The Importance Of Cooking With Love

I’ve been working on compiling a recipe center for my clear skin coaching program and just out of habit wrote down “Loving Preparation” instead of the usual “Method” that most people use. Which got me thinking why I decided to use the term loving preparation in the first place.

In my nutritional medicine studies I learned how important it is to be in a happy mood and positive frame of mind when you’re cooking. Because believe or not, your energy does go into the cooking. So if you cook from the heart and prepare food with love, then you’ll definitely be creating a better and much more enjoyable meal. And it goes both ways – if you hate the fact that you’re cooking, don’t like what you’re doing, or are in a cranky mood then your negative energy will come out in the food too.

This is really trippy hippy stuff I know, but there is definitely a lot of truth to it. I even dug up my old nutritional medicine text book so I had some kind of professionalism behind this blog post.

Introduction to vibrational cooking

Vibrational cooking covers both areas of the way the food is cooked (i.e what temperature and method of cooking) and the attitude and frame of mind of the cook. For this blog post I’m going to focus just on the attitude of the cook because otherwise the article will end up way too long for you to read!

When we cook, an invisible energy is transferred to the food we’re preparing, which then gets transferred to the people that consume it. The appearance, taste, presentation of the food and the way people feel after they’ve eaten it, is all a reflection on your current physical, emotional and spiritual state. It makes me wonder how “lovingly prepared” restaurant food is, especially fast food outlets staffed by teenagers who hate their jobs.

Here are a few key vibrational cooking facts to take note of-

• If the cook is angry then the anger is transferred into the food
• If the cook is feeling rejected then the food will most likely be rejected too
• Food cooked in a stressed or hurried manner can result in anxious, chaotic thoughts and actions. This is a big one for restaurants I think, how common is it for cooks and chefs to be rushing their food along?
• If the food is lacking in nutritional value then it can lead to overeating and a feeling of deprivation

I’m staying with my parents for a few weeks until my friends and I find a house to rent. So while I’m here I’m going to be doing a lot of the cooking for my mum. Partially because she hates cooking (therefore not much love is going into it) and partially because then I get to cook healthy stuff

Often when I cook I go into speed demon mode and hurry it all along. But now I’m going to make a conscious effort to slow down, enjoy the cooking process and cook with love. Personally I feel that preparing a meal can be a wonderful gift that you can provide to your family and friends so I’d like to do more of it. I’m looking forward to moving into my new house with my three beautiful yogini friends. We all love good food so there will be plenty of sharing lovingly prepared meals together!

Tips to help you enjoy the cooking process more

• Give yourself enough time to be able to slow down and cook at your own comfortable pace
• Find recipes and foods that you’re excited about cooking
• Get new recipes online and in books, I find that variety and trying new recipes makes me more excited about the cooking process
• Put aside the stress in your life for a while so you can devote 100% of your energy to the cooking process
• Be grateful for the opportunity to be able to cook for the nourishment and vitality of your friends and family (of even your own body!)
• Cook in a tidy kitchen
• Play relaxing music or turn off all digital distractions so you can enjoy the sounds of the cooking process
• Be simple with what you’re cooking, don’t make things too complicated for yourself
• Get to know the healing powers of foods and move towards cooking with good quality, healthy whole foods
• Cook for someone who inspires you or someone who you care for