When someone says “I hate doing X”, they can either a) stop doing X, or b) learn to like X. In this case, I suggest option b).
For me, learning how to cook a few simple, healthy, tasty meals has been one of the most useful skills I’ve acquired. I suppose it depends on your income, lifestyle and taste, but I prefer to know exactly what I’m putting in my body rather than taking my chances with restaurant food. At this point, I like my own cooking better than almost any restaurant, and it actually saves me time and trouble (and lots of money). Besides, there is an art and a Zen pleasure to cooking that I highly recommend. I see no downside to learning how to cook.
This probably doesn’t apply to RomeoStevens, but I know one person who hated cooking, and it turned that at least part of the problem was that she got backaches. She was tall, and the solution was raising her work surfaces.
Sometimes it isn’t a matter of learning to like something, it takes rearranging matters so that it’s more likable.
While lots of people (myself among them) enjoy cooking—to the point where I’d cook even if it was more expensive than buying equivalent food, at least from time to time—RomeoStevens clearly isn’t one of them.
The time it takes for a basic meal goes down the more you cook, though. Back in the day I could do a whole meal with about 20-30 minutes of actual work for certain meals, as little as 10 minutes for really easy things like pasta. The trick is to either get really, really good at making one meal, or do meals that need little prep. Salad with pre-cooked protein—cold cuts, for example—takes about 5 minutes to prepare even if you have to cut up vegetables, pasta takes about 15 minutes but only 3 of those involve you and not just the stove, fruit takes 30 seconds to wash. If you hate cooking but still have to cook, it might actually be worth taking time to learn to cook quicker.
Yes, and if you hate cooking but still have to cook, by getting good at it you may find that you start to enjoy it. This is a very general principle, applicable to many things we dislike but must nevertheless do.
Using meal replacements has improved my cooking affect. Only having to worry about 1 prepared meal per day means I have more time and attention to pay to it.
When someone says “I hate doing X”, they can either a) stop doing X, or b) learn to like X. In this case, I suggest option b).
For me, learning how to cook a few simple, healthy, tasty meals has been one of the most useful skills I’ve acquired. I suppose it depends on your income, lifestyle and taste, but I prefer to know exactly what I’m putting in my body rather than taking my chances with restaurant food. At this point, I like my own cooking better than almost any restaurant, and it actually saves me time and trouble (and lots of money). Besides, there is an art and a Zen pleasure to cooking that I highly recommend. I see no downside to learning how to cook.
This probably doesn’t apply to RomeoStevens, but I know one person who hated cooking, and it turned that at least part of the problem was that she got backaches. She was tall, and the solution was raising her work surfaces.
Sometimes it isn’t a matter of learning to like something, it takes rearranging matters so that it’s more likable.
I’m very surprised if you see no downsides at all, especially for someone with RomeoStevens’ revealed preferences.
I did learn to cook a few healthy tasty meals. I still do prepare them as this (shake) isn’t a total diet replacement. I still hate it.
While lots of people (myself among them) enjoy cooking—to the point where I’d cook even if it was more expensive than buying equivalent food, at least from time to time—RomeoStevens clearly isn’t one of them.
The time it takes for a basic meal goes down the more you cook, though. Back in the day I could do a whole meal with about 20-30 minutes of actual work for certain meals, as little as 10 minutes for really easy things like pasta. The trick is to either get really, really good at making one meal, or do meals that need little prep. Salad with pre-cooked protein—cold cuts, for example—takes about 5 minutes to prepare even if you have to cut up vegetables, pasta takes about 15 minutes but only 3 of those involve you and not just the stove, fruit takes 30 seconds to wash. If you hate cooking but still have to cook, it might actually be worth taking time to learn to cook quicker.
Yes, and if you hate cooking but still have to cook, by getting good at it you may find that you start to enjoy it. This is a very general principle, applicable to many things we dislike but must nevertheless do.
Using meal replacements has improved my cooking affect. Only having to worry about 1 prepared meal per day means I have more time and attention to pay to it.