Cooked out...

Last week I cooked and cooked and cooked. I love to cook...and eat...and feed people, but wow, I didn't stop all week! It was a new years resolution to do more cooking, but I think last week took the biscuit. Sunday morning began with wheat free granola, I moved into the evening with a roast chicken and the associated roast spuds, carrots and gravy - the gravy was my first attempt at gravy and it was absolutely gorgeous! - then followed on Monday with my favourite squash, red pepper and coconut soup and spelt bread. Of course the chicken carcass was turned into chicken stock and the remains of the chicken meat became omlettes, stir fries and sandwiches. On Friday night I made super yummy energy bars full of dried fruit and seeds - a must for the 7 hour long seminar I attended yesterday - and now, on Sunday afternoon I am planning a dairy and wheat free lasagne. Phew. I need to lie down.

I do understand why some people struggle to cook from scratch all the time, but I'm certain that the energy and optimism I felt this last week was due in no small part to the delicious, vital, healthy food I made for myself. I feel compelled to keep cooking.