a love affair

I'm having a love affair with Jamie Oliver this month. Well my mouth is. Eww that sounds bad. 

TASTE BUDS! My taste buds are. 

You see, I love to cook. Actually I have moments of loving to cook. Dinner parties - check, trying new (easy) recipes - check, after a long tiring day at work and not eating until 9.30pm - not check, when i'm 'expected'to cook - not check.(I'm really not as high maintenance as I lead you to believe I promise). 

That husband of mine, objection of my affection he is, is sympathetic to my mixed feelings about cooking. He knows when i love it that i LOVE it and smile and dance around the kitchen, and sing... oh boy do I sing.

So he tries to help me build that love - also because he reaps the benefits (in the form of yummy dinners and lunches). For christmas, he gave me Jamie Olivers new book - 15 minute meals. Now, none have taken 15 minutes but I also haven't followed all the rules (not having everything laid out ready to go, washing up as I go as I can't stand a bench stacked with dirty chopping boards/pans etc). The recipes have been pretty easy though!

We've tried 3 dishes to date and each one has been amazing, and equally as amazing for lunch the next day and i've enjoyed making them AND they don't take very long either! 

So I can say so far this year, I'm loving cooking. Thanks to Mr. Oliver... Let's hope the love affair continues.