To dream that you are cooking, signifies your desire to influence others in such a way so that they will like you or become dependent on you. Alternatively, it represents your nurturing side. You want to be loved. Or the dream could mean that you need to express your creativity.

To dream that you have difficulties cooking, indicates that you are trying too hard.

To cook a meal, denotes some pleasant duty will devolve on you. Many friends will visit you in the near future. If there is discord or a lack of cheerfulness you may expect harassing and disappointing events to happen.

Dreaming that you are cooking means your desire desire to influence others in such a way that they will like you or become dependent on you. Alternatively, it represents your nurturing side or wanting to be nurtured. You want to be loved. Dreaming that you have difficulties cooking indicates that you are trying too hard.

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 can symbolize movement toward your goal or the completion of your project.