Assignment #2

Yeah, that whole 'not making this blog all about the assignments is going well, hey?

Anyhoo - let's not dwell.

This week's assignment is inspired by this article.
I'm to write about what I eat when I'm alone. Is it any different from what I eat when I have friends over, or even when I'm eating with my husband? Why is that?

The brief extract of the article implied that one cooks actual meals for them self. I, for the vast most-part, do not.
I am not especially a person who enjoys preparing meals. I can cook, and even do so sometimes, but H is much more the domestic half of our partnership.

Its true, that H and I like different things. So eating alone is a fantastic opportunity to have something that they wouldn't eat. Which is why I often have microwave macaroni and cheese (Besta Pasta brand - 'tis awesome) when H is not home (he whinges about the smell - he doesn't even have to eat it!).

I will also have tinned soup or noodles or some other such instant-ish foods.

This is not because I do not appreciate food - I love food. But I like foods that are not of quality also (McDonald's, anyone?) so its not really selling myself short.

Also, I would rather save my time doing something more enjoyable instead of cooking when its just for me.

So the end result is yes. My food is different when others are involved. H will usually cook when its the two of us, but when there are 'guests', well, you sort of want to impress them a bit. I want them to feel special enough that we cooked something yummy, not just rooted around in the pantry for whatever we had floating in there.

Since reading this topic, I have wondered if my general attitude to food (that its yummy and I should therefore eat lots of it) and my lack of self-control has anything to do with my lack of enjoyment in its preparation? If I liked to cook, would I be any thinner? Or, in fact, fatter?

I suspect I'd be fatter.
Other than the odd experimental dish, I tend to cook foods that I either already know I like, or that I'm pretty darn certain I will like. Some of my absolute favourite meals I've resisted getting the recipe for, knowing that I will cook them. And then eat them. So if I enjoyed to cook, I imagine that I would just make more foods and then eat them.
At least if I haven't got anything ready made in the house then I won't unnecessarily eat.