Confession Monday

Ok, so I didn't see a confession monday on Mommy Confessions site today, so I figured I'd make up my own... since it's already been 3 weeks or so since the last one.

My Confession: I hate cooking. Yeah, sounds a bit strange, especially since I have a "cookbook" page and all that. Truth is, I don't care to cook. If I have a plan in place and know what I'm making before hand, it's not so bad. If it involves some new recipe I haven't done before, again not bad. If it means mainly prep work and popping in the oven for an hour, no problem. Problems arise when it's pasta, or just cooking meat on the stove, or standing over the stove in general. It just feels like, why spend all this time standing here stirring something that will be consumed right away and I'll need to do it all over again tomorrow?

Silly way to think about it, considering we need to eat and all. Then there's the other "confession" that overrides this one... being that I'm cheap thrifty, I'd rather make a meal at home than spend money eating out or ordering in. Why does my life have to conflict with itself?

Anyway, I've managed to "solve" this problem lately by putting "make supper" on my to-do lists... including what I will make and freezing portions of it (or making extra to be used in another meal later in the week). So, it makes the cooking seem a bit more worthwhile.

Although... I don't think I want to make another birthday cake to decorate for a very VERY long time... (not only did it take far too much time and effort... it tastes so good I just want to eat it all the time...).