Learn to cook

Last week I chose three recpies – one from a 3-34ingredient cookbook, one from Food Network magazine, and another from Yoga Journal – picked up the ingredients with my mom, then cooked em up. I forgot stuff on each one and my timing definitely needs some work, but my mom really enjoyed all three meals (she said that Im “batting a thousand”) and perhaps more importantly, nobody got sick from eating anything I cooked. I need to pick up more 3-4-5 ingredient cookbooks and master those recipes before I can move on to complex meals.

Cooking is kind of fun, it is nice seeing everything develop and come together, but I am not yet convinced that the time and effort involved are worth the end product. Food shopping, an hour spent prepping and cooking to enjoy something for 5 to 10 minutes, then the cleanup and washing dishes…yeah Im not so sure that cooking is something I’ll take up once I move out, but I would like to be able to do it, and to do more while I live here.

Tonight my mom asked me how I want to contribute more to the household. I thought about it, and knowing cleaning is not my forte, wondered what I could bring. Then it hit me – I can do cooking. I have all the recipes, all the tools, all I need to do is practice. One learns best through experience, so I am re-opening this goal.

Learning to cook is something Ive wanted to do for myself, but now I can learn for others too~

This goal is one that’s kind of in the back of my mind. I dont think it will take too long to accomplish, but as its both not a burning desire, I’m taking it off the active list. I reckon I’ll learn to cook late next year when I finally have my own home (apt or condo) and will need to provide dinner for myself (which I do right now, in the form of bought food from restaurants). So, if I learn to cook then, I’ll check this one off the list; if not, no big deal~