Sorry to sound like an eejit
but I have NO idea when it coems to cooking.
It's been Ok all year, ds has had school dinners so just a sandwich after school plus fruit, etc has been Ok.
However. It's the hols, ds2 is slowly weaning off the breast and starting to eat proper food - atm I can give him some of my supper, but ds1 really needs feeding properly.
I have a history of eating disorder - ie I find it v v difficult to think about food, buy it, prepare it, or, well, eat it - I manage for me but only with the help of frquent shop-bought sandwiches, frozen pizzas, ready meals and chocolate so on. This isn't good enough for the kids, obv.
Please can anyone offer any ideas - I'm not averse to making stuff, but have genuinely NO idea how and every recipe book I've bought has a huge list of fiddly little ingredients and I just can't cope.
I need simple, REALLY simple meal ideas - I can make fish fingers, baked potatoes, can't do mash as I don't know how and I know how to boil pasta, usually add peas to that, but then no idea what to use for sauce.
I made the first dinner of the hols last night, using quorn mince (frozen) as I am mainly veggie and don't trust myself with raw meat cooking - simmered it after frying in olive oil, with some carrots and greens and a tin of chopped tomatoes. I liked it, but the veg was almost raw and ds didn't like the quorn.
Feeling a bit overwhelmed and please don't laugh at me - I know it's about time I learned.
Thanks xxxx
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Flgihtattendant · 22/07/2009 21:52
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