A lot of people believe that eating is one of the best pleasures in life, but not everybody feels that way about the process of making food.

Let’s be honest, there can be a lot to dislike about cooking. It is time-consuming, messy, and occasionally pretty complicated to make the things that we are craving. If we get something wrong, we can be left with a meal that is mediocre or even just plain inedible, and then we have to do the dishes on top of that. It is enough to demoralize anybody who dares to set foot in the kitchen.

All in all, it is pretty understandable that so many people are forever searching for that mythical roster of 20-minute, one-pot weekday dinners that they won’t get bored of, or simply eating out and ordering in a lot of the time. This cooking business takes real effort for it to be worth it, and not everybody is going to have the inclination to practice it until they get good. 

At the same time, there are few things as accessible and rewarding as knowing how to make a good meal. Not only is it nice for us, but it is something that many of our loved ones are grateful for if we share it with them. It is also the best way to know exactly what we’re eating and how it was prepared. Almost all good things involve putting a little work in, even if that doesn’t go much further than pressing some buttons on a microwave. Cooking is power.