Do you like cooking ?

Having a weekly menu help to take care of the healthy nutrition part as well as the other pragmatic side of life. Keeping cooking simple like Veg rice and raita on the days when you have a long working day or some hectic meetings and workshops. Having a plan ahead takes care of it. Moreover, avoids last minute hassle to take decision and even worries for ingredients.

Other than that we can avoid monotony by having different menus each day--takes care of each one's choice of food in the family.

If children sit and plan with you, they show interest in eating and helping you to prepare it on days they can afford to. Like Thursdays are hectic for me. So I put Mixed Veg sandwich for breakfast. I leave the kitchen after packing dabbas for lunch. My younger one leaves for school at 9. SO she takes charge of fixing breakfast for me, my husband and herself while I get ready and do last minute preparation for my workshops.

For those who are not fond of cooking but have to do it anyway, it is best to cook when you find time like at night , so that you are not stressed in the morning. I make a couple of dishes after dinner for the next day. It makes things do much easier. I also make it a point to have Idli/Dosa batter, bread /butter/cheese , boiled potatoes all the time in my fridge. 

Yes. In my house, we decide on the previous night what to cook next day. We do not eat meat or chicken on Saturdays. Accordingly we plan. Of course this planning makes things easier.

usha manohar wrote:

For those who are not fond of cooking but have to do it anyway, it is best to cook when you find time like at night , so that you are not stressed in the morning. I make a couple of dishes after dinner for the next day. It makes things do much easier. I also make it a point to have Idli/Dosa batter, bread /butter/cheese , boiled potatoes all the time in my fridge. 

Idli/Dosa batters are so handy and really save you in times when things go unplanned. Quick, scrumptious and above all does not leave you with the guilt pangs of feeding something unhealthy to your family due to time crisis. These things in your fridge definitely are good contingency plans.

 

 

Here our system is some differ than you. Here are food is very simple. In break fast we prefer prontha and bread. In lunch and dinner one or two vegetables curd salad and chapati. Rice is not our regular food. Here in Punjabi families Dall and in Rajasthan familes Curry is must in dinner.

Food is more or less the same all over India - you have either rice or rotis as your staple diet along with dhal /meat/fish and vegetables. The cooking style and use of spices differs from region to region. But for a foreigner it all looks the same. Down south we eat more rice and rice preparations while in the north it is more wheat . A balance of both would be a healthier option.

Well, my kitchen has a mix of all states. Born out of two different state's parents and then married to a man of third state, we have a mix of so many cultures. Moreover, brought up in an Air force background, we saw so may cultures around us and our taste developed for so many cuisines from across the country and then we adapted some International ones into our Indian cooking. My Kitchen is a perfect dhaba of all culture.

Arunima Singh wrote:

Well, my kitchen has a mix of all states. Born out of two different state's parents and then married to a man of third state, we have a mix of so many cultures. Moreover, brought up in an Air force background, we saw so may cultures around us and our taste developed for so many cuisines from across the country and then we adapted some International ones into our Indian cooking. My Kitchen is a perfect dhaba of all culture.

Your dhaba is a rich one as it's a symbol of harmony. 

usha manohar wrote:

Food is more or less the same all over India - you have either rice or rotis as your staple diet along with dhal /meat/fish and vegetables. The cooking style and use of spices differs from region to region. But for a foreigner it all looks the same. Down south we eat more rice and rice preparations while in the north it is more wheat . A balance of both would be a healthier option.

Yes every grain have their benefits. In these days habit of eating rice is increasing in North. In J&K rice is principal grain. They eat it with Urd Channa dal and souse of dry mango.

I like cooking very much and cook different varieties of food. Gender is not a matter in cooking. While you are good in cooking which makes bonding in relationship. And, this is true.

M.Thamarai Selvi wrote:

I like cooking very much and cook different varieties of food. Gender is not a matter in cooking. While you are good in cooking which makes bonding in relationship. And, this is true.

Yes food is an important and integral part of our life so, it is bound to affect our lives. At least one of the couple shd be able to cook decently or else engage a cook ..

usha manohar wrote:

M.Thamarai Selvi wrote:

I like cooking very much and cook different varieties of food. Gender is not a matter in cooking. While you are good in cooking which makes bonding in relationship. And, this is true.

Yes food is an important and integral part of our life so, it is bound to affect our lives. At least one of the couple shd be able to cook decently or else engage a cook ..

Cooking is a life skill and one of the most innovative creations of human life. It is so vibrant and says so much about socio-economical and geographical features of a place. 

Cooking is an art. Cooking is essential to life and very beneficial to eating healthy, and therefore being healthy. With Home cooking the ingredients and the Dishes can be controlled, and portions commensurate with one's appetite. Cooking i at home, generally saves money over eating at restaurants.

rambabu wrote:

Cooking is an art. Cooking is essential to life and very beneficial to eating healthy, and therefore being healthy. With Home cooking the ingredients and the Dishes can be controlled, and portions commensurate with one's appetite. Cooking i at home, generally saves money over eating at restaurants.

Home cooking is good for our health and health of our pocket as well.

One should have variety in life even with regard to food..No doubt home food is healthier when care is taken to make it balanced and nutritious . I know of households where the lady cooks rice , dhal and fish at the most. This is definitely not balanced diet and you are better off eating Chinese food or a thali meal in a restaurant . So, it all depends on how much thought has gone into making food wholesome ..

Cooking is an integral part of one's life and it brings variety of flavors into a person's life. Cooking can be done in such a way, it can either invoke a mouth-watering reaction or make us reconsider the idea of actually eating the whole meal. The proper mixture of all the ingredients cooked with patience and love can make eating a wonderful experience for anyone. Whether it is men or women, both of them are cooking when they are required to cook like boys who live in hostels cook for themselves occasionally. Whether you cook daily or sometimes or once in a month, I think cooking is a skill we should possess as we can't anticipate when we will be alone and in need to cook to eat something healthy that is made in home.

Arunima Singh wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

M.Thamarai Selvi wrote:

I like cooking very much and cook different varieties of food. Gender is not a matter in cooking. While you are good in cooking which makes bonding in relationship. And, this is true.

Yes food is an important and integral part of our life so, it is bound to affect our lives. At least one of the couple shd be able to cook decently or else engage a cook ..

Cooking is a life skill and one of the most innovative creations of human life. It is so vibrant and says so much about socio-economical and geographical features of a place. 

Absolutely ! even within a district we find so many different ways of making a single dish depending on the region. For example there is a very popular Mangalorean dish called chicken sukka, which is prepared in different ways in different parts of the district. So one can imagine what it is when it comes to different states within the nation..

usha manohar wrote:

Arunima Singh wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

M.Thamarai Selvi wrote:

I like cooking very much and cook different varieties of food. Gender is not a matter in cooking. While you are good in cooking which makes bonding in relationship. And, this is true.

Yes food is an important and integral part of our life so, it is bound to affect our lives. At least one of the couple shd be able to cook decently or else engage a cook ..

Cooking is a life skill and one of the most innovative creations of human life. It is so vibrant and says so much about socio-economical and geographical features of a place. 

Absolutely ! even within a district we find so many different ways of making a single dish depending on the region. For example there is a very popular Mangalorean dish called chicken sukka, which is prepared in different ways in different parts of the district. So one can imagine what it is when it comes to different states within the nation..

ability to prepare different Varieties of food often helps in avoiding monotony. My wife is a good cook. But her cooking abilities are restricted to a limited varieties.

rambabu wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Arunima Singh wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

M.Thamarai Selvi wrote:

I like cooking very much and cook different varieties of food. Gender is not a matter in cooking. While you are good in cooking which makes bonding in relationship. And, this is true.

Yes food is an important and integral part of our life so, it is bound to affect our lives. At least one of the couple shd be able to cook decently or else engage a cook ..

Cooking is a life skill and one of the most innovative creations of human life. It is so vibrant and says so much about socio-economical and geographical features of a place. 

Absolutely ! even within a district we find so many different ways of making a single dish depending on the region. For example there is a very popular Mangalorean dish called chicken sukka, which is prepared in different ways in different parts of the district. So one can imagine what it is when it comes to different states within the nation..

ability to prepare different Varieties of food often helps in avoiding monotony. My wife is a good cook. But her cooking abilities are restricted to a limited varieties.

It right that to avoid monotony we must be tried food than our regular one. But it is not possible everyday. For everyday our traditional food can give us satisfication. If some ask me to eat rice for 7 days, it is not possible for me. Dal Chapati is my first choice.

anil wrote:

rambabu wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Arunima Singh wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

M.Thamarai Selvi wrote:

I like cooking very much and cook different varieties of food. Gender is not a matter in cooking. While you are good in cooking which makes bonding in relationship. And, this is true.

Yes food is an important and integral part of our life so, it is bound to affect our lives. At least one of the couple shd be able to cook decently or else engage a cook ..

Cooking is a life skill and one of the most innovative creations of human life. It is so vibrant and says so much about socio-economical and geographical features of a place. 

Absolutely ! even within a district we find so many different ways of making a single dish depending on the region. For example there is a very popular Mangalorean dish called chicken sukka, which is prepared in different ways in different parts of the district. So one can imagine what it is when it comes to different states within the nation..

ability to prepare different Varieties of food often helps in avoiding monotony. My wife is a good cook. But her cooking abilities are restricted to a limited varieties.

It right that to avoid monotony we must be tried food than our regular one. But it is not possible everyday. For everyday our traditional food can give us satisfication. If some ask me to eat rice for 7 days, it is not possible for me. Dal Chapati is my first choice.

Yes. eating same food day in and Day out bores me.  We in my house eat both Chapati and Rice. I prefer to eat chapati during nights.