What’s your favorite thing to cook?
One of misconception of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder is that we are disorganized and unpredictable.
This is a lie.
Despite being labelled as ‘bipolar’ I am very well organised and quite predictable. I lived in four different countries, and each move was well planned and organised. I always made lists of things to do, dividing them in urgent and non urgent. I successfully settled in different cultures and environments, and always made friends wherever I went.
Also, I am very predictable. If I say I will do something, I do it, unless something unpredictable happens outside of my influence. I am always on time (actually, usually, five minutes earlier), and always on top of any deadlines.
I also have a strict routine. I have to. I raise a son and have a cat. Both need food and some stability. Therefore, I plan things in advance. I order my food online and cook more or less the same things, where I don’t have to read a recipe, and this brings me to the following observation about myself:
I am a good cook.
Being a good cook doesn’t mean that you always have to present dishes that you can eat in the best French restaurants. Even the smallest dish with a couple of ingredients can be delicious. When I have time I try new recipes, as both me and my son are foodies, but because I work and often lack time for culinary experimentations, I just cook what I know already.
We eat lasagne, paella, risotto, roasts with mashed potatoes and gravy, fried potatoes and meatballs, – rarely anything that would take more than forty minutes of my time.
And because I know that it takes only forty minutes and I know how to cook, I usually enjoy the moment, by listening to music and adding magic to my cooking, such as original spices and stuff.
Cooking should never be boring.
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