The advantages of cooking yourself
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More and more nutritionists say: cooking your own, with pure unprocessed ingredients, is the most healthy for humans. These are the benefits of cooking yourself.
1. You are in control
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When you cook yourself, you have control over what you add to your dishes. How much sugar, how much salt and how much fat, for example. In addition, you do not use dyes, fragrances or flavorings in your own kitchen. This is the biggest advantage over ready-made products. The food industry generously scatters salt and sugar and uses many aids. The dishes that you make yourself have a much purer taste.
2. Cooking yourself makes you aware
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Go and bake your own cookies. You can then see exactly how much butter, flour and sugar (or dates, or honey) go through the dough. That makes you aware: you are less likely to grab another biscuit.
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11 minMain dishpeanut oil, tofu stir-fry cubes finely seasoned, stir fry sauce sweet and sour, thick noodles, carrot julienne, beetroot julienne, yellow bell pepper, watercress,rainbow salad with tofu -
45 minMain dishRed cabbage, mild olive oil, quinoa plus, forest outing, lemon, sesame oil, soy sauce less salt, Bio Today tahini white in pot, tap water,grilled red cabbage with quinoa salad -
30 minDessertBrie, Roquefort, port salut, gruyere, Camembert, walnut, garlic, thyme, honey, grape, baguette, Red onion, red grape, raisins, Red wine, Red wine vinegar, Brown sugar,generous cheese plate with onion marmalade -
30 minDessertFull Milk, whipped cream, macaroon, custard powder, vanilla sugar, sugar, protein, amaretto, almond liqueur, basic recipe cooking pears,macaroon pastry with casserole
3. Cooking yourself is cheaper
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Imagine making a farmer's omelette with a bag of pre-cut vegetables and a bag of 'mix for farmer's omelette'. That will quickly cost you - apart from the eggs - € 2.50. It is much cheaper to cut a leek and bell pepper yourself and add some herbs to the omelet. This applies to many products from the supermarket: making it yourself is often cheaper. Please note: this rule does not apply to unhealthy products (such as cookies, chips, frozen chips and pre-seasoned kilo bangers)! So don't let that price difference fool you.
4. Cooking yourself costs energy (nice!)
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Shopping at the market, kneading dough, cutting vegetables, stirring in the pan: it all costs energy and therefore calories. Purely by preparing your food you are already on the move and you therefore already use extra energy: a bonus!
5. You add a secret ingredient
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When you cook yourself, you add something extra to your food. And that is love and attention. You can of course shrug your shoulders about that, but really: you can taste the difference if you prepare something tasty in your own kitchen instead of ready-made from the supermarket. A bolognese sauce that simmers for hours will make the house smell delicious and make everyone feel like eating.
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5 minDrink without alcoholbananas, cool fresh apple-pear raspberry juice, Soy drink vanilla,soy fruit shake -
20 minMain dishsauerkraut, sticking potato, liquid baking product, half-to-half minced, Spice meatballs, pineapple, olive oil, liquid baking product,gratin sauerkraut dish with minced meat -
40 minMain dishlemongrass, fresh ginger, Red peppers, onions, tomato cubes, fresh cod fillet, coriander, oil, ground turmeric (koenjit), coconut milk, salt,fish in creamy coconut sauce -
15 minSide dishsweet potato, soft goat cheese, egg, spring / forest onion,stuffed sweet potato with egg
6. Cooked out? Good buying is also an art
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Cooking yourself really does have advantages. But most people don't feel like working in the kitchen every day. Certainly not if you are single. What is the solution then? Buy smart
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Cooking yourself really does have advantages. But most people don't feel like working in the kitchen every day. Especially when you are single. What is the solution then? Buy smart