© irene waters 2014
I’ve never been a great cook. In fact, I’ve never been a cook. In my early days of flatting and living alone I became very adept with the tin opener for snacks and meals alike. All my meals were snacks – I’d heard of vegetables but unless they came out of a can they certainly weren’t seen on my plate.
© irene waters 2014
My meals and snacks didn’t always look that appetising but not being a gourmet I enjoyed most of them anyway. This concoction was a sausage in a tin of mushroom soup which I thickened with Deb mashed potato. It kept me going until dessert anyway and I love my desserts.
© irene waters 2014
In this case an apricot danish buried under a mound of ice cream. Yum.
That was then. Now I have more sophisticated tastes. My husband is an excellent chef and cooks all our meals and snacks. Not because he has to but because
a) he doesn’t like what I prepare
b) it takes me all day and every pot and pan we possess for me to cook a meal
c) he enjoys it where I don’t.
I eat very well with lots of vegetables and fresh stuff. On holiday though the snacks are now superb.
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-snacks-2/
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
LOL. I can relate to some of that. When I lived in London I was saving up to come home. I lived on 20 pence a day. Either I ate 20p’s worth of chips from the chip shop downstairs or I ate rice flavoured with cup of soups. Cheap. Now I am just a basic cook. For me I just fry up meat and add salad. My husband eats meat, mashed potatoes and the same frozen vegetables at every meal. That is the extent of my cooking. 😀
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Glad I triggered a memory for you. I enjoyed your reminiscence. Rice flavoured with soup is not one I’ve tried. 😀 I bet your husband is perfectly happy with his meals. I know I would be. 😀
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Fun. I’m still enjoying ice cream and soup from a can, although I add to it to personalize it, and I know how to make killer broccoli cheese soup. Almost any soup, really, but gourmet like your pics? Sadly, no. 🙂 Congrats. 🙂
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Broccoli cheese soup sounds wonderful. I have to admit gourmet as shown doesn’t happen that often. 😀 Thanks.
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🙂 I’d be completely round if my husband cooked that way all the time! 🙂
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It’s a struggle. Hate to think what will happen when the dog no longer wants long walks several times a day.😊
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🙂 You’re living my life there! 🙂
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😊
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I kind of like it for your bravery in exposing your GHASTLY early tastes, irene! [grin]
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LOL.
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How fortunate you are to have a husband who cooks… loved your photos… sue
womenlivinglifeafter50.com
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Love the then and now.
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To quote a person we both know ” oh it is to laugh”.😊
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🙂
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