My cooking and guitar playing have both improved immensely in the past year.
Pre-COVID I was competent, but unambitious in the kitchen. I’d try new things once in a while but generally would shy away from making things from scratch that I hadn’t tried before, and reserve baking for once or twice a year.
Since COVID hit I’ve become a weekly baker, and I’m trying new recipes almost weekly. Tonight I made butter chicken from scratch for the first time ever, a week ago my wife and I made pasta dough for the first time. Sunday afternoon I made a pot of chicken soup just from whatever we had in the kitchen. So it’s been nice to really hone my skills in the kitchen.
As much as I do miss eating out, it's helped that I've been able to dump some of our date night money into higher quality ingredients to have on hand.
Spoiler for tasty food pics:
And we’ll guitar… it’s a healthy distraction from doom scrolling.