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Does anyone else struggle to cook?

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Does anyone struggle with cooking?

I’ve been trying to lose a bit of weight and thought that cooking fresh meals instead of having microwave/ready made meals would be better for me - but when it comes to cooking I really struggle to follow instructions and when I do and come to eat the food it’s not very nice.

For example, I was recently using one of those “Maggi cook in a bag” and it asks for 100ml of water for a meal that they say serves 4 but as it was just me eating the meal I would (after being told/snapped at by my mum) need to quarter it - i didn’t realise this and it has since meant having to cool more food.

The best way to describe it is that my brain likes to read and re-read the instructions but when it comes to doing them, I completely forget/don’t realise I’m doing it wrong - I do have dyslexia too so maybe it could be just that?

I’m still yet to be diagnosed but wondered if this was something other people experienced.

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  • Cook rice for one person.

    Get a pot with a lid ( glass lid is easiest because you can see inside)

    put in the pot half a cup of raw rice (add a pinch of salt if you like)

    wash it in cold water only

    remove the cloudy water

    add a cup of fresh cold water

    put it on electric 2 setting, close the lid

    after five mins check the rice, give it a stir and close the lid

    after another 4 mins check the rice, if it looks cooked but its still wet leave it with the lid closed and the heat turned off.

    That's how I cook rice. It's easy. 

    There are a few variables to note, if you have a thick metal pan it will take longer to warm through and if your cooker is slow to heat you might have to wait 5 minutes before it is up to cooking heat.

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  • Cook rice for one person.

    Get a pot with a lid ( glass lid is easiest because you can see inside)

    put in the pot half a cup of raw rice (add a pinch of salt if you like)

    wash it in cold water only

    remove the cloudy water

    add a cup of fresh cold water

    put it on electric 2 setting, close the lid

    after five mins check the rice, give it a stir and close the lid

    after another 4 mins check the rice, if it looks cooked but its still wet leave it with the lid closed and the heat turned off.

    That's how I cook rice. It's easy. 

    There are a few variables to note, if you have a thick metal pan it will take longer to warm through and if your cooker is slow to heat you might have to wait 5 minutes before it is up to cooking heat.

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