Stress in Cooking

I'm always stressed when cooking! I hate to cook. Plain and simple, I hate to cook. Dont get me wrong, I CAN cook well and my family doesn't complain too much, but UGH!

I think we all tend to get rather stressed out at one point or another when we are cooking. I know that personally when I am cooking something & it doesn't end up turning out.. That I do get extremely stressed out because I not only feel like I am disappointing myself, but I don't want to disappoint anyone else I may be cooking the meal for as well. Other times I will get stressed out when I am cooking something new or trying a new recipe.. And it doesn't end up working out like I had expected it to. I think that's very difficult to have to go through especially when you had such high hopes for this recipe you had tried out.. Or others have had such pleasant experiences with making this dish.. Yet you on the other hand are having difficulties making it. I think that's when I tend to become even more stressed is when this happens as I begin to feel almost like it is my fault that it hadn't turned out.. Almost like I hadn't done something right or hadn't measured the ingredients correctly & so forth.. But I've noticed sometimes when I feel like I had messed up on the dish I was cooking.. My other half on the other hand will end up just loving the dish I had created.. Yet I won't end up eating all to much of what I had cooked because I just didn't feel like it had turned out like I had expected it to.. It's strange how sometimes when we are cooking how we will think something isn't turning out.. Or how something tastes not all to great.. Yet the other person on the other hand will end up loving what you had helped to create. I know when I am able to cook a meal that someone else enjoys.. That makes me feel a lot better because I then feel like I had created a good meal, I just may not like it.. But the other person on the other hand may like something about it that I may not.. I guess we all have taste buds that sometimes don't always agree with us when we end up cooking something.. Or making a certain something for dinner one night.. I am sorry to hear that your boyfriend is so hard on you when it comes to your cooking.. I used to be with someone who was like that.. And it makes you feel rather crummy about yourself & actually makes you not want to cook after a while.. All I can say is to keep on trying.. I think your boyfriend should be more willing to appreciate that you at least had tried & took the time out of your schedule.. To TRY to make the two of you a nice cooked meal.. Just keep on experimenting & trying new things.. It takes a while to find something you feel you are good at cooking.. I hope your boyfriend begins to encourage you more though to.. As it is the thought that counts! Maybe try looking up different recipes online & maybe you will stumble across one that ends up being something you & your boyfriend end up liking in the end. I wish you all the best.. In conclusion you are not alone when experiencing these feelings.. As I do go through the same thing occasionally. I think we all do at one point or another.. It's not giving up that counts.. Keep on trying different dishes or different ways of cooking & I am sure sooner or later you will come across something you may end up finding that you cook well.. But we all go through days such as these.. I think it comes from time to time with cooking in general. Thanks for allowing me to share! xx

I get stressed if I'm cooking for someone new. I always tend to worry that they may think I'm a poor cook and tell others.

I only feel stressed when I have to cook and especially it is for someone else. Picky eaters are difficult. Cooking is a lot more enjoyable when you're not worried about how it's going to turn out.