Comments on: 10 Ways Cooking Can Make Your Life More Balanced

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A Chilled-Out Plan to Stop Being Over-Productive | Balance In Me — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:16:05 +0000

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By: Anastasiya

Anastasiya — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:43:26 +0000

Cooking takes practice and I am not always good at cooking either (pretty much any desert I fix is a disaster ) I think the most important part is to enjoy the process. By the way, thanks for the link to your article. I’ve never tried Momos before but they look very tasty.

By: D

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:53:05 +0000

Cooking is really an art in which a person can indulge to limits which only he or she can decide.
Though I like cooking but I am no good at it.
But I am working on it.

One funny cooking adventure which I was a part of is documented here…
http://lumuhuku.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/a-detailed-report-on-how-to-make-momos-oops-how-to-watch-momos-being-made/

By: Anastasiya

Anastasiya — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:47:45 +0000

Thank you Madeleine and Lauren for sharing your thoughts about cooking. I am glad that you find as much joy in cooking as I do!

By: Anastasiya

Anastasiya — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:46:33 +0000

As long as you cook something and not just throw it in the microwave, it’s cooking At least that’s how I look at it.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:15:01 +0000

Anastasiya,

I love so much the book and film Like Water For Chocolate. When she wept preparing the food, everyone at the table wept with her while eating the food. When she laughed as she prepared the food, everyone at the table laughed.

How good is that!

I love your observation about how balancing cooking is. My childhood was spent at the kitchen table with my grandmother who cooked and had a great sense of playfulness and humor.

My closest friend is a remarkable cook and we have shared years of joy and pleasure in her kitchen – with her kitties jumping up on the counter I might add.

Great post. Kitchens and food bring such joy!

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:40 +0000

Anastasiya,
I completely agree with your thoughts on cooking. It is certainly creative. Even though I somewhat follow recipes, I freely substitute items I have on hand for things I don’t have. It definitely brings the family together. Even after all these years, I have wonderful memories of my mother’s cherry coffee cake and lemon meringue pie. It gives you the chance to try exotic fruits and vegetables from the local farmers’ markets (at least part of the year). And, as you say, the food you cook at home is more healthful and tasty than most food from a supermarket, and you know what ingredients are in it.

I’m starting to get hungry from just thinking about this. Well done!

By: zmajeva

zmajeva — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:16:43 +0000

Everything I cook is finished for 5-15 minutes. Is that cooking?:)))
I mostly agree with the third!

By: Anastasiya

Anastasiya — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:36:46 +0000

I hope that you will rediscover your passion for cooking. Holding on to any “issues” in life is not the way of growth and I think that you perfectly know it

By: Manal

Manal — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:52:31 +0000

This is one tasty post

I hardly cook and it all started because my mother is the PERFECT master so nothing I did was ever good enough and I stopped trying.

I think I’m a bit old to have mommy issues so your post is a great encouragement to embark on a cooking adventure.

Bon appetit!