2. Feel the difference between “cooking” and “making dinner”

Cooking is art, love, experimentation, relaxation, and fun. It can be savored as an experience. Sing along to music you love, while losing yourself in the rhythm of chopping and the aroma of far off places.

Making dinner is more like, “If I don’t get that food from its ingredient state, into dinner state, and into my mouth soon, I’m going to murder someone.”

I like to separate the two as much as possible. Cooking on Sunday is creative “me” time so that the rest of the week, making breakfast, lunch, and dinner is as painless as possible.