A few weeks back, my wife discovered that Lucy enjoys watching the washer and dryer go. Seeing as how they are both located at the very end of our galley kitchen, I plan on using this to my advantage. As some of you either have kids of your own or who have read my food blog Monkeying Around The Kitchen, trying to cook with a little one is not always the easiest thing in the world.

I’ve had our darling daughter pitch screaming tantrums while I’m frying fish, cutting raw chicken and even after I cut my thumbnail halfway off one day. That last one was the worst, but you get the idea. It can be a difficult thing to get food cooked with a baby. Sometimes she takes a nap which means I can chop up all the meat, but that doesn’t always happen.

Solution? Well, I found last week that doing the laundry while cooking gives the baby something to look at while also keeping her in eyeshot, which makes us both more comfortable. Depending on how well the next week’s cooking sessions goes, I might be scouring the house for things to wash!