The Joy Of Home Cooking

Sunday is cooking day in my house. I am off work and so have a whole day to do the long tasks. Conversely, on workdays it’s very difficult to make time for much of anything in the kitchen beyond heating up something.

The Joy Of Home Cooking

So I bake my bread, ferment my yogurt, make hummus if I want that, and create a pot of something. Then, I eat this stuff all week. This makes for a relaxing Sunday doing things in the kitchen — and also getting the house-cleaning and most of my writing done.

The Joy Of Home Cooking

This makes all the kitchen work much easier. I spend much less time on cooking — and clean-up, which is the biggest time-sink in the kitchen — than I would if I had to cook something for dinner every day.

The Joy Of Home Cooking

I also don’t spend much on either tools or cooking energy. I don’t have a microwave or a double oven (though there are autumn days when I think the latter would be really useful…).

The Joy Of Home Cooking

I don’t need a dishwasher. I tend to use one pot for most dinners. And I have a rather religious devotion to my oatmeal pot. I’ve been using it daily for just that for decades; it makes great breakfast every time.

The Joy Of Home Cooking

I have a large selection of baking pans, but I really use just the sheets and the occasional muffin tin. I do, however, use my Silpat sheets heavily.

The Joy Of Home Cooking

But a freshly roasted potato straight from your garden isn’t making anybody rich — even though it makes you immensely happy when you get to eat it. Every day.

The Joy Of Home Cooking

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