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Dish washer ftw. Such a big investment in your own happiness!
First I’ve got to buy a house.
Well, I hope you get an awesome house. Hey, I just noticed you’ve already got a hammer, you’re doing great!
You can have dish washer in an apartment too? Why would you need a house for that?
Because they dont come with one and there isnt space?
Where do you live that they don’t?
Here nearly every single apartment comes with a dishwasher. About the only ones that don’t are student apartments or maaybe the cheapest ones, but even then when I was looking for an apartment pretty much all of them had one
Housing over 50 years old
I mean a lot of houses here are over a century old. They get renovated of course
Countertop dishwashers exist, they’re great! Just got to run a hose for water and either hook up the drainage to your U-Bend or dangle it into the sink. Ezpz! :-D
Again, if there isnt space… every apartment I’ve lived in has had less than 4ft of countertop.
my bro got one of those ones for small kitchenware, it saves time.
Countertop ones exist
That’s if I remember to empty it once it’s clean
Just run it again!
i kept telling my parents to get one, but they insist on doing it by HAND, but they take forever to clean utensils and eating wares.
Yeah its pointless if you don’t like doing it
pro tip: try cooking for 2 days or more at once
This is the most me_irl shit ever
I’ve been focusing on cooking more simply. the goal is fewer ingredients, less time and effort, more appreciation for simple flavor and quality ingredients
Yes, most of the food I make is either prepared in less than 10 minutes or I know how long I can leave it unsupervised so I can leave and come back later.
This seems to be the trick for great food as well. I’m not Italian, but every time I talk about food with an Italian they explain how few ingredients they actually use and how quick they can make dishes. It’s more about qualitative ingredients than anything else.
I do 1 pan dishes, whether the recipes like it or not.
Slowcooker, crockpot, or Dutch oven type recipes.
I’ve been like this for 20 years now.
OMG yasss
Kids: Can you make pizza. Sure go get one out of the garage. No we want your pizza.
Flattered/exhausted: yeah sure
Bowl to bloom the yeast, mixer bowl, mixer, dough hook, counter, cutting board, cast iron pan, convection oven, grater, stovetop, cooling rack, pizza cutter, other counter. Fridge space for 2 days cold ferment.
It’s fucking good, but OMFG, I die a little every time.
Bare minimum: when cooking always make enough for multiple meals (dinner and lunch).
Pro minimum: stay busy the whole time, cleaning and preparing tupper ware.
Goal: make at least 7 portions, fud 4 the week.
In my case they’ll just rot in the fridge.
The heads or left overs?
The heads have been taxidermized and arranged in a semi circle so that I can have a conversation with them.
There’s no space for them in the fridge anyway, as it’s indeed full of rotting leftovers. And even raw ingredients!
that’s why you cook the whole bag of pasta and put the rest in the fridge for the next day, make 1kg of beef for gulash or bolognaise… make at least twice the amount to have something to reheat. You can also put in zip bags and freeze if you want to have more days between eating the same thing
I always do 3 portions, one to eat now, 2 for the fridge. Ingredient volumes are kind of fucked (you get something like 1.5 tomatoes, 3/4 onions etc) but 4 is too much and fridge temps don’t store that long, but cooking every other day is too annoying.
very good, and with potatoes and pasta you can take all the remaining pasta and sauce, throw them into a baking form, add a few vegs if you have, grate cheese on top, and tada, new dish :)
I made burrito stuff for lunch yesterday and made enough to get 3 meals worth. I pretty much always at least slightly bulk cook my food.
very nice! and you can vary your dishes quite simply, use the burrito filling as a topping on pasta or rice instead of rolling into a tortilla
Look at this fancy pants with their high “moderation and future planning” concepts.
I make the whole bag, I EAT THE WHOLE BAG
Nah man. I do this and promptly forget about a Ziploc bag or two in the freezer for a few months. Finding a bag of chili that will be ready to eat in minutes on a day you don’t feel like cooking or ordering out (again), is like Christmas morning.
Lol yeah, putting leftovers in my freezer is a sure fire way to ensure that I will never see that food again.
This is the attitude we need in this thread. I nominate you King of the ADHD cooks for 24 minutes. Long may you reign in funny. ;)
yeah, i used to do that but i’m currently on a diet to lose 60 pounds so i’ve stop refilling my plate
Good on you, props to your will power and your habit forming
tysm! I think you got it right, it’s actually the key, forming a long term habit
slow and steady progress. that makes it also way more probable that i don’t fall back into the old habits of eating junk randomly or increase the portion sizes when reach my target weight!
Yep, and I also didnt want to say “congrats!” because that would make it into a one act reward thing that your brain might use as currency to fall back into bad habits (I do this)
Constant vigilence!
Lost 80 so far, and still dropping. No diet, eating anything I want. 3 suggestions:
- Replace all high calorie drinks. No juices - don’t get your calories from juice. If you have to drink soda drink sugar free. The new “Zero Sugar” drinks are pretty good. So are the sugar free fruit-flavored sparkling waters. I’m addicted to Waterloo. I’d rather drink that than soda or even beer. Also, cultivate a love for ice water. It’s still the most refreshing beverage on the planet.
A pound is about 3500 calories. You can take that in in a week in sugary drinks alone. That’s a pound you have to offset somehow, or it’s an added pound. Stop with the sugary drinks, and that’s a pound you don’t have to deal with. Now your energy is burning your stored calories (fat).
- Only eat when you are hungry, and then only until you aren’t hungry. This also leads to moderation. Only serve up what you can eat, don’t stuff yourself, and quit when you are no longer hungry.
One of the things I’ve done routinely, is eat only a half a sandwich. I find that I am actually no longer hungry after half a sandwich, so why eat the whole thing? I’ll just save it for lunch tomorrow. That cuts the calories in half, as well as my lunch cost.
We also eat far too much out of boredom. If you find yourself staring into the open fridge, wondering what to eat for a snack, you aren’t really hungry, you’re bored. Don’t do that, go do something else.
- Something else is step three. Find something to distract yourself during TV commercials, and other times when you might be tempted to eat out of boredom. I took up the guitar again( during Covid), and whenever I get a craving to eat out of boredom, I pick up my guitar, and I stop thinking about food. It’s helped me lose weight, AND I’ve become a pretty good guitarist. I once knew a serious athlete who lifted weights during every commercial break on TV. Just watching a movie, or a game, or an evening of TV, and he put in a lot of workout time, instead of eating.
Knitting, needlepoint, reading, juggling, petting your cat, even scrolling on your phone, etc. would work. You just need a distraction. My Dad quit smoking back in the 80s, when the Rubik’s Cube became a fad. When he was tempted to smoke, he’d pick up the cube and work on it. It worked, he quit smoking AND learned how to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
Do those things and be patient, and you will steadily lose weight while you eat anything you want. No low carb, high protein, no Keto, no starving, no cravings, no shakes or smoothies, no counting calories or points, etc. Just moderation by eating only when you are hungry.
I’ve been losing weight steadily for almost three years, averaging about 30 pounds per year. It’s not fast, but I am definitely going in the right direction. I have no anxiety about gaining weight, and I no longer ever feel guilty about food or eating.
It’s also super validating to go into the doctor, and have them fumble when they look at your weight, and say “Hey, you’ve lost about 30 pounds since I last saw you, and…you were down 30 last time, too! Nice job!”
That’s a lot better than “Dude, you’re fat. You’ve got to lose a lot of weight or you’re going to die.”
Holistic approach, I like your style.
dude that’s awesome! thank you for your detailed explanations, we have a very similar way of approaching things. I also love the idea of keeping your mind busy with something creative, it’s also making your life so much more interesting than being a spectator in front of a TV, a computer or a smartphone screen.
proud of you man :D
I’ve picked up sewing (making a fursuit right now, it’s a project that will take me a full year), it’s very soothing and i can do it while speaking with my friends in voice chat, i even put the camera on so they can see what i do, it’s actually great to upkeep my friendships :D
i lost 20 lbs since the start of the year, and food-wise i did three things:
- no snacking, i stick to 3 meals: a small breakfast (i work at the computer so i don’t need heaps of food in the morning), hot cooked dish for lunch, and small dinner (a few slices of bread with ham/cheese…) and eat SLOWLY, lots of chewing, it helps limiting the intakes.
- no sugary or sugar-free beverages: even with aspartam/acesulfam-K/stevia (etc) your body generates insulin to process what is perceived as sugar, this lowers your blood sugar and induces cravings. I drink water, unsweetened black coffee and unsweetened tea, that’s it, no exceptions.
- i stopped feeling obligated to empty the plate, and never take a refill. whenever i feel full, my leftovers go into the fridge, nothing is thrown away.
Thanks for the kind words. You’ve adopted a very similar program as I did. It’s a LOT easier to train yourself to eat in moderation than stick to some diet, and you get to eat pretty much anything you want.
I forgot to mention unsweetened ice tea, so I’m glad you reminded me. That’s another one of my favorite beverages. I’ve never liked the taste of sweet tea. My family grew up drinking it without sugar, and that’s the way it tastes right to me. Ice water is still me favorite beverage.
I’ll make a giant batch of chili or spaghetti sauce, and freeze most of it in individual containers. It’s no more trouble to make a large batch as a small batch, and when I’m done, I’ve got enough for a dozen meals. Do sauce on one Sunday afternoon, chili on another Sunday afternoon, and you’ve covered a couple dozen super easy and fast meals for the month.
Can relate
😌 my girlfriend is not understanding thatif you cook for 2 hours the food ought to be pretty good for the time spent!
It could be the best tasting meal I’ve ever prepared, but it still wouldn’t be worth the lost time.
(Unless I’m doing barbecue, of course, cause that is fun. Cooking is not.)
People ask why I triple every recipe. This is why.
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One skillet, one wooden spoon, one bowl, one metal spoon. Double the last two if you’re cooking for a date.
Knives, cutting boards, measuring devices, mixing bowls. Are you just having scrambled eggs for every meal?
Nah man, they judo-chop veggies and meat straight in to the frying pan and determine amounts be feel.
No I lace the meat with black powder like a true man
- that’s what audiobooks were invented for.
- You are eating too fast. Enjoy the food you made. Chew more.
- If possible cook for someone else, then they can do the dishes.
- Agree
- I wish I could but there’s the ADHD urge to get everything done as soon as possible
- Also agree but in practice that means both of us want to cook and neither wants to do the dishes.
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