Okay it's still for 4, kinda, but now with the added help of a really small person!
It's really a good thing that I like to cook, or it would be really daunting to get back in the kitchen after having had a baby!
So far I've found that it's best to make things that can simmer and have no particular end point time wise, something that doesn't need to be babysat, or have finicky timings. I've found this includes:
stew, soup, chili, long simmering sauces and bread. Yeah I've made bread! I tried my hand at no knead bread and it's so forgiving! And it's delicious!
I've also made a bunch of miso soups, kimchi soup and mac and cheese. These aren't long simmering, but they're quick and easy, which works well too.
I managed to make the bulk of Christmas dinner too, which just required a little preplanning, and spatchcocking the bird, which allowed it to cook super fast. I had some help with baby holding, so that make cooking easy. We had our standard Christmas dinner of a bird, a lot of stuffing, gravy, yorkshires and cranberry sauce. I also made apple pie and Christmas pudding with a creme anglais. (We set the pudding on fire, intentionally, it was fun and delicious! Also if you care, vodka will not ignite unless you heat it up first.)
Right after Christmas we had some house guests, so I made a few meals for 8, but that worked out because there were lots of baby holders, so I was able to indulge my inner Martha Stewart and cook it up.
On the weekends I indulge my inner Betty Crocker when Adam can hold a baby so I can bake it up. I've kept us stocked in muffins, cakes and cookies. It's been nice to indulge my kitchen goddess, even post baby. The kitchen is my happy place and even though I might leave it a disaster (I have to baby-hold too!) it does soothe my soul and leave me feeling like I can do this parenting 3 small children thing.
Now to figure out laundry.... I propose throw it all out and start over.
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