The truth about being married to a chef

Dear friends,

           February is here, and this month we celebrate LOVE❤. I believe that we should not need a reason to celebrate it, and surely we don't have to wait an entire year in order to express our feelings to our loved ones. However, today i will write a post about my dear husband, not to tell him about my love, but to tell you about him 👯

            Besides being a GREAT man, he is also an excellent chef. And i am so very proud of him. I know,  people would say now "this woman probably does not even know how to cook". In fact, many of my friends think that the life with a chef must be a "fairy tale". Sure it is!  But not always!
Of course, i consider myself lucky, not only because of his job, but because he is the way he is - unique! However, the fact that he can cook is an advantage!

            So, in my support, i want to mention that i CAN cook, and i do it with a great pleasure, and very soon i would like to share with you some of the recipes i have tried.

            The main idea of this post is to point out some PROs and CONs of having a chef in the house. And if there is someone who can add something to the list, please join, it will be more fun.

Here we go:
PROs:
- I don't have to waste time looking for recipes on Google, and don’t have to go to cooking classes. I can always organize them at home 😊

- I am more motivated to try new products and new recipes in order to surprise him;

- Eating out together is never boring. He can tell me what dish i should try and explain me how it's made. We usually comment on the food together and say what we do or do not like. It is so much fun!

 - He also knows a lot about wines, and we often have a glass of good wine at dinner;

 - We visit many local fairs and markets, and we look for delicious cheese, salami, mushrooms or bread;
Alba Truffle Show 2017

-Whenever i feel bad or i am not in a "cooking" mood, he is my life saver. He accepts to substitute me in the kitchen, and even do the dishes.

CONs:

- He likes to eat well, so i cannot always get away with some fried fries or salads :) i spend lot of time on thinking what to cook for dinner. Trust me, it is not easy to impress him;

- Do you know that pretty uniform that any chef wears? Well, now imagine how it looks after a crazy day at work. Guess who has to clean and iron it?!

- Whenever he cooks, our kitchen looks like a battlefield 😏 there are a lot of dirty dishes. It's a good thing i don't mind washing the dishes.


            But despite everything, i think it does not matter what job he does, it's his attitude towards me that matters. I am glad that we have enough reasons to celebrate our love every day, not only in February! And i appreciate every little thing he does for me.


            So, my dear friends, i wish you and your loved ones all the best. May you love and respect each other every day!!!

           Until the next post,
           Alina


Our 1st dinner  





PS: unfortunately i did not find any picture of him in his chef uniform 😁 so I’ve attached some of our pictures together.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Did you know that? Italy

Image
Hello everyone 😇, Italy is the country that has adopted us. I have been living here for almost 4 years now. It has its ups and downs but as a grateful daughter, I will not talk about any negative aspect here. This post is about the interesting facts you probably didn't know about Italy. I didn't know some of them either. And it was fun enough to discover it now. So here they are! Did you know that: 1. Italy has more volcanoes than any other country in Europe. It hosts all 3 of Europe's active volcanoes; 2. Pizza was invented in Naples. And it has recently become UNESCO's patrimony. Not the pizza as a product but the process of making pizza; 3. Italy is the 5th most visited country in the world. It welcomes around 46 million foreign visitors every year. 4. Italy is the 5th most populous country in Europe; 5. It has more earthquakes than any other country in Europe; 6. Italian is the closest language to Latin; 7. According to Italians, 17 is considere...
Read more

Letter to Oliver

Image
Dear baby Oliver, Why do you hurry  to grow up? Don't understand me wrong, I am glad and proud every time you do something new. Your noisy laughter melts my heart. The tender way you look into my eyes is just priceless. When you gently hold my hand it reminds me of all the times I have been thinking of you and waiting for you. Why don't you want to stop the time just for an instance? I wish I could keep the innocence in your eyes forever. I wish I could protect you from the bad. I want to see you growing a strong boy with a loving heart. I don't want you to get hurt in any way! Thank you for making me worth being called a "Mother". You have thaught me what patience is. You also help me understand that not everything should be about me. Your presence in our lives has made us better people. We can talk without saying any words. You are little but your heart is bigger than ours. There is room for everyone! This week you turned 8 months. 8 months of Joy, Love ...
Read more

Istanbul, Turkey

Image
Merhaba my friends, I have been absent for a while due to a very busy schedule. It was busy not only because of work and the baby, but also because we were getting ready for a new adventure. This time we had the courage to go a little further than the usual 2-3 days get aways. I am ready to write about it now when the bags are unpacked, almost all the goodies have been eaten and we are almost back to reality. We visited Istanbul - the city of contrasts. Honestly, I did not want to have any expectations before the trip. I knew very little about Istanbul and Turkish culture in general. Unlike many girls of my age, I have not watched any Turkish TV series :) (although there are a lot of them). So i did not know what i would find there. The best thing about our vacation was that we were not real tourists. A few people know that my sister-in-law lives there with her family. Therefore we were lucky to discover the Turkish life style from the inside. We were also lucky to visit the cou...
Read more