When stocking up for quarantine, I found myself thinking about baking of all things. Making sure I got plenty of baking staples was definitely on my mind as I filled my cart with all the other essentials that my family would need at least for the next month or possibly longer. I knew that, somehow, we must all find a way to maintain our sanity through this and baking will be my salvation.
All of my friends know how much I love to bake. One friend even texted me and asked me to send her a picture every time I bake something while in quarantine. I guess that way she knows, if I’m still baking, I must be doing ok.
We have all been given this extra time at home, with fewer distractions from the outside world to slow down and think about what is really important in our lives. It truthfully has been an eye-opener to discover what we can live without and how we can conserve and cut back when we really need to. Feeding my family has been a priority for me during this crisis. Comfort food can get us through many struggles, and this has been no exception. It cannot help us from contracting the virus, but it can make our time in quarantine much more tolerable.
So, I have been doing a lot more cooking and baking than usual. Doing something that I love brings me a high level of contentment and peace. I have really gone back to the basics with a lot of things. Cooking more things from scratch, baking more, making my own laundry detergent, sewing, reading, just figuring out how to make due with what I have on hand.
Truthfully, I haven’t minded any of it. And my family has not minded at all that there has been an abundance of good food and sweet treats during our quarantine.
Stay safe everyone!
