Discovering The Fun Of Cooking.

A stay at home benefit.

Granted, a lot of us do cook regardless of lock down or not. Either because we don't have restaurants or take-a-ways near, want to save some money or because we enjoy the creativity that cooking each and every meal brings....most of the time. Going out for meals was never really an issue growing up apart from birthday's or special occasions. Eating, apart from those awful frozen dinners went hand in hand with cooking from scratch.

With a month of universal stay-at-homes, and no restaurants open many had to start on the journey of discovering their kitchens and the ease with which meals can be made and the fun had. People have the time and as nobody but themselves are tasting their creations, no fear of making mistakes. Isn't that nice and healthy to boot?

Eating out a lot equates to much more salt, sugar and fats. Have you ever watched a tv-chef put a little bit of butter into a dish? Yikes, half a slab at least and perhaps a dash! of olive oil. So in a way it isn't any wonder that obesity is so prolific in affluent parts of the world. Going out for meals is more expensive than cooking at home, not to mention the time and waistline lost.

Suddenly there is a plethora of cooking videos on social media ranging from easy pancakes to the slightly more difficult cream cakes. I can imagine that those who live in bigger cities are quite pleasantly surprised at how much money they save by staying at home and cooking for themselves. Not to mention the joy of discovering how easy and fun it is to make a dish of pasta, a curry & rice or a nice sandwich. Nice. I hope that after the stay at home has ended the good habits learnt will become permanent. The kitchen is the heart of one's home after all.

Biggi