Sue Perkins Quotes

I don't sit down and have meals too often, unless I go out for dinner.

I don't cook fancy every day. I don't think anybody can, nor would it be very good for you.

When my girlfriend's away, I cook a big vat of meaty pasta and sauce and eat that for about a week. Then I eat out the rest of the time. When she's home, we eat at home probably twice a week. I chop, she cooks.

I never have time to cook, so I just look through the books and imagine the dishes I would make if I wasn't going out for a business dinner.

We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday.

Do not allow watching food to replace making food.

At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family.

I've always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message I'm trying to get across is, it doesn't have to take three days to do this. With planning, you can do a lot and really have quality food every day.

I love simple foods as well as grand. Dinners that take a half-hour from skillet to plate are as important as a five-course dinner. A meal that can materialize in an hour and be presented with care, love and pride is something every busy person longs to be able to do.

You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.

We try to eat at home four or five days a week.

I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.

At the beginning of every week, I like to sit down and figure out what I'm going to make. I probably try at least two new recipes a week. But I have my standbys - jambalaya, meatloaf and mashed potatoes.

If I've gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then I'm really prepared. I can cook a little piece of fish; I can wilt some greens with garlic; I can slice tomatoes and put a little olive oil on. It's effortless.

I hope that if you're cooking two nights a week, you can try for three.

If I'm alone, I tend to cook for myself. I do a pretty good job of preparing healthful foods. My go-to is everything in a bowl like quinoa, avocado. Later in the day, scrambled eggs. I'm not a gourmet chef. I cook in bulk very well.

I eat well. I don't really, I guess, like, steam my own food and cook my own food in advance. I enjoy food, but I just don't make bad decisions.

I don't have a perfect meal on the table most nights. Any night!

I like to cook. We always sit down together, my daughter and I, and have dinner - baked chicken breast or a piece of fish with green beans, rice or potatoes. And I love pasta.

Like most housewives, I don't cook unless I have company.

You know, all these fancy, detailed diets work only if you are sitting at home doing nothing. If you are working, where is the time to whip up food again and again?

I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch.

I do most of the cooking in my head.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

I'm really a cook. I used to be the opposite - I used to go out a lot - but now I primarily cook.