I'll admit, I'm a bit of a kitchen snob. I went from a galley kitchen in our old condo to a beautiful open-concept kitchen in our current house. It even has an island! And while I enjoy cooking in my current kitchen more than I did at the condo, I still cooked the same things and spent the same amount of time in it. Is having a nice kitchen better? Absolutely. But it doesn't impact what you cook. Hell, in college I didnt have a stove at all - just a fridge, microwave, and toaster oven. I still made it work. So "not having a kitchen" is totally a bullshit excuse.