I've been cooking (or helping in the kitchen as a child) ever since I can remember. My grandmother is a great cook, and taught me things from the start. Ironically, I hated cooking for a long time until I got ahold of good books by chefs like Anthony Bourdain or Jacques Pépin, who de-mystified more advanced cooking than I'd been doing, since they really walk you through it, and I discovered it's a great creative outlet too. Now I really enjoy it.
But we both swear my cooking has kept him from adult set-in diabetes, which all the men in his family have developed -- because it takes no investigation at all to see how much more healthy our eating lifestyle is than theirs -- fast food, lots and lots and LOTS of red meat, often fried, etc.
That is great! And yes, diet is such a huge factor when it comes to preventing illness. I wish my partner ate healthier, but he's the typical meat-n-potatoes guy and consumes a lot of junk on top of that. I try to eat healthier - not much meat, almost no red meat or processed meat, and I never liked sweets. So I feel best on the food I was raised on as a child with lots of fresh vegetables, some fresh fruit, milk and dairy, and a bit of whole-grain carbs and olive oil. My grandmother raised me until I went to school, and I never saw or tasted junk food, or anything that wasn't prepared fresh, until I did go to school. I'm grateful for that now, since I never developed a taste for junk food. Kentucky Fried Chicken or a pizza now and then, but I'll eat it once and then I'm basically done with it for the next three months. LOL
Still that someone truly cares and appreciates what one is doing food-wise, is the greatest incentive there is to do it. It's much harder to care about ourselves ourself like that. But we all deserve it!
I agree, and my partner really appreciates my food (and I try to make it healthier than the stuff he prepares for himself), so that's a great incentive. So is reading food blogs for new ideas, or talking to other "foodies", like on LJ. That's always inspiring.
LOL yes, cooking a fancy meal for others and cooking one for myself are two different things. Last night I just threw some vegs into the oven to roast in olive oil for myself, that's as far as I could be bothered. When cooking for just myself, anything I come up with usually needs to meet three criteria: "Healthy, no muss no fuss and tasty". :)
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Date: 2014-04-13 06:34 pm (UTC)But we both swear my cooking has kept him from adult set-in diabetes, which all the men in his family have developed -- because it takes no investigation at all to see how much more healthy our eating lifestyle is than theirs -- fast food, lots and lots and LOTS of red meat, often fried, etc.
That is great! And yes, diet is such a huge factor when it comes to preventing illness. I wish my partner ate healthier, but he's the typical meat-n-potatoes guy and consumes a lot of junk on top of that. I try to eat healthier - not much meat, almost no red meat or processed meat, and I never liked sweets. So I feel best on the food I was raised on as a child with lots of fresh vegetables, some fresh fruit, milk and dairy, and a bit of whole-grain carbs and olive oil. My grandmother raised me until I went to school, and I never saw or tasted junk food, or anything that wasn't prepared fresh, until I did go to school. I'm grateful for that now, since I never developed a taste for junk food. Kentucky Fried Chicken or a pizza now and then, but I'll eat it once and then I'm basically done with it for the next three months. LOL
Still that someone truly cares and appreciates what one is doing food-wise, is the greatest incentive there is to do it. It's much harder to care about ourselves ourself like that. But we all deserve it!
I agree, and my partner really appreciates my food (and I try to make it healthier than the stuff he prepares for himself), so that's a great incentive. So is reading food blogs for new ideas, or talking to other "foodies", like on LJ. That's always inspiring.
LOL yes, cooking a fancy meal for others and cooking one for myself are two different things. Last night I just threw some vegs into the oven to roast in olive oil for myself, that's as far as I could be bothered. When cooking for just myself, anything I come up with usually needs to meet three criteria: "Healthy, no muss no fuss and tasty". :)