The beauty of cooking: six benefits of cooking

Today everything is within reach of an app, from shopping for home and clothes to groceries and ready-made meals. Cooking seemed to have become out of date, but fortunately this is not the case. Although food delivery is taking hold, at the same time there is also an approach to healthy and eco-sustainable cuisine. People are becoming more and more concerned about their health, about what's on their plate, where it comes from and how it was produced.  

If cooking is your hobby, you will have already experienced the benefits it can have, certainly in terms of health and nutrition. There are actually other 'side' benefits as well.

1. Get your creativity going

If you love cooking, you'll have fun doing it too. While you're likely to make a mess at first or combine ingredients that don't always match up, with a little experience you'll be able to create delicious recipes from what's in your own home; so, the question "What are we eating today?" won't be so scary anymore. Find out more about how cooking can boost your creativity

Get inspired by the most particular tools you can find on WowPorium.

2. Genuine foods

Packaged foods are full of sodium, sugar or additives, which taken often and in large quantities are not exactly good for your health. Cooking for yourself means you'll also know what's in your food; you can avoid ingredients you don't like or that are harmful, and add those you like best, to create nutritious and safe meals.

In addition, there are a number of health benefits, as well as ingredient control: you can better manage your weight, you'll eat more variety and you can practice portion control.

Avoid food waste: use tools that help with storage.

 3. Exploring and getting to know new cultures

While on the one hand there is a return to traditions in cooking, at the same time there is a reinterpretation of traditional dishes in a modern, healthier way. In fact, by cooking, you can also discover new dishes from your own culture. Furthermore, we are increasingly moving towards globalisation, so if until a few years ago it was unimaginable to think of eating seaweed, nowadays there is a sushi restaurant in every city, or you can even find it in the refrigerated counters of the supermarket. So you can easily try new foods from different cultures, thanks to the presence of new ingredients at the grocery. You can expand your horizons and taste the world directly from your kitchen!

4. A super hobby

Cooking can be defined as a super hobby because it can incorporate other hobbies; it is a very versatile task that does not exclude other activities regardless. In fact, while cooking you can listen to music and dance, you can spend time with others, but also watch something on TV.

 5. The beauty of being together

Food brings people together. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, are all moments of sharing, at home with your family or with your flatmates, out with friends, in the office with colleagues. Eating together is great; if you like to cook, you can invite people to enjoy a few moments together, seeing them happy around their plates will be a great satisfaction.

There are some very real psychological benefits of cooking for other people.

Also, on WowPorium you can find lots of tools to help you cook for more people, and beautiful decorations to create themed parties!

 6. Cooking as meditation

Cooking can be meditative and relaxing when we take our time and really get into it. It is ritual in nature. Recipes can be passed down from generation to generation. It allows us to connect with each other across time and distance. We cook for those we love. Certain scents and flavours can transport us back in time and evoke memories. In this way, cooking can also be cathartic. Read more about how to use cooking as a Mindfulness Practice. 

So, the next time you need a break, are bored or simply hungry, allow yourself to create and experiment in the kitchen. Cooking can be a really satisfying hobby if we take the time to learn. Help yourself by choosing the products that best suit your needs on WowPorium: you can find tools for beginners as well as for experts.        

Maria Schembri