Anyone else hate to cook?

[disneychick0412]

I read posts about people that cook and hear people talking about how much they cook and think I must be missing some domestic gene or something! Lol
Part of it is because my parents weren’t big cooks when I was growing up. A lot of hamburger helper, breakfast for supper, easy things like that. I never really learned how to cook I guess. I don’t particularly like leftovers either. We’ve done a few crockpot things lately, which have been good, but way too much food for just the two of us (again not crazy about leftovers).
Anyone else hate to cook?

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Cooking is fun... cleaning up the mess, that is the part I hate.

 

[Skywalker3]

I hate it! I'm lazy though, and if it doens't come out right, I just quit. Both my parents were great country cooks, biscuits, cornbread, gravy, greens, fried chicken, and then living in LA, Mama learned to make good gumbo, jambalaya, etc. I used to cook a lot in my 20s, but I just don't any more. I think it's a beautiful thing to cook w love and create delicious, satisfying meals, but I sure don't do it...My husband is a good cook, very good at improvising, coming up with good dishes

 

[bianca]

I don’t think you’re missing a cooking gene! I rarely cook anymore and I would consider myself a very good cook. When I turned 12, my mother turned the chore of cooking for the family 7 days a week over to me. So, I’ve been cooking for 50 years now. We’ve been empty nesters for a couple of years now and I’m really enjoying not having to make large meals everyday. Honestly, you’re not missing a thing ….. do something you love with all the time you are not wasting on food preparation.

 

[karen4546]

I read posts about people that cook and hear people talking about how much they cook and think I must be missing some domestic gene or something! Lol
Part of it is because my parents weren’t big cooks when I was growing up. A lot of hamburger helper, breakfast for supper, easy things like that. I never really learned how to cook I guess. I don’t particularly like leftovers either. We’ve done a few crockpot things lately, which have been good, but way too much food for just the two of us (again not crazy about leftovers).
Anyone else hate to cook?

When i was a kid, we always had full meals - protein, starch, veg. Etc

i did the same until our kiddos started playing high school sports and then we were chasing the ball a few times a week and HH was built into probably 2 meals a week with some type of vegetable like broccoli, spinach or mixed greens.

I dinner cook 5 or 6 days a week. Easy breakfast like egg in a basket or omelets on Saturdays (grandchildren love them) and on Sundays, my husband cooks a BiG breakfast of eggs (however grandchildren like them - scrambled, fried, omelets), pancakes or biscuits.

I enjoy cooking most of the time. There are a few days throughout the year that I’m like “we are having sandwiches” but not many.

my husband takes leftovers from dinner for work the next day. If I make a huge bot of soup or chili and there is a lot leftover, I freeze it and we have it on Saturdays for lunch. Saturdays are usually the days I don’t cook dinner.

we do use a meal Subscription service three months out of the year like Hello Fresh, every plate etc.

I make a meal plan for the month and we don’t eat out much at all- maybe 5 times a YEAR. Now, on vacation I DO NOT COOK- we go all out on vacation and enjoy ourselves.

 

[kymom99]

 

[CynBeth]

My DH is the cook in our house. To me handling uncooked meat is gross.
He has food allergies so most of our food is bland and we tend to eat the same things over and over again. Since the pandemic started we have been bad and carry out a lot and alternate between the handful of restaurants that can accommodate him.

 

[RamblingMad]

I learned to cook because my parents were terrible at it.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I don’t like cooking. I’m a decent but lazy cook.
What I despise most is meal planning, talking about cooking, etc.

My husband likes to cook more than I do so he does most of it these days. Usually who ever is home first cooks.

My mother was a wonderful cook - everything from scratch, big garden, great baker.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

I don’t really enjoy cooking, but I love to eat, so I cook. I learned to cook mostly from watching Food Network and I now get recipes from online sites and pages I follow on Facebook. I still feel like I make the same dishes over and over, though.

 

[BrianL]

Oh yeah - I don't really enjoy it and I'm not really any good at it either.

 

[BayouQueen]

DH and I are retired and I really do hate to cook now. I always have been a "from scratch" cook and put a good hot breakfast and dinner on the table every night. But now, we have so many dietary recommendations at our age that I'd rather have a bowl of canned soup and call it a day. DH looks forward to dinner, so I do it, but not fun when it's all too much fat, too many calories, too much sugar, etc., etc.
Why bother. Out of sight, out of mind. Sigh.

 

[punkin]

I love to cook. Tonight I wanted to make chicken piccata, but I had no lemons, wine nor capers. So I improvised with balsamic vinegar, chicken broth and chopped dill pickles. It wasn't chicken piccata, but it was delicious. I was planning for leftovers for DH to take to work tomorrow, but we ate everything. That's why I love cooking, it's a creative outlet for me (even if I do occasionally end up with something like the green chicken salad that DH will never let me live down (it was delicious BTW, just very strange to look at).

 

[AuntieMe3]

I don't mind cooking but HATE having to decide what to cook. It's so annoying trying to figure out meals. I'm not very creative with what we eat and dont want to make something thats too involved. I'll look at some recipes and think...too much work. I also hate having to clean up after cooking.

 

[mrodgers]

My wife stayed home until the youngest was in school all day to which she worked evening shift so I could be home with them and she had flexibility to be home when they were sick, when there was no school, and summers. She cooked every day almost except for when we had to go somewhere. Going out to eat just to eat was not an option being 35ish miles away from anything.

Grew up with mom cooking every night as well.

If I didn't cook, I would die of starvation as I don't know how to eat anything but actual real non-processed food.

I don't have the space to make cooking pleasant so I just bulk cook. I may eat the same thing for a week or more, but it's pork chops, chicken breast, and beef, mostly also raised in my family, or what use to be my family as I'm by myself now. I eat a lot of Italian and make a lot of soup in the winter, usually always stuffed pepper soup which also all comes from myself, family, or a farm.

It seems obvious that if you cooked and not just cooked at home but cooked with real foods rather than popping chicken nuggets in an air fryer, it would be far healthier. However I am confused at how I seem to be no different healthwise with eating I'd say 70% real food and basically only drink water to coworkers who I know eat fast food every night and machine cuisine or the wheel of death or whatever you call vending machine food every day for lunch while they've swigged down two 2 liter bottles of Pepsi or Mountain Dew every shift.

 

[disneychrista]

I like to cook when I want to not because I have to. Making dinner for myself every night not so fun. Deciding to try something new & fun that I enjoy.

I am also more of a baker than a cook. Cookies, breads, cakes, etc.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I like to cook when I want to not because I have to.

Exactly!! I don't have the energy to cook when I'm hungry.

 

[disney4us2002]

My issue is the planning. I don't mind cooking a meal but I hate deciding what to make. If my husband tells me what he wants, I'm okay with making it but I cannot choose a meal. When we decide to go out to eat, I also have trouble deciding. I only want veto power.

 

[DVCjj]

I much prefer baking and always did. I'm finding after almost 58 years of marriage, the fun of cooking has lost its allure for sure. We always have gone out for fun periodically but definitely go out more now.

The weird thing: I LOVE reading cookbooks and recipes in magazines and papers.
I would sooner sit down with a cookbook than a novel for sure.

The last couple of years we've been snowbirding in someone else's condo. She has a huge amount of different topic cookbooks as part of the decor. For those 3 months, I'm in heaven... between looking at the ocean and reading cookbooks.

 

[DVCjj]

I know eat fast food every night and machine cuisine or the wheel of death or whatever you call vending machine food every day for lunch while they've swigged down two 2 liter bottles of Pepsi or Mountain Dew every shift.

Unfortunately, genetics greatly enter into the mix. Yes, agree. I know people who have lived to be100+ smoking and drinking and I do neither and have autoimmune disorders. Not fair. 8-(