You sound like my husband. He did the majority of the cooking for the first few years of our lives together and is a fabulous cook!
I think my being raised in the "TV Dinner" generation had something to do with it. Mom popped plastic covered plates into the oven and out came dinner.
I've moved away from all that. Started slow; making one meal over and over until I perfected it. Then branched out into other meals. Then experimenting, changing recipes. All fresh; I now hate frozen foods, hate cooking frozen foods.
It's like everything else; the more you do it, the easier it is. My favorite days are Sundays, where I can plan all week what I'm going to cook and take great care in preparing it.
After mastering the basics from The Joy if Cooking, I spent each winter mastering a particular area, one year soup and other year bread and so on. Then on to international,
British, French, Italian and Mexican/South American.
We eat well.
As a former caterer I could name drop some of the famous people who have eaten and complimented my cooking. lol However Mr Clean would never compliment me on my sparkling floors unless he visits within a few days after my cleaning lady has been here.
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