Cooking Therapy Quotes

I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.

I've always loved to cook. It helps me to relax and gives me peace. It's my nourishment.

Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.

I quite enjoy cooking. I love cooking for my friends. It's communal, it reminds me of being with family, and it's also a form of therapy; it heals you from the inside out.

At my lowest point, I found cooking.

Cooking has always brought me a happiness that I didn't think was available. I just fire up the stove, and things start to fade away.

I've cooked plenty of meals when I was sad, lonely, depressed, angry, bored, and/or under the weather. My primary aim in these circumstances is generally to cheer myself up, to fill my stomach with something warm so I can feel comforted and fed, usually just with a quick soup or an omelet.

Cooking, to me, it's kind of therapeutic. It's completely different from music as well. I'm not amazing at it, but I can cook myself a good meal. And I'm not just saying this, but anytime I'm on the bus or at home, I'm watching Food Network or cooking on TV just 'cause it's interesting to me.

I'd say, for me, it's cooking that gives me a space beyond music. I love food. And somehow, music and food go together so well. Cooking is very therapeutic. That preparation, the fragrance of spices, the wafting aromas - it just sweeps aside my depression, tiredness and name what you may.

I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose.

Cooking is the best occupational therapy for me. And when I cook, everybody comes to eat. It's the greatest thing.

Cooking is the best way to unwind at the end of a long writing day. There's something mindless and hands-on about cooking, which makes it feel like the very opposite of writing, which is heady but inactive.

We spend our lives in front of screens, and cooking is one of the best antidotes.

Just the act of cooking made her feel better, because cooking was life.

I really like getting the person who is terrified of cooking into the kitchen and showing them that cooking can be both indulgent and fun.

Cooking is really calming. Sharing food with friends, cooking.

Cooking is good therapy for me.

A lot of people say it's cathartic to cook, and I'm like, 'How is it cathartic washing all these dishes?'

If I'm feeling crazy, I'll make some bacon because I'm obsessed with bacon.

I've been cooking for a nine-year-old and her friends for the better part of seven or eight years. It's how I cook today, it's what makes me happy. I tend to overcompensate for my long absences when I'm home by cooking and it's therapeutic to me - it's how I express love for my daughter. It felt good to do.

When I cook, my brain stops completely.

When I get very stressed, I make jam. I like things that produce a quick result, because fashion has such a long lead time. With jam, you start, and two-three hours later, you have 36 little pots, all full.

The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.

I put the guitar back in the case. I can't even look at it anymore. Instead, I want to make brownies. I want an end result there's a recipe for. I want to combine eggs and water and oil and chocolate and flour and sugar and vanilla and get something fulfilling.