{"id":484,"date":"2005-11-13T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2005-11-13T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/11\/real-men-cook.html"},"modified":"2005-11-13T18:03:02","modified_gmt":"2005-11-13T18:03:02","slug":"real-men-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/11\/real-men-cook.html","title":{"rendered":"Real men cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took me 28 years to figure out I could help Kris in the kitchen. I am now the cook in our home, and I have plenty of years of work ahead of me to even the score. I admit, I love it. Last night on our way home from church we stopped at Panera&#8217;s for some dinner just before we did grocery shopping at Trader Joe&#8217;s &#8212; my favorite grocery store. We had (at Panera&#8217;s) Cuban Black Bean soup &#8212; and Kris suggested I figure out how to make it. <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nSo, last night I searched a bit on the internet, found a recipe, and today our home has been filled since about noon with the aromas of black beans, some lentils, and a bundle of spices and veggies.<br \/>\nKris never really enjoyed cooking and I never thought it was my role and she wanted our kids to eat something healthy and on time so it worked out in our family history that I was useless in the kitchen. One day it dawned on me that I could help out and that men can cook other than with grills or outdoors.<br \/>\nNow Kris shops and then plans the meals and gets things out in the morning. She says, &#8220;We&#8217;ll have salmon tonight.&#8221; It is mine to figure out the rest &#8212; I love it. So, I got into cooking &#8230; I&#8217;ll be sharing some recipes over time.<br \/>\nRisotto, I must admit, is my favorite meal to cook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took me 28 years to figure out I could help Kris in the kitchen. I am now the cook in our home, and I have plenty of years of work ahead of me to even the score. I admit, I love it. 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