I actually enjoy cooking - I find it relaxing and creative - and I’m rather good at it. But the effort requires an appreciative audience to make it worth the washing up! Like everything else it is going to require a period of adjustment…
After being a widow for 16 years it took me a long time to adjust to cooking and shopping for one after living in a household of 6 for nearly 40 years. In fact one of my daughters still maintains that she never leaves my home empty handed as I pass on meals and ingredients that are surplus to my requirements. However, in time you may come to appreciate the fact that you no longer have to slave over a hot stove every day and can just open the freezer to find something that takes your fancy and which can be ready in minutes. It gives you so much more time to fill exactly as you wish. However, I know it could take you longer to adjust, since you are still in a heartbreaking halfway house, which fortunately wasn’t my lot in life. My husband’s death was sudden …. One day he was there and the next day he wasn’t, so the adjustment was probably easier, albeit a shock! However, seeing your strength of character over the last few difficult years, I’m certain that you will find the light at the end of the tunnel and the positive side of each and every challenge. Take care. X
I empathize with your situation, though I am a single by , sort of, choice.
I have resorted to single portion TV or fresh not frozen TV meals, plus the extra meal out with friends as psychosocial support. Socialising is very important? UK supermarkets have a much wider choice than where I am. I justify this culinary inactivity by a study I read that supported the idea that actually cooking at home for one is not energy effective. My excuse! You are in my thoughts
I actually enjoy cooking - I find it relaxing and creative - and I’m rather good at it. But the effort requires an appreciative audience to make it worth the washing up! Like everything else it is going to require a period of adjustment…
After being a widow for 16 years it took me a long time to adjust to cooking and shopping for one after living in a household of 6 for nearly 40 years. In fact one of my daughters still maintains that she never leaves my home empty handed as I pass on meals and ingredients that are surplus to my requirements. However, in time you may come to appreciate the fact that you no longer have to slave over a hot stove every day and can just open the freezer to find something that takes your fancy and which can be ready in minutes. It gives you so much more time to fill exactly as you wish. However, I know it could take you longer to adjust, since you are still in a heartbreaking halfway house, which fortunately wasn’t my lot in life. My husband’s death was sudden …. One day he was there and the next day he wasn’t, so the adjustment was probably easier, albeit a shock! However, seeing your strength of character over the last few difficult years, I’m certain that you will find the light at the end of the tunnel and the positive side of each and every challenge. Take care. X
I empathize with your situation, though I am a single by , sort of, choice.
I have resorted to single portion TV or fresh not frozen TV meals, plus the extra meal out with friends as psychosocial support. Socialising is very important? UK supermarkets have a much wider choice than where I am. I justify this culinary inactivity by a study I read that supported the idea that actually cooking at home for one is not energy effective. My excuse! You are in my thoughts
Thanks as ever, griefs made wonderfully light.
Things I often think about and shoo away as I embark on the beginning stages of your journey
I now feel like that about chicken