How do people know what to cook every night?
>>22015690I see what ingredients I have then I can compile a list of dishes, then I make the dish, then I eat the dish. Then I slide into the abyss that is crippling depression knowing I won't ever have the opportunity to play catch with my son or have tea with my daughter and drink till I fall asleep. Then I wake up and do it again.
>>22015690I don't. I just go to the store in the afternoon/evening and buy shit that sounds good. I could never handle having to commit to eating things on a schedule or having to get rid of stuff spoiling so I just eat some kind of slop.
>>22015690i ask my hot and supportive wife what she's cooking (it's always good)
>>22015690I make a three week menu and once a week I make a list of everything I'll need for that week. Then I go shopping, and proceed to cook what's on the menu.
>>22015690Stir fried chicken breast with whatever-is-available vegetable assortment and a sweet-savory-spicy sauce every day.
You reach cooking nirvana when you can just look at the random ingredients left in the fridge and pull a recipe out of thin air, no measurements, eyeball everything, just pure vibes, and it turns out half-decent. A combination that may have never existed before or since.
Don't overthink it.I had chicken last night so I pulled some ground beef out of the freezer this AM. I have some basil that's gonna go bad soon, plus I have some canned tomato and also tomatoes on the vine I ordered randomly. Ok so right there I came make a half-assed Bolognese sauce. So when I get home I brown the beef, throw the tomatoes in the same pot with the beef, spices, whatever I have on hand. Sometimes throw in stock if I have some, sometimes beans (makes it Italian chili in my book). Boil some pasta right before dinner, serve. Or, baked potato in the microwave with the sauce spooned over it open faced.It's less about making a signature dish, more about being creative and comfortable with what you have on hand and how much time you've got.
>>22015690Combination of craving certain things, getting inspiration online seeing what other people cook, or just buying what's on sale/in season at the store and building meals around that.
>>22015803>sometimes beansthere is simply no reason to do this
today I mixed yesterday's leftovers in mac and cheese
If x = what I want to eat and a = what ingredients I have and c = how much I can afford to spend on food and e = food that will go to waste if I don't utilise ite + (c√a) / x = dinner
>>22015690God tells me.
>>22015803>>22015832I mean I sometimes throw beans in random shit just to bulk it up so I get it, but I do have to say lentils would be a more appropriate pulse in bolognese if you want to add some volume to it. you add some red lentils to a tomato sauce, they break down and you can barely tell they're there. whatever floats your boat though.
>>22015690>main>main leftovers for 3 days, during which you only do sides>sides last 2ish days' worth>you fast once in a while and/or have caloric deficit meal replacement (canned fish)>there's a Prepper Stock and Pickled Shit you go through a rotation of so as not to waste
>>22015730That's how I made gumbo casserole
>>22015690Imagine having a dinner during tea break.
Just make hampborgars, it's easy
>>22015690I do personally whisper in this guy's >>22015880 ear when I have the time. He is not appreciative of my homemade fish finger recipe, in spite of it being species/cut-ambiguous, which makes me think he is a big baby, though. (No, I will not tell you. It goes on the tablet or not at all.)
>>22015881shut your face you dumb pig
>>22015832>>22015881Which parts of "whatever I have on hand" did you miss? When you start prescribing shit like "oh it should be lentils instead of beans" or "there's no reason to do this" you CAUSE questions like the OPs, because now there are a couple assholes saying he has to do things a specific way or else he's "wrong." Fuck off. Cooking is about being creative. Bending the rules. Experimenting. Add the fucking beans to the pasta.
I see food I eat it.
>>22015987yeah I mean I ended my post saying you can do whatever you want, I never said it was wrong to use beans. I just said lentils might be a bit more appropriate. and lentils are an item you can keep in bulk in the pantry so it's not like it's outlandish to have them on hand. anyway I get your point but chill dude.
>>22015937Burgeh?
>>22015987lighten up
>>22015898mmm asserole
>>22015690I use meal kits to avoid this exact thing, while also being able to cook my own food
>>22015690I dont. I just whip up whatever.
>>22015690i just make whatever i feel like or i have a big batch of stew, chili or soup to get through. sometimes i just make shit up like pouring some broth in rice and calling it a night.
>>22015937Prime Fucking Cunny
>>22015937Who is this anime?
>>22015690>look in fridge>decide I can't make anything with the ingredients i have >order take out
>>22016435Spy X FamilyIt's very good, watch it.
>>22015706>hotDoubt that, since you found it necessary to call it out. I usually say pics, but I'd rather not see your manbearpig wife.
>>22015690They know because I tell them what I want cooking.
>>22015690I make 1 meal on sunday and eat the leftovers the rest of the week. this week I made bangers and mash w/ peas
>>22016571the fact that you believed i had a wife at all means I've already won.
>>22015690>How do people know what to cook every night?
>>22016610fucking outskilled lmao
>>22015706NOICE!>>22015690I pray to Hestia, the Hellenic god of cooking and because I truly love her in my heart and believe she like exists she answers my prayer and provides me with a recipe.
>>22016615if it's that stupid you should have an answer
>>22016615I say this
>>22016725based
>>22016435>>22016527Yor is cute and a terrible cook>>22016725
>>22015690I cook the same 12-15 modular staples consistently with an experimental "new thing" to do every once in a while that I can work on and add to the "every now and then" bucket or give up on.
>>22017002>12-15 modular staplesElaborate, what are your usuals?
>>22017005ChickenGround BeefPork ChopsEggsCubed SteaksSteakFish (White or Salmon)RicePotatoesBeansPastaBroccoli Brussels SproutsAsparagusMixed SaladThese can function as both ingredients and dishes themselves prepared various ways, but this core can basically keep you on rotation indefinitely. With various spice/sauce combinations you don't even have to be a good cook to make many different dishes. When knowing "what" to cook, after a time you'll know what flavor combinations you're in the mood for. Cooking for other people is where it gets complicated.
>>22015690I pull out something from the freezer at lunch and make it for dinner once it's thawed. Me getting off from work at noon makes it easier, but the tradeoff of waking up at 4 and going to bed before it gets dark during the summer is a hard trade.
>>22015696Why don't you beat that woman up? Only kick to the Ribs and stamp on her feet so the kids don't have to see it
>>22015717That's not cooking. Also, when you get to a point that even your Meat must be coated in sugar mama mia. Your body must be dying for a break
>>22017673
>>22017676What?
>>22017675>>22017679See >>22017676
>>22016571Newfag
>>22017686Oh I thought that was another thread. So you're mad I've highlighted your nasty way of life haha, oh dear
I hope you're not giving your kids ketchup and fizzy drinks with every meal. That's when it becomes unacceptable
>>22017690Gross cooking is still cooking, pretentious dummie
>>22017694My kids refuse to drink water so I have them on fruit juice and low fat chocolate milk
>>22017699Erm no no no, when you flavour comes from dumping jars of stuff on the meat it's not cooking
>>22017702Don’t do low fat milk, that’s just more sugary. If you’re actually worried about their weight do less carby snacks brosef
Most people make a recipe list for a the week and just pick stuff off of it until they have to go shopping again. I have a dinner masterlist document that I refer to when building my grocery list because it helps me remember. It's easy to get into a rut with cooking
>>22017703See >>22017676
>>22017708Like I said as long as you're not rekting your kids it's ok, I don't mind that you rekt yourself. Also you might like to know you don't need to use regular hot sauce anymore there's a new product called Sriracha you'll love. Instead of a vinegary flavour you'll get SWEET.Another way to increase your sugar intake. Reply for more hacks
>>22017705You mean like vegetables? They won’t eat them without ranch or mixed salads from bags
>>22017769great parenting
>>22017769Are your kids fat already though? I’m just saying, low fat has been debunked. I’m not saying put your kids on a low carb diet, but don’t cut calories from fat cut them from carbs.
>>22017719I do like food hacksYou missed my point about declaring things cooking or not cooking, pretentious dummie.
>>22015690Grab a carb, grab some protein, grab some veg, work around it. Tonight it was tortillas + tuna + salad ingredients and I made fish tacos.
>>22017793Ok, got another one for ya. Stop buying the bread you eat. Swap everything you use it for for Brioche, sandwiches, soup accompaniment, kebabs, you'll get so much SUGAR.Oh I'm too pretentious? Got another kind of hack for you then, it's called maximum time saving. Tired from work? Do not worry. Open up some boxes of processes crap and shove it in your oven, when it comes out out your favourite sauces in it. Now that's some real cooking!
>>22017801I don’t think that’s a food hack.You’re really making yourself out to look like the most pretentious dummie on the board, keep it up!
>>22017799>grab a carbabsolutely not
>>22017814This guy hates having good poops
>>22017815im just not retarded enough to build meals around carbs, fatty
>>22015690You must consult the orb
>>22017802I'm not pretentious, stop defaming me. You're just a grumpy individual
