Cooking for Pleasure is Really the Only Way to Cook

Far too often we get caught up in the necessity of cooking in order
to eat and forget the absolute joy that can be found through the act
of cooking. Of course this isn't limited to stovetop cooking. There
are many men and women around the world who find baking to be an
extremely pleasurable pastime in addition to traditional stovetop
cooking or even barbecuing on a grill. The main distinction occurs in
how you perceive your cooking projects.

How Do Your View Cooking?

While this question is asked somewhat rhetorically, it is a question
you should ask yourself and answer. Do you view cooking as a chore or
duty or do you view it as a project? There is something much more
exciting about embarking on a new project than getting around to a
loathsome chore. For further details go to 100cookingtips.com. If you
do view cooking as a chore the more important question might be why?

Some common reasons that people dislike cooking includes the
following: lack of skill, lack of confidence, boredom, or you could
simply dislike the inevitable clean up far more than you enjoy the
process of cooking. For each of these, there are solutions if you are
willing to make the effort.

A lack of skill when it comes to cooking can be easily corrected in
most cases by taking a few cooking classes. Classes are offered for
varying degrees of skill sets and are meant to help you develop your
cooking talents while teaching you the basics of meal planning and
preparation. You can increase your skills by taking more classes down
the road.

While a lack of confidence is a little more difficult to address
having a few 'dinner parties' in which your quests can compliment your
culinary talents can often solve this particular dilemma. The key in
this process is to plan your menu carefully and remain well within
your comfort zone. You will be amazed at the wonderfully rich and
delicious meals that can be prepared with very little effort if you
are willing to sift through the recipe books in order to find them.

Boredom in the kitchen is perhaps one of the easiest problems to fix
there is. The solution is exceedingly simple-find a challenge. Try
cooking Thai or Indian cuisine. Try more difficult recipes. Try making
only meals from scratch or simply try broadening your use of spices
and seasonings. There are many things you can do in order to bring
some excitement back into your kitchen. You may even discover hidden
talents and tastes in the process.

There will always be clean up. My suggestion is to make a deal with
either your partner or your children and they can draw straws over who
cleans up. You can also visit at fair-recipes.com. Of course if this
won't work in your family, you could always turn over a new leaf and
clean as you go whenever possible. This makes the clean up process
after dinner so much simpler to handle that it is well worth a few
extra minutes during meal prep.

Cooking for pleasure is really the only way to cook. If you have
difficulties when it comes to finding the enjoyment and entertainment
value of cooking, perhaps it's time you bring some fun back into your
kitchen. If you're barbecuing, put on some Jimmy Buffet and dance
around your kitchen. If you're cooking Italian find some nice Italian
music to set the mood. Bring the fun back into your kitchen and you
will find that cooking is a pleasure rather than a chore.

_By: *Arvinder Jeet Singh*_

*About the Author:*

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