I've been cooking a lot lately, and I know that I've been on and off with this cooking thing, but I think it's for real this time and if I'm being honest, it's mainly for two reasons, the first being because it is expensive to eat outside all the time. I won't say I just found out about this, but I guess I just never really cared back then until now.
The second reason is that I no longer have anyone around to assist me in the kitchen anymore. In the previous years, I was surrounded by friends and loved ones, people who were more than happy to do the cooking as long as I provided the money needed to get the ingredients. Unfortunately for me, life happened, and every one of them has had to go about their lives and chase after their goals in different parts of the country.
So currently, my life is not only sad, but it's lonely too. But like they always say, we have to focus on the good side of things, the good side in this situation being that I've now been forced to do the cooking myself. And if there's one thing I've discovered since I started cooking, it is that adding just one thing, something different, could totally change the taste of what you're cooking.
I made some stew today and decided to try something new by using a method I've never used before, and the result was amazing. It made me feel like a kid who just made a new discovery. And trust me when I say that cooking isn't exactly as hard as it seems; the only problem I have to date is going to the store to get groceries.
I've always hated grocery shopping, and unfortunately, it doesn't seem like something I will be liking anytime soon. I mean, there are days I've had to stay hungry just because I didn't want to go to the store downstairs to buy some tomatoes.
Do I enjoy cooking? I don't know yet, but I'm sure everything will be a lot easier for me when I eventually find a way to buy the groceries without feeling some kind of way about it. But yeah, cooking is a lot more economical, and I hope it's a habit I maintain for as long as possible.