>get out of mom's basement
>live on my own
>spend a minimum of an hour to get dinner ready after work because I prefer working with fresh ingredients
>no time for vidya due to high standard cooking habits
It sucks, and I hate pushing my video games back for basic stuff, like eating food.
order a pizza faggot
M E A L P R E P
If you've got time to shitpost, you've got time play.
Get out of here.
I just cook a lot of food one day and eat it all week.
I feel you, OP.
Get a house maid. Preferably a cute one who cooks and cleans up for you.
>1 hour on dinner
What the fuck do you eat my dude
I'd be happy to be OP's maid if he doesn't mind a boy as a maid.
>order thin crust
>get this
what do?
This is why I do microwave dinners.
I know they suck and contain practically nothing of worth but spending an hour preping and cooking a meal and five minutes eating it just feels like a massive waste of time.
Yeah - I was in the same boat. I eventually said just fuck sauces/seasoning and started eating plain meat+vegetables out of the pan, my niggie.
Not everyone here is a fatass like you user
Just play while you eat
It's not that hard
Post about it on Sup Forums
I'm sorry you have shit metabolism
>mfw
why don't you babbies just learn how to fucking MEAL PREP
>want to cook something
>see the filthy, uncleaned cooking utensils laying around
>lose appetite and eat microwave dinner
What time do you get home at where you need to sleep 90 minutes after arrival?
I prep dough and sauce in about an hour over the weekend, then keep it in the fridge and freezer. Takes about an hour in total, and I get fresh pizza every day.
>people always shitting their pants over cooking for Thanksgiving
>not prepping everything over the course of three days
I haven't sweat over major holiday meals in years. Just need to do MEAL PREP
Kill yourself for not ordering deep dish
Having a preference for fresh ingredients doesn't mean you actually have to use them. However, it sounds like you prefer it more than you prefer video games. Pick which one you like more and stop bitching, The only factor is you.
This is the reason I still make stews and such, you can make a big portions that last for days.
Not to mention things like onion, bell peppers, tomato and beans are pretty cheap. I make chili at least four times a month.
Hell, when I was getting my hours cut due to slow business I even had some rice with the chili to make it last extra long. Thank god I'm getting a decent salary these days.
I don't know what you are making but it shouldn't take an hour. You probably need to work on your knife skills and get better at chopping etc. Most of cooking should be waiting for stuff to cook and stirring occasionally to make sure its evenly cooked.
Also you can always buy a cheap small TV and hook your console up in the kitchen to play while you are cooking.
Are you a cu/ck/? Because if you are you'd listen to this guy:
Seriously there is no need for you to spend an actual hour actively cooking if you have your shit organized - also why don't you play video games while you eat
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that's expensive as fuck user, it's always better to get some willpower and prepare your own meals.
>not living with mummy
>not letting her handle all the cooking
Sunday roast tomorrow, boys. Taters and gravy, can't beat it.
Get a slow cooker jerkoff. Wake up, throw fresh ingredients in pot and play vidya while it cooks for you.
>tfw good enough of a cook to get a whole meal done in 30 minutes
Do you guys literally go to the store like multiple times a week to get fresh protein or is it OK to freeze it?
got with asian cooking you can eat with plain white rice. You pretty much mitigated the cooking and preparation to a a single plate of stir fry and if you need extra protein for this meal, fry an egg. You can definitely go fancier if you want but that doesnt mean it has to be time consuming. Steam a fish, pickle some vegetables, cook for today and tomorrow. I like making sauces out of fresh chilies to eat with simple dishes.
>that's expensive as fuck
In what Zimbabwe dollars?
>things that never happened
>friend comes over with some of his own cooking
>its fucking disgusting, I can barely stomach a bite because it tastes so bad
>over at his house one time
>see him cooking
>no seasoning, just grabs whatever and puts it in, including squirting half a bottle of ketchup and several spoons of fucking marmite into a pot of powdered curry "to make it taste sweeter" and putting whole almonds into noodles because "almonds are good for you" then mixing it all together to make something that looks like somethings entrails
>is 26 years old and cant make a simple noodle dish
You should actually take pride in knowing how to cook user.
I love making big portions of food but my gf doesnt like eating either same food 2 days in a row and food that has been sitting there for a day even if its been stored fine. So frustrating.
Not sure what you're doing that takes an hour
The only thing that comes close is proving dough or a roast which you can do other things during both
I find that it's not worth my time to spend so much time cooking for just 1 person.
And preparing bigger portions that would last for few days... I don't like reheating stuff.
Sometimes I do some quick stuff like tuna salad, but I give up on cooking some serious stuff.
Personally, I buy things like chicken or ground beef in larger portions then vacuum seal it and freeze it so it last a long time. Defrost as needed.
Steaks I always get fresh though, same with roasts or poultry/fish.
CROCK
POT
UP
IN
THIS
MOTHERFUCKER
stew for dayz
I cook all day and get home with absolutely no energy to cook, and like 2 hours to play video games before bed, fuck kitchen jobs they suck ass
TOO. MANY. TOPPINGS!
How do you even cook rice? do i have to have a rice cooker specifically or what
but if you go to work you have $$$$
if not what's the point of working
By poultry in the second line I mean a whole chicken btw.
rice cookers are handy, but there's no need to buy a one-trick pony for rice.
Of course it's okay to freeze it. If you have a big freezer the plan should be
>wait for meat to go on sale
>buy a bunch of it
>freeze it for later
probably includes prep time or atleast i fucking hope so
an hour for supper is fair
dont know how he still doesnt have time for gaming
>Cook meals for several days all at once
>Heat them up when you want to eat
WOW THAT WAS SO HARD. You know there's a reason people cook their meals for the week in advance right? To save time, you do it all one day, and then save time all throughout the week
2/3 times a week, I ain't eatin old tough bread my man
fuck off rachel ray
the almond part is ok, asian noodle dishes use crushed groundnuts alot and almonds can be a decent substitute. ketchup and marmite is wtf tier though.
put it in a pot with the recommended amount of water to rice ratio for that rice then bring it to a boil, lower to a very low simmer right after it boils and let it cook for 15 minutes, but yes, just buy a good japanese rice cooker they make it way better than you ever can and are so fucking convenient
>all these cucks ITT who aren't part of the produce master race
>tfw I eat instantly with little prepwork
>fruit is cheap as hell, too
Cooking is for pretentious faggots.
this.
Why does food still take so fucking long to prepare? We have technology for faster things, but it's all invariably terrible for you. We need a technological revolution here. People (women) used to spend hours a day cleaning clothes, we invented washing machines etc. But food prep is still in the dark ages.
>Spend a good hour preparing all the items
>Comes out like bland shit
>Order take out, tell me it will be there in 30 minutes, which means at most it takes 20 mins to make
>Distinct flavor
Every fucking time.
put rice in pot
put water in pot
boil
stop boiling
wait
Well you either save your money and get more money for video games/drugs/movies/whatever your hobby is or just save it for retirement so you don't have to be like the rest of our generation who will likely be working into their 70s
OR
waste it on food that costs more and isn't as tasty as a homecooked meal
This. Nothing is better than just letting it do the work while you take care of other shit for 4 - 10 hours.
What are some good cooking games?
this
Okay lets do some math here. Lets be generous and say you sleep for 9 hours (instead of the usual 8), okay and now lets assume you work for 8 hours. 17 hours down. Now you prepare food for 1 hour. There is 18. Fuck it lets say every meal you make takes one hour (surely breakfast and lunch dont take so long though). So now you are at 20 hours. That is 4 hours unaccounted for. Why dont you have time for vidya?
>deep dish
>pizza
pick one (1)
complain to NINO!
6 carrots, 15 baby potatoes, 1 whole chicken on top
8 hours on low, de-bone and fire chicken back in for 30 mins
serve
Amazingly easy and tasty as fuck, god damn I love slow cookers
learn2spices
You pretty much have to buy and freeze with how the fucking grocery stores fluctuate their prices
>Chicken goes on sale for $1 a pound one week
>Next week it's back to $3 or so a pound
You buy in bulk when it's on sale, freeze what you won't use before it goes bad
Sounds like your gf should be one doing the cooking then. My mother would have slapped me if I ever complained about left-overs.
Get a wife.
>eating reheated food
Yeah I understand the logic, but fuck me for wanting my food to taste the best it can right?
poor people food
>this is our thin crust
Did they actually have a thicker crust, or did she just mean that that's the only crust that they have?
> I work at the same place I live
What's commute time you mongoloid
not even spices, just technique (depends on the dish obviously), you can make very flavorful fried rice with the only non produce/meat ingredients being soy sauce, sugar and salt and pepper. same as a good steak, just salt and pepper.
Rice cookers are literally enclosed pots.
You can use them for stews, sauces and other creative things like streaming veg and those rice cooker pancakes
c) you get a job that gives you all the dosh
I made a chicken pot pie once, it's the most "complicated" thing I've ever made and it was actually pretty damn easy. The gravy wasn't as thick as I'd like (i guess I should have added some flour??) and the crust was too doughy but I was pretty damn proud of myself and it was still good
you can definitely cook rice in a average stovetop pot but rice cookers are godsends in making the process cleaner, faster, and automatic so you have more vidya time. I never want to cook rice manual ever again unless its porridge. If dont eat rice often then you dont need to buy one.
What is there to make for mealprepping besides rice and chicken?
Srs question, I'm looking for new ideas
She cant cook for shit, burns everything
What do you do with the third steak?
lol
That it is. Takeout is expensive and unless you're a shit cook, self made meals are tastier anyway
those are pretty much just cakes at this point
>tfw can't mealprep because I need to eat a pound of chicken breast a day and I can't stand the taste of chicken that's been refrigerated
Where the fuck do you live where it takes several fucking hours to get to work. But okay fuck it. 2 hours to and from work. There is still 2 hours retard.
Just eat takeouts, dude.
Have you tried hitting her?
my negro
jamaican beef pepper pot is my go-to jam
loadsa beef
bacon
sweet potatoes/regular potatoes
garlic/onions
beef broth
thyme
loadsa hotsauce
brown it all, toss it all in
go do whatever it is you do all day
come back to house smelling like pure sex
toss in a red pepper or two
dash of red wine vinegar, crank up to high for 15 mins
good to go
There's hardly a difference if you reheat it in the oven. Don't tell me you're the type of snob who doesn't eat leftovers, even if they're just a day old.
What, isnt all chicken refrigerated?
>people itt won't eat reheated food
>people itt won't eat the same thing twice in a row
>people itt think fast food tastes better than home cooking
>people itt actually eat those fucking microwave TV dinners
>"""people"""
Why the fuck is everyone suggesting meal prep? Maybe some people like their food fresh. Not a fucking week old.
My plan is to get a job at a company where they serve breakfast lunch and dinner and just eat at work all the time. Fuck cooking myself, I've been trying for the last two years and it's just so much work for so little reward.
>buy chicken, rice, vegetables, comes out to about $3.50 a meal
>buy a large pizza from little caesars, comes out to $2.50 a meal if you only eat half
Woo lads
Leftovers kinda suck, but yeah. Beggars can't be choosers.
Sounds amazing will give it a go tomorrow
Yea when I cook I usually only make it for 3 days, I don't like food longer than that
it's sitting in a fridge for a week. that IS "fresh."
what the fuck do you think restaurants do, butcher the cow immediately before making your steak?