There’s a way to cook efficiently in batches that can lead to better nutritional profiles at rather low cost.
A pressure cooker is a totally overpowered tool in this regard — brown rice/quinoa mix takes around 2 minutes of setup (put rice in, rinse rice, turn on), around 20 minutes of cooking that doesn’t need to be monitored, and around 3 minutes to wash the cooker and store extra rice/quinoa for reheating later.
Chicken breasts mixed with some vegetables takes similar amounts of time.
I probably spend around 45 minutes per week cooking in the purest sense of the term (and a couple minutes here and there to re-heat in microwave and wash plates, etc) and I eat most of my meals home cooked. It’s almost an order of magnitude cheaper than eating out if you want similar quality nutritious stuff that wasn’t cooked in junk oils and seasoned with garbage.
I used to hate cooking, but there’s a few things of types of food/cooking mixes that are very convenient — pressure cooker in particular is amazing. Hard boiled eggs. Oatmeal and electric water kettle that shuts off automatically once it hits boiling… Kerrygold butter and extra virgin olive oil if you want more calories from fat. Mix in some pre-washed or canned vegetables and put that all in an online grocery delivery and you’re eating well at low cost in time and money.
Edit: Also, I find waiting for delivery orders to arrive inconvenient too. As long as the fridge is stocked with batches of made food, I’m always 5 minutes away from eating something rather nice — or instantly if I don’t mind eating it cold and am in a hurry.
There’s a way to cook efficiently in batches that can lead to better nutritional profiles at rather low cost.
A pressure cooker is a totally overpowered tool in this regard — brown rice/quinoa mix takes around 2 minutes of setup (put rice in, rinse rice, turn on), around 20 minutes of cooking that doesn’t need to be monitored, and around 3 minutes to wash the cooker and store extra rice/quinoa for reheating later.
Chicken breasts mixed with some vegetables takes similar amounts of time.
I probably spend around 45 minutes per week cooking in the purest sense of the term (and a couple minutes here and there to re-heat in microwave and wash plates, etc) and I eat most of my meals home cooked. It’s almost an order of magnitude cheaper than eating out if you want similar quality nutritious stuff that wasn’t cooked in junk oils and seasoned with garbage.
I used to hate cooking, but there’s a few things of types of food/cooking mixes that are very convenient — pressure cooker in particular is amazing. Hard boiled eggs. Oatmeal and electric water kettle that shuts off automatically once it hits boiling… Kerrygold butter and extra virgin olive oil if you want more calories from fat. Mix in some pre-washed or canned vegetables and put that all in an online grocery delivery and you’re eating well at low cost in time and money.
Edit: Also, I find waiting for delivery orders to arrive inconvenient too. As long as the fridge is stocked with batches of made food, I’m always 5 minutes away from eating something rather nice — or instantly if I don’t mind eating it cold and am in a hurry.