When I was younger and still single, I didn’t know how to cook.  I mean, I knew the basics—sauteeing, and frying, but I never really prepared a whole dish by myself.  I was just not into cooking.  I remember when I was in high school, my mom was the chief cook at home.  She literally cooked three to four times a day.  She would cook at around 6 am for breakfast, just before I get picked up by the bus at 7 am.  She cooked again at about 10 am for lunch. Then, again for “snacks” (snacks are a must in the Filipino culture, and I mean snacking a whole…