Originally Posted by Carol Ann

My husband of fifty two years, doesn't cook (At all). I have been cooking since I was thirteen. I cook three meals a day. When I make breakfast pancakes for example, I do meal sizes to freeze so all he has to do is pop one pkg in the micro wave. Other mornings it's cereal, french toast etc. Lunch I make different sandwiches each day or home made soup. I'm always cooking new recipes for dinner, I don't like cooking the same old thing for dinner so, he never knows what he's getting. LOL. I use my crockpot a lot, especially in the winter.

Originally Posted by Doggramma

I stopped cooking much a few years ago. I've reached a point in my life when nothing sounds good. My poor husband would love hot meals a couple times a day, but he really doesn't complain. Maybe once or twice a week I'll make a hot meal. Oftentimes I won't eat much of it, but my husband then has leftovers.

Originally Posted by Quilter 53

I love this thread! Have been feeling the same way for the last couple of years. It's not the cooking per se, it's the planning. Tell me what you want to eat and I'll gladly cook it for you, but when I'm not hungry for something in particular, I'm lost. I will say DH is a great grocery shopper. If it's on the list, he'll bring it home even if he has to go to more than one store. One time he brought home All laundry detergent, a brand I had never used before. I asked if it was on sale and he said no, it was on the list and handed me the list. At the top of the paper, I had doodled trying to get my pen to work. It looked like All written in cursive! LOL We've laughed a lot about that over the years.

Originally Posted by KathyJ

My hubby says the best thing I make for dinner is reservations. Or Israelite meals - you know - burnt offerings. We eat out 5-6 nites a week but make healthier choices. I will say that I do make a killer Thanksgiving Dinner w/all the trimmings. Glad I'm not the only one who didn't get the cooking gene.

Originally Posted by Judith1005

I'm on the fence. I hate cooking. But, thankfully, I only have to fix one meal a day. I don't do breakfast or lunch. But, I also pretty much hate to eat out. I feel that that quality of the food out has gone down hill. We only eat out maybe 1 x a month an for the most point it's a splurge at a nice restaurant. I am a decent cook.

DH is just set in his ways. Won't eat left overs, won't eat one dish meals, doesn't eat soups or stews, vegetables seriously, if it's not broccoli or creamed corn *yuck* then he's not eating it. (I like the broccoli, not the corn.). I am so bored making the same old stuff over and over. It gets to the point that I just don't eat much anymore. I also have to be very careful of what I eat and what time, as I suffer from acid reflux. Where as, he likes to eat at 8:00 at night.

And, clean up, that's all on me too. There has never been a fair division of that in our house. And, no matter the time, I will clean it up. I hate to see or smell a dirty kitchen in the morning.

So, wish I could give up cooking altogether. But, just can't for money and taste wise.