My parents have thankfully experienced the "mild" version of COVID-19 (fatigue, loss of taste & smell, coughing, etc). They were isolated in their room & we& #39;ve constantly been disinfecting their dishes & cutlery, washing & sanitizing our hands after handling their things...
My siblings & I (incl my brother& #39;s gf) have physically been fine, just emotionally & mentally drained after this week. We& #39;ve also been taking daily Vit C & D & Zinc tablets, while drinking copious amounts of ginger & lemon tea.
As a way to remain sane & have something to break up the constant nurse duties, we decided to play Come Dine With Me this week, with each of us getting a night to host. It helped having something to look forward to & "work towards."
First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤭" title="Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund">). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">
First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">" title="First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤭" title="Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund">). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">">
First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">" title="First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤭" title="Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund">). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">">
First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">" title="First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤭" title="Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund">). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">">
First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">" title="First night, my night. Theme: The Matrix (mainly cause I wanted to be Niobe https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤭" title="Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund">). My prep time was a shambles, the kitchen was a mess & my little quiches burnt slightly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">">
Everyone said my food was good...but Amber kept criticizing the dishes, "too little salt," "is this supposdd to be burnt" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen"> I still thought it was a good effort & everyone seemed to enjoy my game of "What Would You Choose?" I would& #39;ve given myself an 8.
Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">
Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Second night, Christian. Theme: Sports around the world. I thought it was an eat around the world vibe & had planned to dress like a Khoi princess...then they burst my bubble by explaining it& #39;s specifically sports. His invite was a bit ambiguous I think https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
I liked the starter (even Christian was surprised by how well it turned outhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">).We only discovered afterwards Natalie& #39;s chicken wasn& #39;t that well cookedhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤢" title="Angewidertes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Angewidertes Gesicht"> Our host was a bit of a mess, running all over the place...kitchen looked worse than mine did! Still, a surprisingly tasty meal
I liked the starter (even Christian was surprised by how well it turned outhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=).We only discovered afterwards Natalie& #39;s chicken wasn& #39;t that well cookedhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤢" title="Angewidertes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Angewidertes Gesicht"> Our host was a bit of a mess, running all over the place...kitchen looked worse than mine did! Still, a surprisingly tasty meal" title="I liked the starter (even Christian was surprised by how well it turned outhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">).We only discovered afterwards Natalie& #39;s chicken wasn& #39;t that well cookedhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤢" title="Angewidertes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Angewidertes Gesicht"> Our host was a bit of a mess, running all over the place...kitchen looked worse than mine did! Still, a surprisingly tasty meal" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">
Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">" title="Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">" title="Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">" title="Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">" title="Third night, Amber. Theme: P-party. We were all looking forward to her night, cause she& #39;s mos the chef! She was cool, calm & collected...until it was time for the party, toe was sy nervous https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> Side note: I should& #39;ve received extra points for actually writing out invitations https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">">
There was a little mishap as she was serving the desserthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤭" title="Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund"> the tart fellhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> shambles! Was I getting joy out of her misfortune in the hopes of it bringing me closer to victory? Maybe. I& #39;m gonna let you guess what everyone was https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß">
There was a little mishap as she was serving the desserthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= the tart fellhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> shambles! Was I getting joy out of her misfortune in the hopes of it bringing me closer to victory? Maybe. I& #39;m gonna let you guess what everyone was https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß">" title="There was a little mishap as she was serving the desserthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤭" title="Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Hand über dem Mund"> the tart fellhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> shambles! Was I getting joy out of her misfortune in the hopes of it bringing me closer to victory? Maybe. I& #39;m gonna let you guess what everyone was https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😏" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">
Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😏" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">">
Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😏" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">">
Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😏" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">">
Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Final night, Natalie. Theme: Back to School. Shame, die girl was heel week nervous! But her food smelled delicious & was yum...just needed more seasoning. Her night made Amber stress, you could see she wasn& #39;t as confident anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😏" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">">
Chicken and mushroom dishes are always a winner for me, I& #39;m an easy to please girl. But she left us alone for a while...which led to Amber & I "arguing" about my life story (I said I& #39;m married with 3 kids & that my husband owns a construction company)
My parents also got to give us a score out of 10...they tallied all the votes. I won& #39;t lie, I thought I& #39;d at least come 2nd. I CAME LAST!! Christian beat me by a half a pointhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😡" title="Schmollendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schmollendes Gesicht"> Nat & Amber tied for 1st place https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen"> I obviously contested this with the judges, aka my parents. No luck
Disclaimer: We had limited choices with ingredients, seeing as how we couldn& #39;t leave the house. So I think we did pretty wellhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß"> ek is nog altyd kwaad oor daai scores https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">

Also, for someone who& #39;s sick, my dad had a lot to say about my supposed "cold" foodhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">
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