I have been banned from cooking this week!!!

[Halex]

Help, i have been banned.

We have so many left over meals in the freezer, dh has said no more. We need to empty the freezers.

That means baking too, he has taken 1/2 the football cake to work to be eaten before it goes stale.

He says he has gained weght recently and needs to cut back.

I dont know what to do......

There is so much i just want to whip up.....

Even DS is taking flasks of cooked meals to school for lunches!!

Most women would love a week off, but tm owners

Hally

[judydawn]

This is a problem for small families Hally but go with DH wishes and have some days out instead - trouble is you will probably go shopping and spend more money on DH's credit card and then be in more trouble.  Guess you can't win     Clean the house from top to toe perhaps

[Ceejay]

Hally, we have two TMXs here... plus usually around 8 children... we'd love to have you visit!   

Never many leftovers around here! 

[Carine]

Get some chooks:  they'll look after the left-overs    Seriously, Hally, have a break and enjoy the spare time with your family!  With spring coming you could start a vegie patch...

[Bedlam]

I must admit I have a self imposed ban at times. It's just too easy with Thermie and like you say left overs everywhere. Research new recipes for next week and keep an eye on the forum this way you still get a bit of a Thermie fix.

[jkmt]

Oh Hally, that's a terrible problem to have! Please come - I need to restock, I have been too busy working and reading the forum to actually cook more than very quick meals. I need the freezer stocked - bread, savoury meals, kids' lunches, ice cream. Oh, and yoghurt too! As you can see plenty of work for you here...

[CreamPuff63]

if you really need to cook something and feed the addiction (and not DH), perhaps offer to cook a friend a surprise dinner if she buys all the ingredients or maybe surprise one or two friends with some biccies...

[Halex]

Last night I defrosted some mince before ban was set in place, so will have to figure how far i can string out 1/2 kg of mince.

Gym and shopping........shopping......

I have a herb and veggie patch.

Made lasagna and chocolate cake for a friend at the weekend.

I know it has to be done.....but so hard

If you lived closer youbcould all come and grab some cotainers.

I have bread, soup, curries, casseroles, pasta dishes galore!!LOL


On treadmill atm

Hall

[Halex]

Also having a root canal thursday so hopefully wont feel like cooking thursday and friday..maybe....

I can see a lot of coffes with girlfriends, in fact might see uf one is free later

Hally

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Sometimes I ban myself from cooking meals and bread until our freezer is cleared.  I still tend to use thermie during that time though to stock up on stocks, sauces, jams etc. I get miserable if I go too long without using him. 

[Cuilidh]

My freezer is pretty critical at the moment - it is so full I cannot jamb anything else in so we're having a bit of an eat-a-thon just now as well - considering I was down to ice cubes in my freezer about three weeks ago, I've got the complete reverse situation now!

[Katiej]

Root canal - ouch!!   Hope it goes well.  Maybe you need to make yourself some ice-cream 

I sometimes have to ban myself from cooking, along with a ban on food shopping.  It is so hard though! Our freezer, fridge and pantry are always overflowing.  It's only my partner and me at home so we can (and really should) only eat so much. 

My Mum lives alone so I'm always taking extra food and goodies over to her.  Both my partner and I often take cakes and treats to work to share, or I make stock and curry pastes etc and give them away to other family members.  There is always someone willing to take your excess 

[Halex]

We have 1  large chest freezer, full, 1 fridge freezer in garage, full & 1 very large drawer freezer with 2 drawers inside full.

No room for anything else, i did a large meat shop which i had to squeeze in, dors only just shut.

I have been bad lately, no left overs eaten, all have gone in the freezer.

My 1/2 kg of mince i am making mm bol sauce, will just about squeeze that in when i take out some containers for later.

Root canal wont be fun, at least i wont worry about what dh and ds are eating.

I should be more diligent with leftovers but always want to try something new.

I thought about making a chicen paste stock and freezing it in 2 or 3 containers.

Been to the gym, had coffee at a girlfriends, done washing, mm bol sauce in tm, did the really exciting grocery shopping,  mmm now let me  see, toilet rolls, kids shampoo, kitchen paper, domestos,  really rivetting stuff.

JD cant clean house top to bottom, its pretty clean atm,  plus if i dd that cooking would be banned regularly!! I would go into withdrawals and goodness knows where that wouod lead

Hally

[Yvette]

Enjoy your week of non cooking, it will be nice for a change

[Bedlam]

What about making non food items like washing powder and lemon cleaner?