Why?

Because I am rather partial to food, and I am fucking LAZY!
I do laziness a little differently to most people, and several people who know me reasonably well would argue with the lazy comment, however the effort and work I do put in are in fact usually carefully designed to save me more work down the track. I like to consider it constructive laziness ;)

I love food, I enjoy it, it stimulates more than just my taste buds. I love to cook, and I cook more or less the same way I knit and sew. I am almost completely incapable of following instructions, and this extends to recipes, and patterns, so mostly I make things up as I go along.

I love GOOD food. I'm not a fan of food that comes out of a sachet, packet or jar as a rule, and like to cook from scratch. I have a wide range of whole spices, herbs, and am a flavour fiend.
I have been known to indulge in Fast Junk, but would usually far rather stuff myself with sushi than greasies,fried chicken or burgers, and don't really like fries/chips. This is probably because I've always just viewed potatoes as a good reason for consuming salt, sour cream, cheese, tomato sauce etc. Really the only good potato is one that has been stuffed with garlic, onion, bacon, cheese and chives, then topped with alarming amounts of sour cream. I'd far rather eat pasta, noodles, or rice, and usually do when I feel the need for carbs. In our house potatoes tend to look a tad wizened, and start to grow before I finish the bag!

Hubby wanted goat chops for dinner tonight, so I chucked the pack of them in the crockpot this morning, and we had casseroled goat chops for dinner, with cabbage and I grabbed some mashed pumpkin and feta filling I made a few weeks back out of the freezer, and made gnocci, as the idea of potatoes didn't appeal.
In theory that isn't too bad, goat meat is very lean, but I just HAD to finish the meal off with a good sized wedge of Xmas fruit pudding, and custard, which pretty much makes it about bloody awful....sigh