20. a photo of something you enjoy doing

I picked this photo in spite of my incredible dorkitude, five months post-partum figure, etc etc etc — I love to cook! And I love to cook for Freya and I look forward to teaching her how to cook and bake from scratch, lest it become a lost art in this country by the time she is an adult. We eat as little processed food as possible. I don’t even like buying canned beans anymore, much better to just buy them in bulk dried and then soak them. I like cooking and baking so much I think sometime next year I will begin canning as well. I want to make pickles and can tomatoes as well as preserves of some kind. And peaches!

If you know what you are doing, cooking with whole ingredients from scratch winds up being cheaper than buying premade. Yes, it takes more time. But sometimes, living healthily takes work. It’s worth it. I’d rather spend an hour making good food than sitting in front of TV. Plus, one can make big batches of food and freeze for a meal later on when you don’t have the energy for cooking.