We like eating, and we like cooking, but since becoming mums we admit it – we’ve lost our passion.
Cooking used to be fun. Something to be enjoyed at most, a deux, with a bottle of wine… or two. And then there were the meals out, the takeaways and the lunchtime trip to a sushi bar or sandwich shop.
Back then, when the hardest thing was deciding between sushi and salami, it was easy to like food. These days we seem to spend most of our time preparing meals for our children, persuading them to eat it and then scraping the remnants off the floor. Food has taken over our lives and it’s not fun anymore.
Like many parents of young children, most meals are now eaten at home and made by yours truly. Cooking for a family can mean making up to four or five meals each day. It is hard to be enthusiastic when you’re catering for all tastes under a hail of half-eaten Humzingers.
Cooking has become about putting food on the table and fuelling your family, but does it have to be such a chore?
And so crumbs was born. Here we want to spend time thinking and talking about eating. And to find ways of making cooking quicker, easier, tastier, more nutritious, and dare we say it, fun.
We give a two bread-stick salute to Annabel Karmel, and her over-complicated recipes, and say helloooo to anything that allows us to cut corners whilst keeping our sanity and food healthy and tasty.
Families come in many shapes and sizes and – although that’s where we are right now – this blog is not just for parents of young children. There will be recipes for everyone to enjoy. Even if it’s just you and your cat.
So why did we call it crumbs? Because they, like us, are on the floor by 7pm.
Cooking used to be fun. Something to be enjoyed at most, a deux, with a bottle of wine… or two. And then there were the meals out, the takeaways and the lunchtime trip to a sushi bar or sandwich shop.
Back then, when the hardest thing was deciding between sushi and salami, it was easy to like food. These days we seem to spend most of our time preparing meals for our children, persuading them to eat it and then scraping the remnants off the floor. Food has taken over our lives and it’s not fun anymore.
Like many parents of young children, most meals are now eaten at home and made by yours truly. Cooking for a family can mean making up to four or five meals each day. It is hard to be enthusiastic when you’re catering for all tastes under a hail of half-eaten Humzingers.
Cooking has become about putting food on the table and fuelling your family, but does it have to be such a chore?
And so crumbs was born. Here we want to spend time thinking and talking about eating. And to find ways of making cooking quicker, easier, tastier, more nutritious, and dare we say it, fun.
We give a two bread-stick salute to Annabel Karmel, and her over-complicated recipes, and say helloooo to anything that allows us to cut corners whilst keeping our sanity and food healthy and tasty.
Families come in many shapes and sizes and – although that’s where we are right now – this blog is not just for parents of young children. There will be recipes for everyone to enjoy. Even if it’s just you and your cat.
So why did we call it crumbs? Because they, like us, are on the floor by 7pm.
I here this quite often and dont agree.
ReplyDeleteLets set one or two points strait.
1: I am a man
2: I cook in our family
3: I am 100% sure of the fact that my kids and for that fact almost any "normal" kids will not let them selves starve to death.
This means that when I cook the family eats.
The kids try every thing.
If the kids don't want to eat then they do not have to eat but that includes any thing else like sweets etc.
The system seam to work for me. I have 3 kids and they eat every thing, or at least try every thing. Escargot (no problem), thai green chili (no problem), french cheeses (yes you guessed it no problem).
Of course i have to plan a bit differently when i cook but not to differently. I follow the philosophy that I don't want to eat it I won't cook it.
The problem that i find so sad is that we as parents some times we try so hard at beeing super that we forget that we were not that bat to start off with ;-).
And since when do we eat 3 warm meals a day. We eat max 1. Yogurt fruit and musli for breakfast, sandwiches and raw vegetabels for lunch and warm for dinner.
So at this point you think what a horrid person, know it all besser man!
But I would like to close it out and say great blog!!!!!
Keep going and don't let any one take the fun away!
mark
Hi Mark,
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to write the above comment. We're really glad you like the blog. I just wanted to clarify that we don't cook so much because our children are fussy. In fact my two sons in particular, could never be accused of that, having inherited my gluttony. We cook that much because they eat that much. I include breakfast as a meal, because for my kids it's absolutely their biggest meal of the day, normally about three courses, admittedly at least of those is out of a packet, and the other two are not exactly complex, but it's still time consuming. And although I do rely on sarnies and vegetables, they don't have them everyday, partly because I've discovered other things which are quicker to prepare! (Mackerel pate, for example). As our children are still quite young, eating together at dinner doesn't work as it is too early. Hence the need for four meals a day - and none made because the kids are fussy and need additional meals.
Hi
ReplyDeleteWell its a month later on my reply. I hope you and your families are well. With all the horrid news about Riots.
Wow 4 meals a day is alot! I totaly missunderstood and apologize. I am just surronded by families with realy picky kids.
We certainly dont do 3 meals (that I am to lazy for ).
We are very continental here. Yogurt + musli for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and dinner is either all together or pre cooked on the weekend and frozen.
I learned that one while cooking for my wifes grandmother. She hated meals on wheels so once a month on a weekend i cooked 4 x7 meals to be frozen in portions.
Thus the freezer and microwave become great friends and i can enjoy cooking with no stress and a glass of wine.
Take care and as mentioned i hope you guys are no where near the problem areas!,
Mark