Seasonal affective disorder and rediscovering the kitchen
When it's so grey and miserable outside, it's easy to lose enthusiasm about activities that used to bring so much joy to life. I've recently rediscovered that time to myself, in my own home, is of the utmost importance to my mental well-being. For me, an integral part of this is involves cooking. Although I normally prefer to cook for others, entertaining and such, in my latest introverted mood cooking simple meals for my husband and me has revived me and made me feel human again after a hectic month.
As part of the new year January health revival, I've also decided to eat less meat. With my husband being from Argentina and a huge lover of all things from a cow (the opposite of my Hindu upbringing, where cow loving means a completely different thing), I've found myself eating meat almost every day. Shock horror, especially to my almost vegetarian and hugely anaemic mother. So I'm trying to remember the good old vegetarian recipes of my vegetarian teenage years. So we also started ordering seasonal, local vegetable boxes. More to come of how that goes, and whether I can really cook healthy, seasonal vegetarian food without driving my husband crazy...
When it's so grey and miserable outside, it's easy to lose enthusiasm about activities that used to bring so much joy to life. I've recently rediscovered that time to myself, in my own home, is of the utmost importance to my mental well-being. For me, an integral part of this is involves cooking. Although I normally prefer to cook for others, entertaining and such, in my latest introverted mood cooking simple meals for my husband and me has revived me and made me feel human again after a hectic month.
As part of the new year January health revival, I've also decided to eat less meat. With my husband being from Argentina and a huge lover of all things from a cow (the opposite of my Hindu upbringing, where cow loving means a completely different thing), I've found myself eating meat almost every day. Shock horror, especially to my almost vegetarian and hugely anaemic mother. So I'm trying to remember the good old vegetarian recipes of my vegetarian teenage years. So we also started ordering seasonal, local vegetable boxes. More to come of how that goes, and whether I can really cook healthy, seasonal vegetarian food without driving my husband crazy...
