Published on 12, July, 2020
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.
Martin said:too salty add a sliced peeled potato, then remove the potato before the food is cooked - the potato will absorb some of the salt.
good tip, I did not know, it never ends, learning how to cook and I started when I was 32.
Nick Squiggler said:Cooking for one is difficult,
I agree. it was easier when I had flatmates, they ate what I made and I had lab rats
I find Jamie Oliver's receipes pretty straightforward, maybe try them?
but it is probably a lot easier for me then most of us, I have super sensitive nose, like I can tell that oil is hot enough by smelling it
downside is I can tell colleagues at work by smell, and someone with perfume overdose syndrom makes me dizzy if he stoped close to me