Suppose Jeanette decides to make egg drop soup. Which result would be a cost?

 - The egg drop soup will be tastier than the beef barley soup would have been.
 - Jeanette will spend more time making the egg drop soup than she would have spent making the beef barley soup.
This result is a cost. It involves giving up or spending something that Jeanette wants or needs:
Jeanette will spend more time making the egg drop soup than she would have spent making the beef barley soup.