The pure modesty to cooking is what keeps me grounded and healed.If this resonates with you, then see if you can turn your time in the kitchen into something which Sometimes I like the ambience of silence, when I am feeling bruised and sore from the noise of the world. Would you consider helping me with ideas on how to develop my blog to create a larger and more engaged reader base?I appreciate you & your offer to help. Apartment Therapy is full of ideas for creating a warm, beautiful, healthy home. And it always works, always. Not that my mom was surprised since it is standard practice in our family for kids to help with the various chores related to kitchen work. P.S. My mom often said it felt very therapeutic and soothing to create something everyone would enjoy. It’s so much like a love for me to be in there making a creation for my loved ones.
I’d love to feel that way about it. In fact I feel like I have a love affair with the fresh, raw and real foods like fruits and vegetables. I spent most of my childhood cooking. I didn’t know it can be such a healing activity. Happiness is..listening to your favorite songs while cooking. That’s love. Even when they were older and not around much, my son would make his ‘Jason special hamburger dinner’ for us on the weekend. The months after we ended things were some of the hardest times in my life. I felt as alone there as I did in love — nobody to lean on, nowhere to take inspiration from. So when the world beyond your kitchen is in chaos , you can create a healing happiness-filled oasis, where chaos does not reign. Each week, we’d decide on a theme (a color, a geometric shape, a cuisine), and anybody who wanted to contribute to the potluck would bring their dish to the music building lobby at noontime. Our friendship begat a tradition that continued for the rest of our tenure at UC Santa Cruz: Vegan Wednesdays. Your points to remember are all excellent ones. Come Join the I strive for a happier, more loving and positive world in me and around me. It is another form of expression of our soul. When things were good between the two of us, I was inspired to cook up his favorite comfort foods, put together romantic picnics — cooking was often how I expressed my love. It was so so bad. She makes me feel that healing is easy and I’m so happy I have started my journey of healing with Zeenat.” ~ Alyssa. Yummy. Bruce was the cook for the family of three boys and his wife. Happiness is..cooking together..!! He grew up with a mother to whom cooking didn’t come naturally. As I near the end of my 20s, I’m looking back at what cooking has meant to me in this last decade. It feels like more of a chore when I “have to” throw together something for dinner to a lack-luster crowd (my 3 young children and husband who aren’t all that hungry).I feel that cooking is a social thing. Every couple months, I’d fly to Chicago or he’d fly home on school break, and we’d have these pained reunions that were rife with drama and miscommunication.
J, Canada“My sessions with Zeenat are the highlight of my week! How could I forget to love the process? But you don’t need silence to feel the happiness of cooking.
Cooking heals. However, near Winter Solstice I start baking goodies for those who are close to me. My husband says that, growing up, dinner was usually something “warm and brown and tasteless.” He’s amazed at how I can give something like brussel sprouts amazing flavor. On top of all of that, I’d totally lost my cooking mojo. I’ve been cooking since I was young, being a latch-key kid with my younger brother.
Seeing the smiles on my friends’ faces as they enjoyed a particularly awesome batch of cilantro hummus or demolished a plateful of samosas — that was love to me. Thank you Zeenat." It is definitely meditative and so often I feel like I am literally “channeling” the food preparation, so much so, that many a meal have been made to such delicacy only to never be repeated again, as I was in a state of deep being, rather than doing.To me food preparation (I call cooking that, as so much of my food is raw and not “cooked” in the typical sense of the word) is a big part of holistic self love and care, as it isn’t about whether we cook or not, as much as what we choose to nourish our body with. LIke Suzie, my family has been focusing more on healthy foods over the years.
With the coming of more day light towards the evening I plan on cooking at a campsite out in the Anza – Borrego Desert soon! I cherished that feeling, and it carried me through.
Worth viewing on YouTube.I love to cook for myself, with others, and for others!Three people I dearly loved that are no longer here come to mind regards your post Z :My brother John (dual diagnosed) was taught cooking skills. Also, I am blessed with a family that appreciates everything I make. I watched the movie last night and really…really liked it.
Sometimes, I want to hear the birds outside or the traffic zooming past too.Amazing post, dearest Zeenat. Heart centered blogging sounds great to me.You infuse cooking with the healing power of relaxation and joy! Yeah, the first time I cooked it was out of neccessity. The contented quiet that descends on a backyard of folks eating fresh strawberry cake with cooked vanilla frosting? Have just put beetroot, red onion with garlic and sweet potato into bake. Hi Zeenat .. are those chubby little arms and mits – your little ones? When that first dish bombed big time, and came time to serve it to my dad and little brothers I thought “such a simple dish, and I spoilt it.” (I had forgotten I was only 12 yrs old!) cooking to me is creating happiness in edible form.I love to cook now. I couldnt even have one bite of it.
God knows how all three loved serving those that the loved.Well, here in The States day light saving time will begin this March 11th. ~ Claire.P, Melbourne,Australia"Struggling for so many years, I had forgotten what happy felt like...until I met Zeenat. Sometimes I convince myself that there are negative energy dwelling in my kitchen but I know deep down that this is just a way to give the responsibility to external factors.I do a lot of cooking! Very funny! In just one session I felt like a lighter soul. I’m amazed at what it has done for me.
Thank you!” ~ Mary K., Australia“After just a few sessions with Zeenat my life started making sense to me.