sonia | Relationship with cooking

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?