Hold On! I CAN Cook ! Marmalade and Mascarpone Ice Cream – Yum!

Not long ago, I posted a comment on a blog and said passingly, ‘I’m not a confident cook.’

Then I read my own post about happiness depending on how I speak to myself and thought; ‘Aha! That unconfident cook self-talk has to stop!’

Because… I can cook… and sometimes I even do.  And IN FACT, now the twins are getting older it’s getting easier.

I do love a bit of time, time to plan, shop and prepare.  Secretly I adore cooking and baking in the kitchen with no helpers. Shhh… don’t tell the bairns….

Here’s the proof.  I made this absolutely delicious and quite outrageous marmalade and mascarpone ice cream recently.

I made it on a quiet Saturday night with two children asleep and the big boys watching a boys’ movie with their dad.  It was tricky and I stirred in fear and dread of turning the custard into scrambled egg.  But it worked fine.

AND I made a passable pavlova with the leftover egg whites.  HATE wasting food.

I found the lovely recipe here. I exercised off the calories here!

So no more telling myself I am not a competent cook.  That’s changing right now.

I can cook.  And I can certainly eat!