What do you do whilst cooking dinner ?

It depends.

If it's slow cooker, go out for the day.
If it's steak, concentrate on the cooking.

Or empty the dishwasher.

Talk to myself 😂

I'm not too ambitious while I am cooking, but will do a tidy up of kitchen or a little prep for the next day. If the news is on I will watch a bit, or read a bit of my book. Most of my day to day cooking needs watching.

Anything and everything.

In the evening I listen to the news on radio 4 while I prepare our tea.

My favourite baking time is Saturday morning - I love radio 4 on a Saturday morning.

Other than that I do the crossword, plan future meals and shopping lists, bits and bobs of housework, maybe even write a letter.

If it is posh food I drink wine. If just run of the mill food I play one of the radio music channels quite loudly.

Whoever isn’t cooking sits at the island we chat, have a glass of 🍷🥂 and catch up on our day.

Listen to LBC or music. Probably drink some wine.

Listen to Radio 6 Music.

Jigsaw

I do the ironing!

Look at GN.

If it’s something I can just leave in the oven rather than constantly stirring on the hob I’ll generally tidy up the kitchen, empty/fill dishwasher, empty washing machine or tumble drier. If I’m tired I’ll make a cup of tea and just sit down & watch tv, read or have a look at Gransnet.

If I’m feeling energetic I might nip around with the vacuum cleaner, mop the floor or pop upstairs and put a few things away. Once Ive eaten my evening meal I really don’t feel like doing a great deal around the house so a quick burst while it’s cooking is good.

Do the washing, hang the washing out, wash up, clean out the cat tray, tidy up, make up the packed lunch, put laundry away. Any housework that can be done basically.

🥂 I used to say it helped me concentrate!

Listen to Andrew Marr on LBC

Sometimes I do a few push-ups against the kitchen sink 😇

I agree with Sarah75 🍷🍷

Listen to Radio 4 or LBC

Mostly things that have already been said, but sometimes I do Duolingo or answer the phone.

Have a drink and watch TV, do a Sainsbury's order, plan next week's meals, chat on WhatsApp, talk to dh about all the above.

Once everything is cooking and the table's set, I sit down, put my feet on the horizontal cooker door handle and read a book. Might sip some wine while I'm at it.

Empty the dishwasher, talk to my husband, write a shopping list, check out emails, do a bit of office work, listen to an audio book, put the recycling out, there’s always something to do for a few minutes.

Many times I have to watch children, we cook, bake, have tea.

Usually watch the news or peruse Gransnet or other site.