If you hate cooking and are bad at it

[Anonymous]

Is there anyway to make it less miserable given I need to do it. I’m not really asking how to cook, I know there are 10000 YouTube videos on technique (so please don’t send me to food forum with people that can’t relate to hating it!) more how to get myself to dread it less. I hate handling raw meat, the mess, chopping things, trying to time things and figure out when they’re done, all the word just to have the meal scarfed down (Df and me) or rejected (kids), the planning involved and on and on

[Anonymous]

That’s me and I’ve found my way with meal kits. I like the precise directions and having all the ingredients at my fingertips. There’s still some chopping, but I don’t mind it as much when I can see it as a part of a finished meal.

[Anonymous]

+1 for meal kits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there anyway to make it less miserable given I need to do it. I’m not really asking how to cook, I know there are 10000 YouTube videos on technique (so please don’t send me to food forum with people that can’t relate to hating it!) more how to get myself to dread it less. I hate handling raw meat, the mess, chopping things, trying to time things and figure out when they’re done, all the word just to have the meal scarfed down (Df and me) or rejected (kids), the planning involved and on and on

Allow me to commiserate with you. Wish I could offer some cheer, but alas . . . it will soon be time to cook another dinner.

[Anonymous]

My people!

[Anonymous]

Air fryer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s me and I’ve found my way with meal kits. I like the precise directions and having all the ingredients at my fingertips. There’s still some chopping, but I don’t mind it as much when I can see it as a part of a finished meal.

I tried meal kits and it seemed like they all involved 3 pots/pans and 2x the time they said it would. Maybe I’m just exceptionally unskilled and lazy at it

[Anonymous]

Agree and can relate 100%.

[Anonymous]

Same problem. No solution.

[Anonymous]

Hate cooking. George Foreman grill. You can cook anything on it. Frozen veggies in the microwave boom done. Also crock pot. Throw it all in there and walk away.

[Anonymous]

Blue Apron - once you've been doing them for a while, you learn some of the recipe "formulas" and could even buy ingredients / adapt them yourself.

[Anonymous]

I pay for shortcuts. So I buy bottled marinade. I buy breaded chicken when I'm making chicken parm. I buy jarred tomato sauce, peanut butter, etc. I make things that either don't take long OR take minimal effort. Baked ziti takes a long time but is minimal effort. Garlic butter shrimp with pasta takes a short amount of time but I have to stand there cutting up the shrimp which takes me a long time.

Also, nothing wrong with pb&j with carrot sticks and fruit for dinner. Nothing wrong with frozen ravioli and some broccoli on the side. Both minimal effort. Breakfast for dinner is what I'm having tonight. Also, I order in at least twice a week and generally order enough for leftovers another day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate cooking. George Foreman grill. You can cook anything on it. Frozen veggies in the microwave boom done. Also crock pot. Throw it all in there and walk away.

Agree with this and crock pot. Keep it simple.

[Anonymous]

Instant pot helped, minimal skills required, just dump everything in.

[Anonymous]

I would recommend Instapot or crockpot. I hate cooking so my DH does it all. Not giving him up.