Do you Enjoy Cooking your meals?
By incus99
@incus99 (1083)
Philippines
August 19, 2010 10:09am CST
In fast times like these, fast foods and microwavable foods are on the go... but sometimes in our hectic schedule we find a way to really prepare a decent dish for ourselves and our family. The satisfaction is the labor of love that you share to your family... it is more appreciated when you see the satisfaction in their eyes.. sometimes I would bring them out for fine dining or gourmet dining.. but nothing really beats the labor of love. What do you think? Do you enjoy cooking a meal for yourself? Do you enjoy doing it for your loved ones? Would you rather bring them out on restaurant? What are your insights on these? 
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18 responses
@noodleboy (222)
• China
20 Aug 10
I think cooking at home is an interesting thing but it is a little boring to so the dishwashing.Preparing the material is also time-consuming.So we don't have time to do the cooking until weekends.And I think cooking that is lot to learn.
@laylakanda (30)
• Vietnam
21 Aug 10
Oh you mean Washing dish and bowl, I hate it too ;___;especially when I have to do that alone.
@TrvlArrngr (4045)
• United States
21 Aug 10
I enjoy cooking but hate the cleanup afterwards. Lol. I bet this applies to most people.
@bloemart (222)
• Philippines
20 Aug 10
I would love to cook something for them. I know how hard it is to prepare something for meals but it creates some fulfillment. And it also creates a good bonding among the members of the family. Preparing something for your family brings happiness for everybody. you can use your family day for cooking together with your children. I do believe that Nothing that is more delicious than the food that is cooked by your mother.
@laylakanda (30)
• Vietnam
20 Aug 10
I started cook meals for my family for 6 years.In the first time, I felt that was very exciting and funny, but time go by, now I have a lot work to do a day , business, household ,so sometime , cooking is very inconvenient for me.I usually spend my last week to do that.Of course I really enjoy cooking not only for myself but my family, I wish We had more time for each others , together and cooking meals everyday, but It seems so hard for us
@katherine23 (255)
• Philippines
20 Aug 10
of course i do love cooking especially with my favorite dish
@BigTips (304)
• China
20 Aug 10
I have some chances to make a choice, I prefer to cook my meals by myself. But unfortunately, the situation is just opposite to my idea.
Today, fast foods and microwavable foods are on the go. Why? Just because we are always busy with our jobs and have no spare time to cook meals ourselves. If we can choose to do that ourselves, I think most people will lose interest in those fast foods. Yes, there are no people who don't want to live a healthy life with healthy food.
@Tresaqwe (376)
• United States
20 Aug 10
I don't cook very often, but lately I've been wanting to help out my mother with her cooking. :] Well, if you count cooking myself a grilled cheese sammich and helping her break apart ground beef cooking! Yeah, probably not. XD
Anyway, my mom cooks us a meal almost every night, home cooked and done almost perfectly every night. :] Sometimes she cooks things that only she likes, and yeah, I complain, but most nights she cooks really good food. :D
@trishasantos (1297)
• Philippines
20 Aug 10
I really don't know how to cook. But I "make" foods, own recipes and own procedures. Especially on pastas. It tastes good though. My family likes it too. They don't mind "making" my own meals. Also I bake food for them. I don't know how to bake too. Just making my own. All thumbs up from my family. I enjoy cooking for them.
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
20 Aug 10
I haved always enjoyed cooking meals. Cooking is one of my passions. I spend a great deal of time in the kitchen, but it is something i love to do. There is just something about the whole experience that makes me feel good about myself. Sharing what I make with others is such a good feeling to have.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Aug 10
Yeah, as far as I am concerned, I think I enjoy my cooking so much in my daily life. But actually, I seldom cook in my home, except when there is no body else in my house,then I think I will go to my house to enjoy my cooking own.For others, I have not cooked yet,which I think the food cooked by me can only enjoy by myself. Others may not enjoy my cooking.
@akosikulebs (54)
• Philippines
20 Aug 10
i am a stay at home mom, so i make it appoint that i cook meals for my family. i want to provide them nutritious food which fastfood restos wont be able to give. aside from that, home-cooked meals are always special because it is often filled with love. :)
@kristeena (358)
• Philippines
20 Aug 10
I really love to cook and my favorite part of the house is the kitchen. I always prepare food for my family from breakfast to dinner. It's good to hear appreciation from my children once they enjoyed the taste of the dish I cooked for them. We only go to a restaurant occasionally.
@jadmari (125)
• Philippines
20 Aug 10
I'm not really a cook, but I love to prepare meals for my family and loved ones. I prefer doing this than just order from fast food chains or use microwave because Its risky in the health and money too than preparing at home with my own effort. Sometimes if I prepare the food just for myself, my appetite is lost. So it's more fun to cook meals for other people. :)
@solmnicknight (1)
• United States
20 Aug 10
Cooking my own food usually makes it taste way better to me. There is nothing like enjoying your own labor. You really appreciate the result when your part of the process.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
19 Aug 10
I love cooking even though it is only for myself since my husband can only be tube fed. I love pasta dishes and Thai so I make my own basic tomato sauceand then adapt it to the recipe.
For Thai or Chinese I will get oriental vegetable mixes and add usually chicken and noodles .
I would love to use bok choy or the other chinese vegetables but in our store they are packed 3 to a package and they night spoil .
@Naruto555 (173)
• United States
20 Aug 10
Yeah like I cook myself eggs or a grilled cheese but thats all I know to cook but sometimes I try cooking other stuff but most likely I will accidentally burn it or just forget some ingredients so my cooking is not the best.
@yeyezz (196)
• China
20 Aug 10
hi incus99,I also enjoy cooking something for someone I love. I share it with them. It is a pleasure.But it is not often.Beacause we have no much time.We often together to have dinner every Sunday night at my friends' home. i live alone.My friends are good at cooking yummy things and i only am assigned to washing vegetable and somethings.When her finishing cooking,i shoveled the food into my mouth.What a delicious food! LOL...
