'Me trying to come up with new ways to make instant noodles taste different'
(Pro tip, crack an egg into it and mix after it is done. Sorry for any americans reading this)
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I try, I really try... but my cooking is sporadic since we both work and have 2 kids and I'm the only one who knows how to cook. The other problem is my wife really doesn't seem to care for almost everything I make, plus the kids are even pickier eaters. I have no desire to cook anything since it's super depressing spending a lot of time on something nobody enjoys having. The funniest part is I could care less what I eat yet I always get the question everyday of "so what's for dinner?". Sorry for the rant. I'm just feeling underappreciated these days.
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This is why some high functioning people eat the same thing or things all the time. Just to remove the necessity of thinking about it.
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My wife and I find it easier to plan a menu every week. Makes shopping easier and dinner less of a guessing game. Also, when in doubt, buns and a salad kit. Never fails. The buns can be anything. Burgers? Cool! Regular or mushroom Swiss? How about chicken patties/chicken burgers? Meatball Marinara sandwiches? Whatever you want, brother.
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Eighty years later...
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When you cook a meal you like, record the recipe. If you do this enough, you'll have your own cookbook of favorite meals before long. Once you have 2-3 weeks worth, print it and put it in a binder. When I plan meals, I grab my binder, make an ingredients list of what I need for the week, then cook the meals I want.
It will take a bit to get going, but you'll have a much easier time picking instead of guessing :)
Keep a notepad in the kitchen, make it your recipe book. Fill it with things you cooked once and would cook again. If you can't dde ide what to make, flip through it and pick one.
Before cookbooks were 87% of all Christmas presents, they were just kitchen cookbooks that nonna handwrote for this purpose.
I had a good, solid, vegetarian recipe book for a long time.
Then my spouse became lactose intolerant and my doc said to consider avoiding gluten so as to not trigger the celiac’s I’m susceptible to developing from my genes.
Know how hard it is to find easy-to-make, accessible, gluten-free, near-vegan recipes that aren’t just stir fries and soups? HARD.
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Bane of my existence. Can we get meals on wheels for millennials?
If you don't have a good sized freezer, get one. It takes as long to prepare 6 portions as it does one. Lasagna, chili, soups, whatever. Now you have the option of cooking when you get home or microwaving something you know you'll like.
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Just often enough until you find some dishes you like making and then some more time until you're bored with those dishes and then you'll actually like trying to come up with new things to cook
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When we still had kids at home I had a 2-week meal plan. Just rotated thru it every 2 weeks. So much easier. After they grew up and moved out I got into more 'gourmet' cooking but now that we are retired I'm seriously thinking of going back to the 2-week meal plan. We just need to eat simpler & less.
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