Timothy Reynold’s Blog

Well I like to cook, generally. Like most women today I’m really occupied. Yet I do love to get into the galley and make tasty feast for my family. I take great take pleasure in being the talk of the town “If you get invited to Alice’s Home for dinner, don’t say no, she is a wonderful cook”. That is among the many comments which have been spread about my cooking prowess. It makes me very very pleased. I have some favourite cook books and I love to mess with all the recipes . I often go back to the book I obtained a recipe from years later and discover that what I’m making is quite different than the original recipe. I believe it is the mark of a great cook if you can change a recipe to make it work better or make something up on the fly.

Now we are all very busy and at times we must have something easy and quick to cook. Well there is certainly no way I’d get away with baked beans on toast for dinner in this house, butI actually do have a few tricks up my sleeve for when I am just to tired do not have time or could not be bothered.

Phoning to get a Pizza is out of the question, unless it is a code red catastrophe (which happens occasionally). And so i am left with, what will i do that is really quick? Nowadays we’re spoilt for choice with a number of the packet mixes and jars that are around, and so some of them are really good (some aren’t). I have to say that a not too long ago discovered favourite of mine is the Continental apricot chicken curry. Now usually I will have to add some of my own , personal twist to a packet mix, but this one delivers purely by using the instructions. A very long time favourite is the quick cook meatballs from Woolworths using a jar of my very favourite Paul Newman’s own pasta sauce and a can of diced tomatoes. If I want a curry in a hurry I really need to make a bit of a sacrifice on taste but Passage of India Curry Sauces are worth a try. Now really, none of this is just like cooking yourself, nonetheless it works if you are pressed for time and will mean you can get something way a lot better than a frozen TV dinner on the table.