This happens to me often!! I’ll cook for a whole two weeks straight and then I’ll order food as a “treat for us” then the food ordering is an everyday thing 🤣😭
Planning meals ahead is absolutely essential. Also training one's husband/partner and teenage children to cook is vital. This way everyone can take turns to cook. No one person should be made to cook 365 days a year. It's not fair and if I had to cook each and every day, I would put my foot down and tell my family to employ a part-time cook. Period.🙂
1.Make a meal plan 2.Keep a track of what you cook 3.Relate it to something enjoyable 4. Be comfortable before beginning 5. Invest in good tools 6.Try something new 7.Repeat the old favourites 8.Meal kit 9. Make your own meal kit 10.Swap your mealkit with friends 11.Share your meal with your friends 12. Cook for two or more days 13.Grow your own food 14.Cook with some body 15. Think about cooking ahead of time 16.clean as you go 17.think about it differently 18.practice gratitude
I have zero time to cook during the work week so cooking IS my entire weekend. I use these tips (except those that cost $) and dozens more. Still hate the whole disgusting chore like poison and end up exhausted and in tears by Sunday evening. Thanks anyway, though
Your intro is verbatim my situation right now. I'm a homemaker, I do the cooking for my household, and I'm also a creative so I go through these cycles where I'm passionate for a while about cooking and then one day just want to scream if anyone asks "What's for dinner?". I've been in a much-longer-than-usual slump where I've had absolutely ZERO interest in cooking (going on months, now) and it's a problem. But that sense of "It falls on me to do the cooking" only makes me resentful about it. I've been surfing YT looking for my lost mojo, and thankfully found myself here. This is SO much more helpful than "here's 15 quick and easy recipes you can make in 15 minutes!" or "when you make food from scratch you'll see how good it is and magically love cooking!". I actually paused your video several times and made two pages of notes looking at why I hate cooking right now, and if I can change or remove a number of those obstacles. So thank you for making this very honest, down-to-earth video of tips. Because in a lot of cases, it's not just "finding the right recipe" that's the problem, and everyone's cliché "just do ___" suggestions fall short.
You just made the hectic job of cooking very satisfying for me. All the tips are so useful and easy to apply. In the past, I have used the method of connecting the chores with the things I like to do like listening to some good podcasts and shows but never thought of using this method with cooking. This was very helpful. A big thanks to you for all the tips😊
Good tips. I done some of it. Will try journaling my cooking. As a working mom in fast pace working environment, I cook meals for weekdays on the weekends. It’s nice to just microwave after long day from work although it takes approximately 5 hrs cooking for the whole week. I get better and faster doing it
This was so helpful thank you so much. I just can’t seem to get myself to start cooking because I hate it so much. But my body really needs me to start feeding it some good food! This video was so detailed and spot on. I will most definitely use a ton of what I learned here!
What an incredible video!! Thank you so so much for making this. I've felt so overwhelmed and honestly pretty hopeless about becoming the sole meal maker in my home and this truly changed my outlook. I loved the combination of practical tips/tricks + mental tools! I've never considered linking cooking to something enjoyable, and the concept that we have the ability to use our own hands to renew our own bodies with the meals we prepare, and WOW what fantastic tools those two shifts are. Truly, thank you and bless you!!
Excellent tips. I love cooking, but there can be downsides, especially if you're a young mother or perhaps taking care of an elderly parent. I appreciate you taking the time to share these tips. Great video.
"Oh crap! Its 4pm...what are we going to eat" ....literally laughed out load with that. It's like you read my mind.....hahahaha. Everyday without fail. *facepalm*
Thank you for this video and all your suggestions. I'm going to try some of them, especially making myself more comfortable before I start. My partner always thanks me for the food I make, and I thank him for cleaning up afterwards. But when I'm the only one sitting down to eat, I remember to thank myself for the meal. It isn't to be self serving (no pun intended); but that small thank-you helps me stay motivated to cook again next time, even if it's just for me.
Jen, You look stunning!!!!! Even your lipstick matches your beads in your necklace!! Absolutely beautiful..... TFS and take care and stay safe..............
I have loved cooking since my grandmother taught me a long time ago. I have been using a shopping service called Blue Apron for the last five years as it eliminates food waste. So instead of buying a bunch of chives I just chop the ones provided, voila! Agree with all your other tips but do not grow vegetables since I prefer to have wildlife live on my property. Thank you for sharing.
Some great tips. I needed to hear this, as I've been in a real funk. Yes some things I already knew but it didn't hurt to be reminded and to hear some other motivation. Jen to the rescue, no seriously thankyou. Oh I enjoyed that meal swap video, Id love to see another. Take care 🌹
My tips is to have an organized kitchen, and yell loudly at your boyfriend if he doesn't put things back where they belong (occasional negative reinforcement goes a long way). Everything should have a place and be easily accessible. If you have unused wall space, build lots of shelves. Arrange things in a place nearest where they will be used. Organize your herbs and spices. I hung multiple wall spice shelves so that I'm not moving spices around in the back cabinet hidden behind or stacked under the others. Date them when they've been opened so you know fresh they might be. I also keep an electronic list in my phone of all the spices, in alphabetical order, so when I'm reading a recipe I can easily determine if I need to buy a spice I may not have. Keeping a spice list also helps prevent me from buying something I already have on hand. They're much too expensive to waste.
Yes!! I totally thought of that tip afterwards - having an organised kitchen makes a huge difference, and there is definitely yelling here too when things aren't where they belong ;)
I do not have the knowledge or motivation to put in the effort to plan an entire week of meals ahead of time. But everyone says it makes things easier. Wooo
Can you do a video on your You Tube equipments editing software, music you use, thumbnail software. Do you upload on iPad, computer, filming then use memory card, how long it takes to edit.
Enjoyed the tips. I like the idea of planning ahead and I shall be grateful that I get to feed them 😂 🙏 I do get resentful and tired by the last day. I'm very lucky as I'm only cooking 4 days a week and Bill does 3!
Feedback: I'm day 3 into planning my meals and what a game changer! I know exactly what's happening days in advance and because it's on the fridge I don't have to keep that information in my head. Thanks Jen for helping me with life 😂
I really hate cooking. I live on my own and i just dont see the point in cooking for myself. I just really dont enjoy it. I am a baker though and i really like rhat. I keep telling myself to just pretend that im baking, but it really isnt the same. I also struggle with what to make. Im one of the people that like the same things. Not only that but i dont actually know how to cook. I also get home from work and i just dont have the energy to do anything
