Recently, Eater (one of my go-to sites for food news) featured a great article that reflected upon short-lived New Year’s Resolutions to cook more, and how being stuck at home indefinitely can lead to a cooking rut…or worse…boredom in the kitchen!
The solution? Give yourself a challenge with specific parameters, like cooking your way through an entire cookbook, or adding a certain number of meatless meals into your rotation each week. That way, there’s a common theme, but each day brings a new recipe and a new focus to get excited about!
Read moreYou’re probably wondering what neuroscience has to do with cooking. Don’t worry…I’m not a zombie (mmm, brains!).
Well, do you like to cook? Ask yourself why or why not. If you do, it’s probably a habit you’ve formed over time and repetition, until it’s something that feels familiar to you. If not, it can still feel uncomfortable and scary. That’s pretty normal of any new habit, whether it’s starting to meditate, learning to cook, or picking up an old running routine again. And throughout all this research on habits, there is one truth that can’t be overlooked: it takes practice!
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