Asklemmy

It's all very well telling people what to cook. The problem is many don't know how to cook. By that I mean they don't know the logistics and workflow, so a meal that should take 15 minutes to make instead takes an hour or more. When I enter the kitchen the first thing I do is switch on the stove. Then I prep in the order that I need ingredients. I've noticed a lot of people do all the chopping and dicing first and only when they have everything prepared they put pans on the stove. If you're going to make potatoes get the water on the boil first, then get the potatos out and clean and chop them. There are lots of things that save time when cooking. I cook most things together in a single cast iron pan, and I add leftovers to the dishes I'm cooking so the ingredients go further. I think that should be taught more instead of just handing out recipes.