Such A Breeze To Cook

Late summer turning into autumn means cool weather still. The low humidity and temperatures averaging 17°C in the day and 10°C in the night means that even while grilling and stir-frying in the kitchen, I'm comfortable in a tee and track pants.

We're feeding growing boys at home. Seeing the kids day-in-day-out...couldn't help noticing that boys eat SO MUCH. They eat all the time. Luckily they're old enough to sort out their breakfasts and cook eggs, pack their own lunch boxes, and when they get back from school, make sandwiches to soothe hunger pangs before dinner at 6.30pm or 7pm. Best part is, they're old enough to be sent out to buy last minute items that we might have missed out on a grocery run. But usually, we send them out to buy ice-cream and chocolate. :P

The girlfriend is superbly organized in the kitchen. No surprise there. She's quite the planner. Otherwise we'd be in the kitchen all day slicing, dicing, juicing and marinating just for a hot meal at dinner. Not much point in getting take-out when there're more than three persons at mealtimes. There're plenty of fresh ingredients- way easier and healthier to sort out something in your own kitchen. By Norwegian standards, the girlfriend is an adventurous cook. Her boys are surprisingly non-fussy eaters. They more or less eat everything placed in front of them. Still, she couldn't stop rolling her eyes when she realized how much of potato-monsters her boys and I are. Hurhurhur. Potatoes lightly grilled with salt and spices. Butter is optional.