A couple of weeks ago, when I picked up my 26 months-old girl from
nanny, I had a chat with her on the way back as usual. I was asking her what
she had at nanny’s house, and what she wanted to have for dinner. Since her
favourite food is noodle hence I was telling her: ‘Honey, mummy will cook noodle
for you tonight, ok?’ I was stun with her answers; could you guess how has she
replied to me?
She said ‘No, mummy don’t know!’, obviously she has been noticing
me for never go into the kitchen to cook in her entire memory.
I felt ashamed and it has alerted me if I’m not a good mother. I
have neither cook oat nor porridge for my kids ever. Compared with my peers,
they are cooking nutritious food for their family and enjoying the motherhood
moment every now and then.
In fact, it’s not a secret that I don’t know how to cook. Almost
everyone who knows me know that I don’t know how to cook, even a simple fried
rice. Our family has been eating outside or takeout food almost every day.
I know it’s time to take the Game-changing challenge to cook home
food for the family. Furthermore, my Hubby has got some health issue lately
with high blood pressure and high cholesterol etc. There are more reasons and
benefits for me to start cooking for the family. Again, a good wife and a good
mummy would cook the healthiest and yummiest food for the family, isn’t it. I
don’t need to become No. 1 chef in the World but I just want to become the
master chef for the family.
However, cooking is not easy at all. It takes time, effort and
dedication to becoming an expert on how to cook.
Start from ground, I learn from my mom and my mother in law. I
look at how they cook and practice when I’m home.
Not only that, I started following my colleagues to do grocery
shopping during lunch time, and get some tips and advices from them.
To continue learning new cooking techniques and skills, I have
also enrolled in culinary classes during free time. I have been cooking simple
food for the family now, I am happy to see that they love what I cook. In order
to make more variety of food for my loved ones, I know I must learn how to make
different cuisines. Hence I have spent time to learn on new recipes through
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wow cooking eh, i wanna try your cooking leh..haha, me too have to learn to cook better
ReplyDeleteYeap, self-cooking is always better than outside food. I'm so much concern after I checked my blood and there're some health issue also T.T
ReplyDeleteok what simple food! no that bad as long as edible. Cooking class sounds great to bring delicious food to the table for your love one.
ReplyDeleteyeah cooking for loved ones not easy as you need think of what to cook and what they dont see
ReplyDeleteLooking at our love ones eating the dishes we prepared is just priceless... Enjoy cooking ya!
ReplyDeletePractise makes perfect... keep up the good work. One day your daughter will tell her friends that her mum is the best cook.
ReplyDeleteAww, i find my fondest memory is helping my mum in the kitchen ! no worries, i'm sure you'll do great :)
ReplyDeleteoh no... I don't cook either and I feel so guilty for my future family haha
ReplyDeletepractice more and that won't be a problem !keep it up :)
ReplyDeleteIs such a long time I never cook after busy with study and work. i think I need to spend more time polish my cooking .
ReplyDeleteI only started learning to cook when I got married. I cook really easy stuff compared to my terror friends but as long as it's edible and healthy enough, it's ok for hubby and me. Plus eating out has become really expensive. I'm sure bigger families feel it more. My friends recommend getting the Chef Wan recipe book. Easy to follow, beautiful photos :)
ReplyDeleteAwww don't feel ashamed! You are already making efforts to learn and cook delicious meals for your family. Continue the great effort. :)
ReplyDeleteHey, don't beat yourself up over it. Plenty of women don't know how to cook, me included. You made the effort to learn and you're awesome for it. Home-cooked food is always the best, no matter how tasty outside food tastes. There's a taste of love on it, ya know? Anyway, good luck with your cooking!
ReplyDeleteI love cooking! I have always dreamt of cooking for my family and now I can fulfill it daily hehe... I follow lots of blogs/vlogs & joined fb groups and learn from other mummies alike, lots of simple homecooked meal and once u get the hang of it, it becomes too easy sometime that u become lazy lolx... Ok maybe that's an excuse for me ahahahha but yes, in fact there are quite alot of recipes and even getting some kitchen tools like Electric lunch boxes/air fryer that can make homecooking so much easier and healthier (minus the electricity going up a lil), try it~! Btw you're doing an awesome job already! Don't feel bad about it hehe no one said it was gonna be easy, cheers!
ReplyDeleteI am still in the progress of learning cooking. haha. But my dear seems did better than me.
ReplyDeleteCooking simple meal also can already, I'm sure your hubby also will just eat
ReplyDeleteCooking is not that hard actually! (I am a guy and I can cook pretty well!)
ReplyDeleteJust understand some basics and let practice makes perfect! Practice more and your kids will love you and your food <3 keep up the good work here!