I hate to cook!

You would think that as much as I talk about the importance of proper nutrition, that I would spend more time preparing my meals, however, that is not the case. When I get home late at night, the last thing I want to do is cook, so usually my husband prepares the meals (after all, he likes to so that is good!).

On Thursday's, since it is my day off and I have more time, I either like to attempt to cook or just go out to dinner. So last Thursday, I found a recipe that said "Prep time 6 minutes, cook time 15 minutes" .... cool that is my idea of cooking! I bought the necessary food and about 3o minutes before we planned to eat, I went into the kitchen to start cooking. I start prepping, then notice the next step in the recipe was to "marinate 1 hour". AHH! Why don't they tell me the prep time is 1:06 then!!! My husband wisely tells me that I have to read the whole recipe first, and my simple reply is "this is the reason I hate to cook".

Needless to say, the fish only marinated 30 minutes or so and the dinner surprisingly came out fine. This was despite the fact that I had my laptop in the kitchen, and every free minute I had I went to the computer to work on something. I'm just not a patient person and I don't like to waste time, so whenever I cook I'm usually multi-tasking, which is a good way to burn food. It's the ADD in me, unable to do nothing for even just a few minutes. To me, cooking is stressful and I'd rather be doing something else.

I'd rather go out to dinner or have someone else cook for me (a personal chef sounds like a good idea, but that costs too much money). I've been told to get a crock pot. I actually had one, but gave it away because I never used it! So, my promise to myself is to buy another crock pot and start focusing on preparing meals more often.

Eating right is all about preparation. I do know that when I go grocery shopping on Sunday and buy food for the week, I eat much better at lunch and for dinner. I have fruit and nuts to snack on, and healthy foods for lunch. I have food at home that we can have for dinner. If I don't go shopping on Sunday, I'm rushing out at lunch trying to figure out what to eat, which isn't smart nor healthy.

So my new positive affirmation that I am adding to my morning routine is.... "I love to cook!". If affirmations do work, maybe someday I will truly start to enjoy cooking. As for now, it's time to go shopping. Or...should we just go out to dinner tonight?