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In a somewhat remarkable turn of events, I actually cooked 3 times last week, which is some kind of record in the world of also working for a living at the same time!! I produced the old slow cooked steak recipe for myself and Ro on Monday, followed up with a pork chop, mash and garlic cabbage on wednesday, and then cooked baked salmon for Mum on Saturday. All turned out very well, and actually the cooking after work thing wasn't a complete nightmare - it was quite nice to have something to focus on and move my mind away from work. The only new thing in the cooking that I did was to take on a pointed cabbage - on advice from Claire, I lightly fried it in butter and fresh garlic, and it turned out very well.

The key thing I am finding with cooking now is that I am starting to get better at co-ordinating the various components that are going into a dish. My timing for the salmon was almost perfect on Saturday, and it's a lot more satisfying when everything comes together at the end at the right temperature. I think I just need some more recipes now (although I think I still have one or two left from Jane to tackle at some point!).