Cooking is a highly creative hobby to take up. You can create your own dishes, tweak well known recipes, blend your favourite cuisines, your creative juices will be in full flow. You can pick your own ingredients and do as you please, you can, mash, blend, boil, roast, dice, slice them, itâs your choice.Everyone can get stressed from time to time and there arenât many better ways releasing stress than cooking. It can be calming and relaxing to take your mind off work and focus on cooking. If you find cooking stressful, it may be because youâre not prepared. Preparation is key if you wish to relax while cooking. Planning meals for the week will eliminate any last minute decisions and stress.