Cooking up a storm!

I share this love hate relationship with cooking....:) for me its not therapeutic..as some fanatic cooks might call it...I like to get creative ...but for me its not about being there for ages...

Its not a chore either....for me its more about how much can be done in the shortest possible amount of time...I hate the kitchen...for me it is second on my list of least favorite rooms in our apartment...the first one being the toyroom....(Aah...! more mess to clear and I always seem to be stuck in a time warp when I am there...time just doesnt pass!)

So back to cooking and kitchen....as I was saying...I love making my kitchen trip as short as possible...H loves cooking though...for him cooking is this elaborate process.....and he can be stuck in there for hours....sometimes I feel...thats where he escapes the reality of two screaming kids and a not so happy wife..(I know what some of you are thinking here...Her husband cooks...and she is not happy???) Well you wont be either...if you are stuck with the kids...all the time he cooks...But I love all that he churns out of a kitchen...if I had to ever nominate someone who would be the best cook I have ever come across in my life...it would be him...H makes amazing Sambhar ( a wonderful lentil dish from the southern part of India...) and yes Indian Chinese...yummy Hakka noodles and Manchurian....!

But thats not what my love hate relationship with kitchen and cooking is all about...Its about H's sambhar....

People swoon and drool over his sambhar.....They swear by his Sambhar as if it was the last fulfilling meal they ever ate... and I dont like dealing with that! I am not entirely jealous of his Sambhar...well maybe a little bit...but mostly its about the amount of grief I get on how lucky I am....Some of it is also about how people come up to H and ask him if he is going to make his Sambhar anytime soon...(Hello?? He is my husband...not some "Cook-on-demand-Sambhar-Chef"...so lay off!)

Right now H is cooking again....:) and some part of me is Happy....and waiting for the yummy outcome of his efforts...but most part of me is happy because no one else is here to taste it....

:)...So I can actually enjoy my love's cooking without the nagging worry of the new taste storm it is going to create in the circles we move in!

Christmas Madness

Its 1.30am December 25th 2010....Santa's long come and gone....

In the corner of our apartment....stands a 'quick fix" decorated tree.....( a tree thats been our tradition...since its the same one we put up...every year...since...we decided to put up a tree!)

Below..it lies....a total of three presents..(LAME...I know) Hey dont blame me....my kids should be happy there are presents..under it..! Most days ....I feel like putting a bow on myself and sitting under the tree...Coz...thats what my kids want all day long...!

Santa's presents are just something to divert them away...from mommy...which means they are more a gift for me...than for my kids!

Anyways...we are Hindus....we dont really have to celebrate Christmas...but I like being a part of the the festivities in this part of the world....And well...I like the concept of Santa...I grew up always wondering why he never made a trip to my house...

So now that I am the parent....I make sure..Santa definitely comes to my house....:)

NORAD tracker says....Santa was here more than two hours ago....but I never saw him...but I also didnt leave cookies or hot cocoa for him...Me and H ( my partner in crime...dear husband) did drink hot chocolate....and now are wide awake....must be Santa's way of getting back at us :)

So anyhow....I am hoping amidst all this Christmas stuff....you have taken the time to think about the real spirit of Christmas..( yadda ..yadda...yadda...) which basically means...you hopefully didnt rear end into someone at the mall while getting those zillion presents...and rip someone's eyes out because they were reaching for the last item on sale...:)

Merry Christmas..and play nice..will ya?