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30 Days to a better man
2. Cooking saves you money. The manly man is a frugal man. He’s
always looking for ways to live within his means. And so he eats in
far more than he eats out. He understands how much money can be
saved by cooking one’s meals at home instead of eating at a restaurant.
The more clueless you are in the kitchen, the stronger the temptation
is to go out to eat. If the choice is between a PB&J at home or a
steak dinner somewhere else, the latter is always going to win. As you
get to the point where your own meals approach restaurant quality,
staying home will become more and more desirable.
3. Cooking keeps you healthy. It’s shocking to flip through a health
magazine and see the nutritional information for restaurant meals.
When a Quizno’s Classic Italian Sub has 1370 calories, PF Chang’s
Pork Lo Mein has 1820 calories, and Macaroni Grill’s Spaghetti and
Meatballs has 2430 calories, eating out not only does damage to your
wallet, it also does a number on your waistline. Restaurant meals don’t
just pack in the fat and calories either, they’re also loaded with salt;
Chili’s Buffalo Chicken Fajitas clocks in at 5690 milligrams of sodium
(2,300 mg is the recommended daily allowance).
Cooking allows you to create healthy meals that can still taste
great. And you can feel satisfied in knowing exactly what’s going into
your meals. And that some dude at Domino’s didn’t add boogers to
your order.
4. Cooking is creative. Finding years ago that they had no aptitude
for painting or music, many men live lives devoid of creative outlets.
Cooking is an incredibly creative process and proficiency in this art is
within the reach of every man. You take a bunch of disparate ingredients,
experiment with and tweak them, and create a whole far greater
than its parts.
Many men want to learn a craft, a skill, something they can do
with their hands. They consider woodworking or welding, but never
consider cooking. But it can produce the same kind of satisfaction
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