{"id":8898,"date":"2014-03-25T02:56:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T06:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2014-03-25T01:00:28","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T05:00:28","slug":"ladies-actually-like-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/ladies-actually-like-cooking.html","title":{"rendered":"Ladies, Do You Actually Like Cooking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can confidently say that I have a love-hate relationship with cooking. I cannot say that I dislike it, but I don&#8217;t quite like it either. Basically, I enjoy experimenting and trying new recipes, and I have never eaten any food that I like better than the one I cooked myself, but there are just <del>days<\/del> months that I don&#8217;t feel like cooking.<\/p>\n<p>I have shown you pictures of some of the foods I have cooked through my <a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.com\/tag\/icook\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>iCook series<\/strong><\/a>, and I enjoyed cooking every one of those meals. The only thing that has stopped me from putting up more cooking posts is that I am often lazy to take pictures of the food. I just have to give it to food bloggers because taking pictures of food is an art on its own. The irony of not caring too much to cook is that I get livid with excitement whenever I get a cooking campaign. So does that mean that I actually like cooking?<\/p>\n<p>I am always mentally imagining myself in my future kitchen. I know <em>exactly<\/em> what I want it to look like. It&#8217;s going to be the kind of kitchen that no matter who the guest is, he\/she will be begging me to let them cook. Our kitchen right now is cozy. <em>Cozy<\/em> is a cute word for tiny. It&#8217;s not unbearably tiny, and it was perfect when we first got the apartment, but we are now outgrowing it, so I&#8217;m looking forward to my future kitchen. I know exactly what I want it to look like. Have I said that before?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8902\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/My-Cozy-Kitchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8902\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8902\" alt=\"My cozy kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/My-Cozy-Kitchen.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/My-Cozy-Kitchen.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/My-Cozy-Kitchen-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My cozy kitchen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I watch Food Network, I just want to go out and buy all the ingredients and make that food &#8211; even if I have no idea what it is. Speaking of Food Network, it also makes me want to buy all the kitchen gadgets and appliances. Am I alone in this? It&#8217;s the same way that HGTV makes me want to remodel anything and everything, including my rental apartment (which would definitely get me evicted). The only reason why I am not going crazy with buying kitchen appliances right now is because I don&#8217;t have the space to keep them. I don&#8217;t like clutter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8903\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Why-I-Have-A-Kitchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8903\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8903\" alt=\"Why I actually have a kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Why-I-Have-A-Kitchen.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Why-I-Have-A-Kitchen.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Why-I-Have-A-Kitchen-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why I actually have a kitchen<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Funny enough, this is the little decor I have on the wall. How apt, huh? I have another one that says, <em>&#8220;Given enough coffee, I could rule the world,&#8221;<\/em> but I bought that one because of Igwe. He&#8217;s the coffee guzzler. I&#8217;m not much of a caffeine consumer. Speaking of cooking anyway, I watched the video below and although I don&#8217;t know exactly what she&#8217;s making or what it tastes like, it just looks so good that I&#8217;d like to make it, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All I need now is my dream kitchen to make it happen. Yes, I realize that there&#8217;s nothing stopping me from doing it now, but I&#8217;ll hold my kitchen responsible and use it as an excuse. By the way, when Igwe was in Nigeria, I barely cooked. To be more specific, I cooked once. For me, even if I don&#8217;t have any other food in my house, I&#8217;ll definitely have milk and cereal, and when I have milk and cereal, everything is just fine.<\/p>\n<p>I still don&#8217;t know if I like cooking or not. But I&#8217;d like to cook more. 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