My mother in law every day comes back from the work on the field, takes a little rest, enters the kitchen and starts to cook. She’s 84. She never got an idea to buy a ready made food and heat it up for the lunch. She’s been cooking since her 12 and she still haven’t got bored to do it, every single day. These types of women are not getting birth in now days - it comes through my mind whenever I think about her.
To be truly honest, I’m not a passionate cook. But I have an advantage to be 14 years married with a passionate cook (the son of that kind of mother!). Over a time I understood the advantages of cooking fresh food every day, in spite of time and effort it takes to do it. In the times of my mother-in law nobody would ever consider “the trouble” of cooking, that was a natural part of the family life. But, in today’s world there are so many alternatives like fast food and restaurants and so little time due to busy lifestyle of the people. In the process of making our lives more easy and comfortable it’s almost unavoidable to get used to the “fast food” solutions from the wide range of industrialized products available on the market. But these “comfort” habits have the bills to pay on the long term path: if food that we use on regular basis is full of additives and harmful chemicals our health is at risk to be ruined and if we get used to eat on the way while running from one place to another our relationships and family life are in danger to become empty and impersonal. Cooking for the family and eating together, inviting guests and serving them with best of our capacity, those are the secrets of having warm, alive and happy home. Kitchen is the heart of the house; if kitchen is alive then you feel a circulation of healthy life energy around your home.
There were moment when I wanted to do so many other things instead of cooking, but I had to do it as a matter of duty. I’m sure there are hundreds of modern women in the world having the same conflict that lead them to anger, depression or fast food solutions. Others maybe love cooking but don’t have time for it. In either case result is development of unhealthy eating habits and unsatisfying family life. Where to find solution?
There is no magical answer but you have to somehow start to love coking and to find time for cooking. It’s too much important to be neglected or taken out of our lives. The best way to start to love doing any activity is to make it interesting, to have knowledge how to do it successfully and to enjoy the result.
If cooking is too much routine for you then make it interesting by experimenting new recipes, inviting a good friend to cook together or sing your favorite song loudly while cooking. Make a special serving table even if it’s not Sunday.
However good cook you are it always feel better to learn something new. Take a cooking course or read cook books to make your repertoire richer. If you’re into health take time to get right information’s about the quality of food and work on how to modify your choices according to your and your family needs.
The result of cooking is to enjoy the taste of the food and get sufficient nourishment, right? But whoever cooks knows that a pleasure of those who we’re cooking for is our real satisfaction. The best food is cooked with love, and love makes cooking a beautiful experience. I have noticed that usually people who cook great are the people who are emotional, loving and passionate. So, think about those you love while cooking with desire to give them pleasure and satisfaction. The same pleasure will come back to you. And you will want to do it again….
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