Cooking nightmares

Warning. 

This will sound like an insane rant from a rambling drunk  autistic having a nightmare.

It's see strange how  antxieties (spelling ok ?) from the day enter our dreams and turn them into nightmares.  Imp

I am a poor cook and often buy ready made meals to microwave.

Yesterday, instead of buying a  complete meal for one. I decided to buy and cook the components separately.

In a cheap supermarket I saw cut price, cooked chicken slices and cut price sauce which included veg and spices.

I measured, washed and cooked my own rice.  (I hate the overpriced precooked packages of rice which just need microwave).

I read the chicken instructions carefully.  I'm terrified of getting food poisoning again.  It was pre cooked, cooled and packed in a vacuum.  Packaged in UK but sourced from Brazil. Why Brazil? I thought we had enough chickens here in the UK.

My anxiety levels went through the roof.  Is the meat safe am I going to get poisoning Nauseated face

Ate the whole meal and during the night my nightmares started.

I was shopping at two shops or was I running a shop ?  A rival had cheaper bacon because the had a cheaper source.  My shop burnt down or did it explode because of a chemical reaction in the food. INauseated faceot food from the new source, is it clean?  I don't know?  How did the shop explode/burn down? Which town was I in ?   What year is it?  Nauseated faceSmiling impJapanese ogre

Where am I?

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  • I am a poor cook and often buy ready made meals to microwave.

    I also have this problem.

    I am extremely poor cook and I buy ready made meals to microvave.

    I often eat unhealthy.

    Do not know what to do with this.

  • I also am not a good cook. Too many ingredients and steps and I get flustered. I'm very much a one casserole dish/frying pan or Wok/saucepan and chuck it all in merchant. Occasionally I use a slow cooker.

    I eat some ready meals and also things like sausages with a pack of microwave rice or breaded chicken pieces with the rice. I've yet to find a way to incorporate veg into the meal. I don't like/find it difficult to peel and cut fresh veg. I have frozen veg but find it hard to coordinate to do the veg with the meal.

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  • I also am not a good cook. Too many ingredients and steps and I get flustered. I'm very much a one casserole dish/frying pan or Wok/saucepan and chuck it all in merchant. Occasionally I use a slow cooker.

    I eat some ready meals and also things like sausages with a pack of microwave rice or breaded chicken pieces with the rice. I've yet to find a way to incorporate veg into the meal. I don't like/find it difficult to peel and cut fresh veg. I have frozen veg but find it hard to coordinate to do the veg with the meal.

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  • don't like/find it difficult to peel and cut fresh veg. I have frozen veg but find it hard to coordinate to do the veg with the meal.

    The trick seems to be starting to boil carrots at about 10 minutes before main dish finishes cooking. 

    Once carrots start boiling, start a 7 minute timer and turn carrots down to a simmer. Begin boiling broccoli.

    When the timer gets to 5 minutes, begin boiling beans or peas, since they only need a couple of minutes. 

    For veg prep, take a look at videos like this one:

    https://youtu.be/G-Fg7l7G1zw