Same. Started cooking out of frugality and anything I can order or comes packaged is unhealthy. Cooking feels like the default, what normal people do. I was so wrong. None of my friends can cook even a simple meal without step by step instructions. Some can grill, and that's it. They just order food or eat something from a box every single day.
It’s gotten to the point for me where I look at Seamless (hundreds of options here in NYC) and generally go to the kitchen and make something instead.
So much less packaging.
I spend less on more food and what I eat is largely organic, pasture raised, grass fed and often from local farms.
And I really enjoy cooking, so that probably helps. I love using my hands, and I usually don’t have any music on so I have a lot of nice time to think while I’m cooking.
Plus the people around me love eating delicious morsels I produce and I occasionally get a rain of compliments.
Sometimes I follow recipes, sometimes I do my own thing, and sometimes it’s a mix.
Keeps me on my feet, and dextrous, even going to the store is a bit of exercise since I walk there.
All in all, a wonderful part of my average day and week usually.
