I quite enjoy cooking... however I don't often get the luxury of being able to put in much effort these days... I mean I want to... but unless I start cooking dinner before i clean up the brekkie dishes (don't laugh, I have done this on many occasions to guarantee something decent to eat come dinner) I find it's impossible to put in a lot of effort when the kids are ripping though Witching Hour. Often I resort to 1 pot dishes... take 1 large saucepan: fry a diced onion... add vegies like capsicum, broccoli, mushroom... toss through some pesto... remove... rinse saucepan... fill with pre-boiled water from kettle... bring to boil... add pasta... cook then drain... return vegies... toss through... serve with grated cheese and a few lettuce leaves or rocket, semi dried tomatoes. This is one of our staples. Takes about half an hour.... one dirty pot to clean. All done. Very little effort. All eaten everytime.

On the other hand DH takes extraordinary degrees of effort on the weekends when i am there to look after the kids... so he ends up having all the fun and all the glory... he gets to experiment with new dishes... i mainly just keep churning out the same thing.... but I also get to enjoy the fruits of Dhs efforts... so it's not all woe-is-me