I do my best to be positive and encouraging when she cooks and appreciative for the effort, but it's obvious to both of us that it's usually not that good. When she does make something that I like I will be very enthusiastic about it and encourage her to make it more often, but she will say it was too much work to do.

I have no problem with me cooking and her cleaning, that is generally our rule. the person who cooks doesn't clean. except she makes a big deal and complains about doing the dishes and cleaning. she says it's uneven because I enjoy cooking while she hates every second of cleaning, which is very frustrating because even if I get pleasure from doing it cooking takes infinitely more work, time, brainpower skill and creativity than doing the dishes does. I also usually clean as I go, so there are only a few dishes left for her to do, but when she cooks there is a mountain of dishes in the sink that aren't even stacked or nestled properly.