GluttonGirl makes a suprise return

As mentioned in previous posts, it has been a busy few months for GluttonGirl, what with one thing and another. The only constant has been the need to keep food on the table and I have never been one for churning out the same few meals over and over again.

I've often wondered why it is that when husbands cook the 'special' meals, eg for dinner parties etc, they are congratulated, when in fact it is far harder to get a meal on the table night after night. And when you are trying to stick to a budget, eat relatively healthily and not cook the same thing in any two-week period, that makes it even harder.

And another thing I've wondered is this - on Masterchef, when introducing contestants, they often say something like 'Miss X has been cooking for 2 years.' So, unless Miss X is about 20, I'm confused.What do they eat? I've been cooking since I was 14, became veggie and my mother refused to cook two meals a night. I can't say that every meal was delicious or even eatable, or that I've never eaten toast for dinner (or worse, Smash and cheese or a Pot Noodle) but I've been cooking a while.

Which brings me to my masterplan and reason for bringing GG back - to document what we eat at home and elsewhere, day after day. Whether delicious or disgusting, a triumph or a tragedy. Because to me, what people who love food eat day after day, where they shop, what they have discovered, is far more interesting to me than what a chef eats on his day off (not that I'm not interested in chefs' eating habits either, but you get my drift).

So, to tonight. Teriyaki steak and fennel slaw. Two steaks are marinating in soy sauce, honey, lime and red wine vinegar, ready to be griddled as soon as GluttonBoy gets home from a busy day down the cake mine. Accompanied with a mix of shredded fennel, carrot and red onion with mayo and lime. Should be yummy.[

Lots of love
GG