Cooking

Cooking is a type of activity I’ve always wanted to be good at. After a long period of trying to begin learning this, I finally started and I’m truly proud I did. Till now I’ve prepared many dishes, which occurred to be successive and tasty. It hit me that cooking isn’t as difficult as I thought it was. Preparing food is one of the most relaxing types of action. During making meals I always turn up the music, sing, think about various things and limit my level of stress. I also conclude that this is one of the most creativity-boosting activities.

At the beginning of my “cooking career” I used to cook meals based on recipes found on the Internet, check all the details of instruction and then strictly follow it. Now, I’ve gained a feature like cooking intuition and I don’t need recipes any more. I just check the basic ingredients of a dish and then add various ingredients that come to my mind, and in fact, they nearly always match the rest, composing a satisfying whole.

My cooking abilities have improved for sure. Instead of simple meals I used to prepare at the very beginning, I started to make more complicated courses as sushi or home-made chocolate.

Not only have I found a new hobby, but also my food-habits have changed. Now, I eat in a more complex way, even when I want to consume something fast. I’ve quitted eating out and replaced it with cooking at home everything I eat. I try to eat in a more healthy way and as a result I figured a recipe for wheat bran pancakes with cottage cheese and home-made black currant jam, which fill in for common fatty pancakes. Additionally, I limited the amount of sweets I eat, and even when I do, I prepare a healthier version of it. For example, I made a chocolate, which recipe for I had got from my friend. I used coconut oil, genuine cocoa, almonds and goji berries which replaced butter, sugar and sweet cocoa.

Since I took up this hobby I’ve lightened my mum’s core of housework and we both are satisfied with this. I got used to preparing food for myself and my close family and it’s become my habit. Since I found out that my relatives adore pancakes, I started to cook various types of it for them regularly and they love it.

I consider cooking as a great way of spending leisure time with friends. Preparing food and consuming it together is far more quaint than ordering it in a restaurant. Once, we met with friends and tried to prepare sushi for the first time ever. It was such fun! We didn’t know all the right techniques and didn’t follow instructions at all, but the final effect still was delicious.

I will to continue to cook and try to create some recipe myself, since I want to check my kitchen skills. I hope that they will develop and I’ll become even more keen on cooking than I’m now.

Here are some photos of the dishes that I've cooked: