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Hate it. DH cooks. I cook maybe one/week or less.

I loooooove cooking. But I hate grocery shopping and cleaning up

Depends on the day and what I am cooking. I don't actually mind the cooking part usually, but I hate meal planning and grocery shopping.

Funny, I LOVE cooking, but HATE baking!

I actually miss being kid-free and having the time to spend 1-2 hours in the kitchen making something fancy for dinner.

Dishes that come from cooking though, I just pretend those don't exist

I don't mind it, but I cook very easy stuff like curry sauce out of a jar, roast things in the oven etc. so it's more like preparing than cooking

@yoursilverlining: Do you hate baking because you have to be precise and actually measure things? That's what kills me. I prefer to just 'eyeball' quantities and play around with different combos. Doesn't work so well with baking... haha. And yes, I loooove coming home to actually make something and feel accomplished with my time!

I'm so jealous of my friends who genuinely enjoying cooking! I'm also jealous of my friends who have husbands that cook more than just grilling!

Cooking is completely a chore for me.

Love cooking, hate dishes! So does my husband, so we alternate - the person who cooks doesn't have to do the dishes. Unfortunately, I don't get home until 8PM during the week, so mostly he cooks and I'm stuck doing dishes at 10PM.

@swurlygurl: and @grizz: yes, that's why I hate baking too! I loathe following recipes; it's food - it should be fun and enjoyable and personalized for what I/my family likes best. When I have to measure things exactly and can't really taste as I go and adjust then it feels like a chore.

LOVE everything about cooking except the cleaning.

I actually read cookbooks like I would a regular book.

I hate cooking huge meals that take forever to make. 2+ hours to prepare, 15 minutes to eat. That ratio seems messed up to me!

I enjoy it and wished I had more time to cook more often. I cook dinner about 2-3 times a week and always for the holidays.

DH is starting to take over cooking more often so we don't have order out.

We both hate doing the dishes afterwards.

I don't mind grocery shopping but I hate it when I have left over ingredients that go bad.

I really dislike cooking. Sometimes I will be making something for a holiday or special occasion (aka not after work when I'm exhausted) and I will think it's almost enjoyable. The vast majority of the time I am scrambling to get food on the table and loathe every minute.

I don't mind it so much b/c I like trying out new recipes and experimenting. As for the cleaning up, if I cook my husband cleans up and vice versa

It depends. If I have time to do it right and am making something I'm excited about, I really enjoy it. If it's 8 pm and I'm starving but haven't had time to eat yet and I'm just making something to quickly shovel in my mouth, I resent having to cook. I also love grocery shopping but hate cleaning the kitchen!

Love cooking but hate the mess and the dishes.

Love cooking but only when I'm not exhausted. IE not weeknights while I'm working. I'm on mat leave now and really enjoying cooking.

I like to cook, but I don't enjoy it evey single night. Some nights it feels like a chore. I loathe cleaning the kitchen.