Discover how a homemaker transformed her view on cooking—from a time-consuming chore to a fulfilling daily habit—with practical tips for decluttering, meal prep, and finding joy in homemade meals.
Cooking Is a Basic Homemaking Skill
We cook because we need to eat and it’s really helps if a homemaker has that skill. But nowadays, if we don’t want to cook, we don’t really have to—there are other options like eating out, ordering food delivery or eating frozen food from the store. However, I prefer homemade food because it’s healthier and more affordable.
The Reasons Why I Didn’t Like Cooking
I’ve never liked cooking, but over the years, I’ve learned the skill. The reason I didn’t see much point in it at first was that it used to take me two hours to cook a meal, and then my family would eat it in just 15 minutes. I couldn’t believe it! To me, it felt like such a waste of time. And as a new homemaker, I didn’t consider cooking in bulk.
Besides, there’s so much cleaning to do afterward, and that wasn’t enjoyable for me either. Overall, I saw cooking as a negative and time-consuming task.
How to Make Cooking More Enjoyable
But over the years, I’ve discovered some tips that helped me view cooking differently. One crucial thing I’ve found is that a clean and clutter-free kitchen is essential. Over a year ago, I decluttered my kitchen and got rid of excess items. I cleared the countertops and organized the cabinets. Now, I find that I enjoy cooking much more.
Cleaning As You Cook
If your kitchen looks like a disaster after cooking—with everything out of place and many things to put away—you won’t be motivated to cook again. You’ll just remember how exhausting it was to clean up afterward. So cleaning during the time of waiting while something boiling or baking is a game changer.
You Can Be Creative In The Kitchen
People often prefer cooking to other creative activities because, in many cases, we aren’t really cooking from scratch—we’re just warming up ready-made meals and calling it “cooking.” We try to save time in the kitchen so we can do something more inspiring or fun. But I’ve found that I enjoy cooking much more when I do as much as I can from scratch and recreate my family’s favorite flavors.
We don’t have to turn cooking into an art form or create a masterpiece every day, especially for everyday meals. But knowing that the food you’re making is good for your family—nourishing and healthy—can really motivate you to cook more, just as it happened with me.
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