Oh, I feel like I could write a whole novel about the evolution of my role as chef/primary feeder of my family. I’ll just give you a few of the happiest bits:
– my entire relationship with cooking changed when I decided to deliberately slow down. Prior to this, I was constantly feeling the pressure to get food on the table asap. When I decided to slow down, I started to enjoy the process more.
– related to that, I decided to prioritize methods that I enjoy. For example: there’s a lot of ways to prep garlic, but there’s one way that a) I enjoy, and b) creates less cleanup (thin thin slices with a very sharp knife). So, that’s what I do. Prior to that, I spent a lot of time worrying about the “right” or “best” way to do a thing.
-lastly, I decided to mentally insert the word “heaping” into every spice measurement – so a tsp of cumin became a heaping tsp of cumin. Yum!!