The pantry smells like garlic factory and so do you. Boiling
vinegar doesn’t cure the odour all the times. Okay, I have problem with odours giving
away what you have had for lunch but still I look forward to each day with a
grocery visit, veggies being tossed to the wok and serving delicious meal
('delicious': well, at least to my taste buds and to a hungry basketball team).
Top 10 Joys of Home-cooking. TOP - the first things that came
to my mind.
10) Budget friendly.
Good restaurants with good food and great service are expensive. Treating out
yourself more than weekly will surely hurt your wallet and dent your savings
for a new gadget or a new hobby (and so I realized especially if you are a
couple and you both love good food). So, just style your food and light some
candles and the night will be as romantic, you can keep the supposedly 'municipality taxes & tip'.
9) Left-overs lovin’. There is magic upon
discovery that you have a piece of carrot, crab sticks and some green
leaves lying in the fridge. You come up with a soup other than instant and you can put your
name in your dish. Soon you’ll be able to write your own Nigellissima. *winking with tongue sticking out*
8) Especially cooked/personalized cuisines. Ho Fun
noodles is too oily, the dip is too tangy it makes you dizzy, etc…, etc… they just
happen and leave you bloated and disappointed. Home-cooking lets you
spice up your favourite just the way you want it. If you want, you can also plan
your own theme nights.
7) Cures instant cravings. Seafood Paella on a Tuesday
night? Why not? And you can invite over your best buddies and get tipsy on red
wine.
6)
Instant presents. There are just day-before
invites and you don’t know what to get a male friend. It’s rude to come empty-handed.
The crowd’s favorite is surely a hit. Just make sure it’s not in the host’s menu
list.
5)
Unlimited food choices. You are not limited to
what the resto is offering and not limited to one order’s serving. The fusion
can happen at the comforts of your own home and you can have all the California
Maki rolling till you can barely breathe.
4)
Healthier and more hygienic options. Go meatless
and substitute the red, use olive oil or none at all, bake instead of fry when
applicable. And if you’re a type who’s always doubtful what’s on your plate, you
just know what goes and went into your Vietnamese spring roll.
3) It is the shortest way to a man’s heart or your
in-laws’ hearts. Remember: it is courtesy to assure your mother-in-law you will not starve her son, your own mother will be proud of it. He comes home looking forward to what you cooked up and it is a
more harmonious day with a sumptuous breakfast… and you live *happily ever after.
*happily
ever after – that is if you still believe in happily ever after, because
happily ever after is not true, or otherwise boring.
2)
The joy of fellowship. It just follows that your
house easily gets full with family and friends when you share good taste and
good food and the laughter just never ends.
1) More than anything else, cooking is therapeutic
and gives you that sense of accomplishment. When they offer you compliments and
you see they just emptied their dish.
Did I mention you can: take a picture and self-promote at
FB? *lol*
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