Just what the doctor ordered.

[little_O]

I find making pasta sauce (the traditional ragu that takes hours of slow cooking) to be so therapeutic! It's like an instant stress reliever.

Do you have any particular foods to be calming and make you feel good to make?

[Rose_19]

Yes! Mine is also pasta sauce!

[Rouge]

Curries for me definitely. Or congee. I love the smells!

Although baking always does it for me too! Who am I kidding most cooking lol! I'm feeling rubbish today. And making party food for next weekend.

[PumpkinZulu]

Pho! Or DH's spaghetti bolognese, we make it together and it takes hours.

[Amity]

Cookies.

[RhiChiChi]

Soup, bone broth in particular.

[Ladylove]

I love anything in my slow cooker but particularly curries. I enjoy grinding the spices with the mortar and pestle and trying different spice combinations, the way the scent fills the room and the satisfying, relaxing feeling that dinner is cooking itself and all I need is to cook some rice etc and serve at dinner!

[Astrid]

Any cooking when the children are not around. I prefer not to be bugged whilst cooking, so I do it enjoy it when I have peace and quiet.

[MrsFabuloso]

Soups, particularly pea and ham, chicken noodle and lamb and vege soup.

[nickle730]

Slow cooked lamb shanks (served on mash and with greens). I love the smell filling the house, so warm and comforting. Then watching them cook until they fall off the bone... the lack of effort involved with eating them, then the full, warm tummy and off to bed!

[peanutter]

lasagne.

[Nai]

Anything with wine in it so I have an excuse for a glass for myself while cooking

[BhoysGirl]

Bread. I love kneading it until it's silky and my arms have had a good workout. Then the smell of it cooking is one of my favourite smells in the world.

[Dansta]

chocolate cake.
from scratch.
then making the iceing and if i'm feeling really crappy and have a glut of eggs i'll make custard and maccarunes to go with it.

[JLeigh29]

Pretty much any cooking is therapeutic for me - not so much when DS is stirring, 'taste testing' and spilling everything, lol!

I love my bolognaise that simmers for several hours...mmmmm!

And, for an easy fix, mushroom soup. I love pan frying the mushrooms in garlic and butter, and using the wazzer to pulverise something is always therapeutic, lol!