Anyone cook for themselves?

[Eliza Snark]

I'm curious, does anyone here mostly eat meals you cooked yourself? I still live with my folks, but they and I have pretty different schedules, so about half a year ago I started learning to make delicious meals all on my own. It's fun, rewarding, and a valuable life skill- I like to think I've gotten pretty good at it since I first started. So uh, to help get this started...

When did you start mostly or entirely cooking for yourself? Did you learn by trial and error, or did anyone teach you? Any fun experiences preparing meals?

[HalleyJ]

I mostly cook for myself, I live in the bush and don't have access to fast food or supermarkets. I have to go and buy a months worth of stuff every month and live off it.

[Cognizant]

I'm dirt poor, so most of the time it's fast food/junk food :\

Though I do try to cook for my family on occasion. Other times, when my dad isn't cooking, and i'm too lazy, a waffle will be my dinner.

[OldSchool]

No, either I make girls make me sandwiches or I eat out.

[Eliza Snark]

No, either I make girls make me sandwiches or I eat out.

You know, most ladies adore men who can cook for themselves.

[OldSchool]

You know, most ladies adore men who can cook for themselves.

True, and to lure them in I do cook for them, until a certain point at which they cook for me.

[Eliza Snark]

True, and to lure them in I do cook for them, until a certain point at which they cook for me.

I hope you're being facetious young man.

[Fushigi]

i cook for myself ^^

[OldSchool]

I hope you're being facetious young man.

Young man? Haven't been called that by anyone in awhile lol, regardless I generally straddle the line between humorous and serious.

[Abyssal Echo]

I'm curious, does anyone here mostly eat meals you cooked yourself? I still live with my folks, but they and I have pretty different schedules, so about half a year ago I started learning to make delicious meals all on my own. It's fun, rewarding, and a valuable life skill- I like to think I've gotten pretty good at it since I first started. So uh, to help get this started...

When did you start mostly or entirely cooking for yourself? Did you learn by trial and error, or did anyone teach you? Any fun experiences preparing meals?

I cook alot :D

[Sonic Boom]

My parents taught me to cook the basics, then I took it from there. Fast food is expensive here compared to cooking food yourself though, which is another contributing factor I suppose.

[ArsenicCatNip]

I know how to cook some things, but I wouldn't call myself an expert.

[Eliza Snark]

Young man? Haven't been called that by anyone in awhile lol, regardless I generally straddle the line between humorous and serious.
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Fast food is expensive here compared to cooking food yourself though, which is another contributing factor I suppose.
Not to mention fast food is terribly unhealthy and gross. :x

[OldSchool]

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Not to mention fast food is terribly unhealthy and gross. :x

Life is too shore to live too seriously.
And it may be unhealthy and gross but since I don't smoke and drink I can afford myself one vice.

[Empty Spaces]

I love to cook. My mom taught me.. and i think that i'm pretty good at it, for now :)

[Eliza Snark]

Like a lot of people here, my mother's been a fantastic help in teaching me how to cook. She's got this binder full of incredible recipes she's put together over the years- Of all the things I'm going to inherit someday, it's easily going to be one of my most treasured.

[Katy_G]

I don't really cook I can make like macaroni and cheese from the box and you know easy stuff like that. My mom and my step mom try to teach me but I get bored waiting for stuff to boil and cook so I leave and then it burns

[Noirtier]

I can cook for myself--and in fact I'm better at it than my mom. :P Most of the time though, I either just let her cook or we go out and get something. Yeah, I like cooking and I'm a fairly good cook, but I don't have as much time as I'd like to have to be able to cook at this point in my life. Between school, extracurricular activities, college applications, etc., I hardly have enough time as it is

[rachin2u42]

i love to cook

[Eliza Snark]

I can cook for myself--and in fact I'm better at it than my mom. :P Most of the time though, I either just let her cook or we go out and get something. Yeah, I like cooking and I'm a fairly good cook, but I don't have as much time as I'd like to have to be able to cook at this point in my life. Between school, extracurricular activities, college applications, etc., I hardly have enough time as it is

Really? I know plenty of wonderful recipes that can be prepared in less than forty five minutes.

[gipsy danger]

I taught myself how to cook. I just read instruction. then I experimented with different recipes. and my mom makes me cook after I get off work c:

[Maiden]

I've cooked for myself almost everyday for 4 years now

[Thepolice5291]

Occasionally I will cook for my family but I regularly cook for myself

[Castle of Glass]

i know how to cook good meals. started with recipes, but now-a-days just buy ingredients, mix them together and see how it turns out.

[Jess]

Not really. I used to have my mom cook spicy noodles though...now I can do them myself, although ever since I discovered the easier way, I have been using that way (microwave)

[LiamC]

Yeah sometimes I make my own meals but it's never anything more exciting than pasta with a sauce or tuna or something :p

[nick]

I live with my dad & sister, I do most of the cooking

[vernon]

i mostly cook for my self when my parents aren't home.i like it.

[survivor]

I am the only vegetarian in my family so I find myself cooking a lot, because I do not eat what has been prepared for supper.

[mustangboi]

i personaly dont

[Texas warrior]

I mostly cook for my self, I also am the main cook for my house.

[DerBear]

I cook for myself sometimes.

Generally it varies depending on how much time I have.

[TigerBoy]

Yeah I enjoy it. I have a small list of things I can make and I do often enough to make edible, and I sometimes see things on tv that my mum gets me the stuff to make if I fancy trying it. So if my parents go out I've made stuff for me & my boyfriend a few times instead of just getting a pizza or something (healthier!).

[Steve Jobs]

I'm dirt poor, so most of the time it's fast food/junk food :\

Though I do try to cook for my family on occasion. Other times, when my dad isn't cooking, and i'm too lazy, a waffle will be my dinner.

It's still cheaper to cook than it is to get fast food :)

[AuthorX303720]

I cook mostly breakfast and lunch. Man.... do I really need to learn to cook for dinner

[txtwister13]

My parents have weird schedules too, so I have to cook for myself sometimes and when I'm in the mood its fun and I do OK......but when I'm tired and just want something to eat quick its the microwave for me....i'm great at microwave cooking! :P

[workingatperfect]

Mom works late a lot, so I mostly cook for myself, but there isn't a ton of cooking involved haha. My specialty is anything frozen or from a box or can. :P

[Green Arrow]

I'm training to become a chef though having said that after a day of cooking the last thing on my mind is making food, more eating food.

[dusman77]

Does microwaveable stuff count? Lol

[Skyline]

I love cooking! but I love baking even more!!

[Jen Jones]

sometimes, allthough im not much of a cook

[Lost in the Echo]

I cook for myself sometimes.
A few people in my family have taught me how to.

[AbbaZabba]

My parents are out a lot, so I've learned to cook a lot and love doing it.

[DarkHorse4eva]

i make dinner for my family some days a week and i make fancy food for lunch

[Mobalo]

I actually cook for my mom and me all the time. The thing is, my mom's pretty ill and most of the time she can't do any house work at all. That means I'm stuck with all the cleaning, washing and cooking which really isn't ideal for a 13 yo.

But I've really started to enjoy the cooking part. It's fun and I'm learning a lot, esp from the internet. :)

[SimSailorNick]

I wake up late on the weekends so everyone in my house has already eaten breakfast and i have to cook my own breakfast. I just watch my mom do it and after a few tries, i got a hang of it. Haha.

[AbbaZabba]

Does peanut butter and jelly on toast count as a hot meal???

[CharlieHorse]

I cook for myself and everyone all the time!
I make great dishes. :p

[swaggerman84]

Shieeeeeet i cook everything although my speciality pasta and christmas and thanksgiving dinner ooh lord you can't stop eating once you get a bite of chefs michael delicious food

[Syvelocin]

Well, I kind of have to. But I started when I was sixteen. Cooking isn't hard, and I don't understand people who can't, taught or not. I used to cook full breakfast at age nine.

[PerpetualMotionSquad]

My mum and dad work really late because we are really short on money at the moment. However I don't cook a microwave is my best friend :P

[Smeagol]

I would cook for myself. If I could. I cook for myself at home, but I live in a dorm so I can't really cook :(

[NomSan]

I almost always cook for myself, unless people make stuff I wanna eat.

[randomnessqueen]

i cook for myself often, i love to cook
i just made a nice stirfry today

[Lilly F 97]

yea i cook for myself everyday...parents are NEVER home!

[sophiaLockhart]

when I get the chance I cook my own food, been trying to start getting into doing restaurant style meals

[Croconaw]

I'm sort of forced to cook for myself when I'm home alone. I can definitely walk down Subway, though. I live 2 minutes away from one.

[CyrustheGreat]

i am an aspiring chef myself. not the kind that can just make food without a recipe, or experiment with food, but i can follow recipes. i plan to be like that some day. :)

[justin 13]

Yeah I do 4 me and my bro. Have to, no mom and Dad comes later.

[LunarScorpio]

I do, just because school meals can be absolute Rubbish and supermarket curries and microwave meals are better

[SniperKing]

I cook food occasionally.

[Miserabilia]

When I need too. I can cook some stuff. :) ( just look at my signature)

[scott757]

Yeah sometimes I am home when my parents are not and need to get stuff to eat before they come back to then take me somewhere, so yeah for the last three years or so I've been making my tea quite often during the week. Also I remembered a recipie for a chow mein from School and make that for my mum and me every so often, it goes down well, very tasty. Also when I'm off school I almost always need to make my own lunch as I'm the only one home! :P

[coolboy323]

not really, mostly i order a pizza or get some microwive food lol.