Food Snob

So as it turns out I'm a food snob.  Now I don't mean like all organic all the time.  In fact I rarely (if at all) buy organic.  I don't find anything wrong with organic, but I just haven't taken that last leap of snobbery I guess.  Maybe it's that I'm getting closer to 30 (still a couple years to go, but 30 is creeping up on me) or maybe it's being a mom of 2 now.  I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I would much rather stay home & cook a good meal myself (or have the hubs cook) than order out.  This is how I was raised.  We never got to eat out as kids, we always had a home cooked meal for dinner & we sat down all at the dinner table together to eat...and if someone didn't cook that night we were eating left overs.  Getting to eat out was a special treat for my brother & I.  When I first moved out on my own (with my husband) we still cooked here & there, but we definitely ate out way more than we should have.  What early 20 something really wants to spend the time it takes cooking after working all day when they can easily run thru a drive thru or order delivery?  As the years have passed I've moved more towards wanting to cook & cooking more often.  The past couple of months it's definitely become more of a habit for me to go grocery shopping for the week & have our meals planned out every night.  I can't tell you the last time we had fast food at all - sadly physically you can't see a difference, but I know I feel better for it.  I do remember the last time the hubs & I ate out though...it was date night & we went to a restaurant, but it's allowed for date night.

I'm definitely enjoying cooking our meals lately.  I am happy to be able to create something that taste good & is good for my family to eat.  Its not a task like it used to feel like before.  It's a pleasure now.  If I'm not up to cooking that night (since I do work 40 plus hours a week outside of the house) then the hubs will pick up the slack for the night.  Or now that it's grilling season he might just be doing it anyway.  The thought crossed my mind the other night...between myself & my husband's cooking our kids should never eat fast food or take out on the regular.  And while as a kid I know that's disappointing for them I'm so happy to be able to give them good nutritious food to eat.  So I'm officially a food snob & proud of it!