Anybody enjoy cooking?

I like to cook the same way. Usually, I usually cook Thai food. My friends alway told me it is not delicious but I can eat it. lol

 

I love to cook! It's a really creative thing to do an you get to eat the results! Not much curry here but I do like a good Thai fried rice. Yum! Tonight it will be mixed green salad with oranges, apples, nuts and seeds, herbed baked chicken and my version of noodles Romanoff--using up leftover sour cream.

 

I love cooking! I just made some falafel and I think I'm going to bake some snow day/ pi day pie today.

 

My falafel aren't the best, but I needed to do something with the chickpeas after making aquafaba meringues.

 

I enjoy cooking. Traditional Austrian kitchen and everything else I like from various kinds of kitchen and of course some family special receips ;P

I don't get to cook that often these days, but when I do, I do enjoy it

 

I grew up in a household where nobody liked to cook (unless you count boxed casseroles, yuck!), so I never learned how. I dabbled a bit in college with Japanese recipes when I had finally gotten sick and tired of eating frozen dinners, but I found most of the recipes too complicated and inaccessible for someone who doesn't want to cook for a hobby.

Then, late last summer, I was watching one of my fave YouTubers and they did a silly ad for Blue Apron. I was like, "Hey, why not? I get a week free." Getting the ingredients shipped to me also appealed to my otherwise lack of motivation. Fast forward to today and, holy crap, it's totally changed my view of cooking. I'm still not going to become a hobby chef, but I've made dishes I always thought would be too difficult (and aren't) and I've learned about a whole host of tasty ingredients I would've never been adventurous enough to try (looking at you, catfish ). A lot of dishes are Asian inspired, which I love, and quite affordable when you buy the ingredients yourself. I'm planning to stop my subscription at the end of spring, since I've mostly just been using Blue Apron to accumulate recipes at this point. Also, no, I don't get a commission from BA.

My fave dishes have been a red Thai curry and ramen noodles (which I just made yesterday!). Oh, and a ginger, garlic, lemongrass, and hoisin sauce hamburger.

 

One of favourite recipes ever is Bobotie, a traditional South African dish made with minced meat (I use chicken), curry, eggs... And served with rice. If you like curry and have never tasted it, I highly recommend it

 

I LOVE cooking!! I can cook about anything, but I especially love to cook Japanese and Thai food.
Unfortunately I grew up in a poor household were both my parents had 2 or 3 jobs each which also meant they weren't really home, so I had to learn how to cook for my siblings and myself most of the time. But I'm thankful for knowing how to cook

 

I like to cook (sometimes...) - I'm on a Korean food binge at the moment, plus I've been making up slow cooker meals & freezing them (I'm single except for kitties LOL). I've made kimbab & kimchi stew & some other stuff that does well in crockpots!
I did basically major in Home Ec in HS (got the Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year award which STILL makes most of my acquaintance howl with laughter) - meaning, I learned how to sew & cook. I have some friends who like to call themselves foodies (WTF) & pour over various new recipes in mags like Bon Appetit - I enjoy testing their finished products LOL. But said friends are baffled that I actually can cook lots of stuff without a recipe! & can substitute ingredients. I swear, cooking & sewing seem something that should still be taught (definitely to ALL kids) - just like how to fix a car, minor plumbing problems & (big one) how to balance a checkbook!

 

YES omg like no one my age knows how to cook and their all shocked that I know how, but people should really learn/know how to cook though

 

I'm not the only one of my friends who can cook, but I always end up baking rather elaborate things for our d&d group.

 

Haha that's the opposite of me, I cannot for the life of me bake. I don't know why I just suck at it. The only thing I can bake are chocolate chip cookies

 

Ah, I love to cook! I never get to do it often enough now, because usually it's just for myself and my son, who is a very difficult eater (not picky--he has autism and a slew of food sensitivities), and so there's too many leftovers to get eaten in a reasonable amount of time. But I have gotten very good at being a creative cook, because my ex-husband has several "go straight to the hospital" food allergies, including eggs.

Trying to scrape together dinner from the pantry, freezer, and some things from the fridge is one of the things I do best. I like a lot of different flavors, but I really do love different Asian foods, and a lot of German dishes. I also do a lot of Italian-inspired dishes because those are my son's favorites and I never had Italian food much growing up, because my mom is go-to-the-hospital allergic to tomatoes.

I'm really bad at baking because I can't eat bread and I don't like most sweets. ^^; I keep meaning to try to make meringue cookies, but I'd be the only one eating them, I think. My son is awesome at making bread, though! He likes to make yeast-free rustic bread, where you sort of just shape it on a baking sheet and score the top. It makes the house smell nice!

My very favorite thing to make (besides eggs) is curry! It's one of my favorite "use the leftovers" dishes. My least favorite thing to make is Thanksgiving dinner, because it is so very "traditional" and the family gets in an uproar if it's not the same as it always has been.

 

I also love to cook! But I love eating food more, haha. Actually learned the basics early in my life because I happen to be a picky eater. I am more of a fan of savoury dishes. I love making pasta dishes (I really love any tomato-based sauce with pasta), lasagna, pizza lots of potato dishes, cookies, pancakes, pretty much anything I can make in less than an hour. The more simple the recipe, the better. I do not really stick to any cuisine, but I do enjoy italian cuisine.
Something i havent mastered are pastries and cakes (like sponge cakes), something usually goes wrong in the oven phase.

 

I prefer baking over cooking, but I still love it !
I didn't have a choice but to make an effort to it, since I don't want to cook meat in my home anymore (still eating some though, at restaurant or familly house). Vegetables need more cooking than boiling pasta so... xD

I'm enjoying more and more cooking. But I'm lazy, even more when I'm home after a hard day at work, so I'm not cooking anything that took more than 1 hour. Maybe later. x)

 

I mostly like to bake-- cakes are my favorite, and cookies and soda bread or other quick breads... but I cook a bit, too.

Vegetarian lasagna, bean dip, and white bean chili are the things I do most often, aside from eggs (I love eggs-- pretty much any way I can cook them!). I mean, I have vegetarian/pescatarian family members, so most of the cooking I do is meatless. When there's a larger family gathering with more meat-eaters, I do enjoy making some things with beef (there's just no substitute for a good cottage pie!), but I've found I really enjoy making vegetarian-friendly dishes.

 

My mother was a professional cook, but she would not buy or make many sweets, she didn't want to have excess sweets because they are bad for your teeth (Dad was a dentist) but we were allowed to make them, so I mastered fudge and cookies and cake at an early age. I am a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and I have always enjoyed creating Medieval feasts, or helping others run the feast kitchen. I like to cook, my favorite food is Thai. I have to admit that I do not cook as much as I used to. cooking for one person is boring. I like to make pies, particularly pecan pie, or meat pies. I was born in the 60's, I think mine may have been the last generation where females were all routinely taught to cook and sew.

Since a lot of you mention liking curry, I will list my favorite recipe, Curried Deviled Eggs:
Boil a dozen eggs, immerse in cold water until cool enough to handle. Peel, slice in half, scoop out egg yolk, put in a medium bowl add about 2 tsps. each of : mayonnaise, the juice from a jar of dill pickles, and brown spicy mustard with horse radish. Add curry powder. garlic powder, salt , horse radish, and lemon juice to taste, mix thoroughly, put in boiled egg whites. Tada, curried deviled eggs! Garnish with paprika or a bit of parsley if you like. I made this one up, and I really like it. Warning, people who like the usual vaguely bland sweet sort of deviled eggs will NOT like it. They are sort of spicy and have a nice sharp savory flavor.

 

@officialorange I've never made melon pan before-- I haven't really done yeast breads, usually just ones that use baking soda as a leavener, so it will be new for me. But I'd definitely want to try doing it sometime. Especially since it's one of those things that always grabs our attention when we shop at the Japanese market... I think my family would love for me to try making it at home sometime.

 

Even though it can get a bit tiring and I'm not always excited about cooking all the meals for myself and my partner I do love cooking very much. I always used to appreciate the compliments my friends would give me about my food. It's a really good feeling to be able to provide something that can make another person happy.

 

Today I made a birthday cake-- just a plain yellow cake with tart cherries added in, and then we used homemade whipped cream instead of frosting, once it was cool. It turned out really well-- when the cake itself had cooled, the cherries inside were still just warm. I'm looking forward to doing more spring baking, I've got a plan to do frog-shaped sugar cookies and try my hand at decorating with royal icing... plus another cake has been promised.

 

I love cooking!
I have digestive issues eating much carb-y foods, so a lot of what I eat has to be more-or-less 'keto' aside from some rice, and there are so many crazy recipes for keto food that it's pretty fun finding new ways to make stuff.
Shirataki noodles with chicken, shiitake, minced garlic, some soy sauce and sugar, as well as any veggies is one of my favourite things to make. (Or just cut the noodles and make the chicken/sauce and asparagus/shiitake...!)
I also make a lot of fish, and a lot of avocado dishes (like five avocados a week...).
It just stinks that you can cook for a really long time and eat the food in what feels like an instant. If only it was the other way around!

 

I do like cooking, but sometimes I'm really not in the mood, so I don't do as much as I like. Rather, I don't get to try as many new things as I'd like. I also share a kitchen with many others and don't get to have all my tools at my immediate disposal, so I get unmotivated when I have to dig out everything each time. My fiance is a meat-eater and stubborn about vegetables, and I'm a pescatarian (though most of the time I don't eat fish either, and I often entertain going vegan), so meal time gets interesting...

My current goals are to start making my own marinara sauce, and to try my hand at Indian cuisine. My fiance and I have found some common ground in Indian sauces, so it would be something we could enjoy together. I've also been baking donuts, with mixed results.

 

@bagofspiders Ah yeah, I live in a house where everyone has very different dietary restrictions, I feel for you on how it can get sometimes! But sauces sounds like a good thing to learn. Indian food sounds like it'll be a lot of fun to do, too.


Tomorrow night, I'm making my first quiche. Well, my first two quiches, actually. I've always loved to eat quiche, but I've never made one before... but making my own is definitely a good way to make sure that everyone can enjoy the same dish. I'll be using vegetarian 'bacon' in one of them, since I want to be able to feed people who wouldn't be able to eat one with ham/real bacon...

 

I love cooking ^^ . My best dishes are japanese curry, Migoreng and chili con carne

 

Yes!
In fact I hope to study Professional Cookery Level 2 this year at college.
Cooking takes up most of my time, whether I'm looking at recipes, planning what to make or actually cooking.
One day I hope to move into catering as my occupation/job.

 

I enjoy cooking. I like trying out new recipes and different food that I am not use to. I mostly like baking cakes and trying to make different soups. Right now I'm going through my udon phase.

 

I just tried Jim Lahey's pizza dough recipe this weekend and I'm hooked. I am now contractually obliged to bake bread every weekend.

 

I come from mix heritage and love to cook! I would love to learn how to do proper Thai dishes, specially the stir fry noodle bowls. In our house we cook some Native American dishes to Indian, a few Sicilian dishes also. This is partly due to my parents traveling a bit and living in a cultural waste land now.

 

I love to cook, I go through pinterest and have a look at recipes I like to cook. Started looking at paleo diet more due to being gluten intolerant. But also looking at vegetarian and vegan for a friend of mine. I love to bake even if I can't eat my goods, especially looking at making more sweet things maybe to sell.

 

Paleo has assortment of good recipes! My mom can't handle gluten so we make them often.

 

Hm, I've never done anything specifically labeled paleo, but now that it's farmers' market season I'm working with a lot more vegetables (vegetables and eggs!), and I've got several gluten-free relatives both living with me and living nearby. We could never go full paleo (no cutting out beans and soy in this house, plus I'm a baker who's keeping all my various flours and sugars, at least in moderation), but I bet that there are good recipes using fish and fresh vegetables that everyone here would like.

You definitely have to get creative sometimes when dealing with limited diets, but I just think it's so great how many resources there are now for such a huge variety of restricted diets! I'm good at making substitutions, but it's just nice when the work is already done for you and you know you can search a certain type of recipe and other people have figured out how to eat well no matter what needs to be cut...

Tomorrow I cook purple asparagus for the first time-- I'm not even an asparagus fan, but I've read that the purple is less bitter, and my mom really loves it. So it's her special day-after-mother's-day dinner. The only thing I have to worry about is that if you cook it too long it will turn green, and I do want to keep that gorgeous color. So it'll be a little tricky, but I'm looking forward to working with a new vegetable variety!