To prepare food in a dream is to express creativity and can signify a need for greater expression of emotion.
However, it may also indicate the dreamer’s desire to control others or to ingratiate him or herself.
If great pains were taken over a small detail of the food preparation or presentation, this could suggest that the dreamer is being pedantic or perfectionist to a fault.
The food that you are cooking in your dream can represent a goal or a project.
Preparing the food in dreams can symbolize movement toward your goal or the completion of your project.
Cooking in a dream often represents a desire to satisfy an emotional or spiritual hunger. You may dream that someone is cooking you a meal when you are in need of emotional support or when you are feeling lost spiritually.
If you dream that you are cooking a meal for someone else, you feel that they need emotional support or spiritual guidance. Cooking can represent a desire to nourish and care for others.
Cooking a meal in a dream and then eating it yourself is a message that you are self-sufficient and find emotional sustenance from within.
If you dream that you are cooking by blending things together in a recipe, it is a sign that you are trying to integrate different aspects of your life. Your dreaming mind may be sending you a message that you can enrich your life by exploring and developing your hidden talents.