food. I simply love to cook. (For the record, I enjoy baking, I just don’t enjoy eating my wares as much! Why? Well, I enjoy savoury/salty dishes over the sweet baked goods!)

I suppose some would call it a hobby, but others close to me might suggest that it verges on a passion of mine. I suppose they aren’t wrong. Whenever I have time and energy to invest in cooking a meal, I will. And the universe knows I love throwing a good dinner party. Some of them have been epic for failure of thinning out the recipes I was dying to try on my closest “guinea pig” friends. (For the record, no major failures have been had and therefore no “guinea pigs” harmed in the process!)

And so, with that in mind, today’s moment and sense of satisfaction and joy came from cooking myself dinner. It was a new twist on similar flavours. Mango curry pork. I’ve never had a mango curry before, let alone cut up a beautiful butterflied pork chop into a curry.

But let me tell you, the result was divine. Best part about cooking dinner for yourself: LEFTOVERS! I have lunch for tomorrow and one more portion left for, likely, my Friday night dinner.

Moments to explore new flavours.

Moments with food.