Relationship with cooking

[sonia]

minoanmiss said: "I'd love to hear about your relationship with cooking. Not least because I am an Avid Home Cook and would love to help if you want my bloviation."

I have a lot of food intolerances, including wheat gluten and nightshades (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers). So I cook for myself all the time. I enjoy it, in a meditative sort of way, and I've gotten efficient with all the practice.

I have a rhythm going where I make lots of what I call stir-fry in batches, throwing in whatever vegetables I get at the farmers market. I would probably benefit from measuring selected seasonings, rather than throwing in some of what I feel like in that moment.

I do some baking, although I think sugar does throw me off balance emotionally if I have too much of it, and I have a hard time being moderate with it. The gluten_free community has been a great source of new recipes to experiment with.

How are you relating to cooking these days? Did the pandemic change it?

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[jesse_the_k]

My cooking has stayed the same, and I'm really frustrated by my continuous snacking. When I'm out in the world (awww, my sweet forgotten pool and library) I get happily stuck in and forget about food. But when it's 12 feet away, it seems I hear it murmuring "eat me!"

[sonia]

I've noticed that I snack as a way to manage stress. So I'm kinda like, if I had better options right now I would already be using them!

I hope the time until you can use the pool and library again passes safely, if not quickly.