Welcome to single depression cooking

@BlueVeins I’ve been playing cooking simulator and get so flustered I have to quit the game for a while

@itsok I played that game once, I was so bad, it suggested I get a Russian mail order bride..

@Bexsy that made me laugh, you’re so thoughtful lol

@itsok 😀 glad you laughed though

@metaldog that’s great, I wish it wasnt such a struggle for me

@itsok get a slow cooker you can make healthy, tasty meals so you're not cooking every day... you can eat that food every second day!!

@itsok Curly fries with steamed broccoli and a poached egg.

@itsok Survive the week and let’s get you one of these for the weekend. I swear it’s the most excited I’ve looked in like 16 years.

@Benjago you cutie. That looks delicious

@itsok I try to pretend it's fun. You know, exploring one of my creative outlets, makes it easier to go through 🤣

Makes for great conversation during wine tastings.

@Northwest *crying into my wine*
yeah I totally love chopping vegetables, it’s so fulfilling

@itsok Proper way to knead dough, that's more fulfilling. But the slice angle on a Persian cucumber, for a Greek salad, is also crucial to a more balanced life. 🤣

@Ferric67 that’s sweet

@Pfuzylogic I have a bunch of freeloaders

@itsok Yes but I am certain they are very eager to please.

@CrazyMusicLover I just don’t want to cook in general 😩 like at all. But portioning so many foods for one 😵 last week I made egg salad and bought Hawaiian rolls to have it one. TWELVE ROLLS. so I either eat two a day for six days (I couldn’t do it) or I let it go bad, or I freeze rolls, and so many unpleasant things arise from that too 😅 it’s all too much work

@itsok Oh, I understand that part of the problem. I wish they sold smaller packages too.

@itsok I get that way with bananas. I need to make some smoothies before they go bad

@Starcrossed those are good ones. Week before last I did yogurt with granola as the breakfast, and before that I did special k.
I get tired of soup quickly but that works out because I just get like two servings out of a prepared can.
Do you make your own soup or getting prepared ones?

@itsok I've done both but my preference is to get takeout Phở

@Starcrossed my favorite is takeout egg drop soup ☺️

@wackidywack thank you

@SW-User you are a sweetheart

@itsok You are too ..that's why I'd do it

@GohantheThird hey, one of my favorites...lol.

@itsok not every week. But you can make breakfast burritos with eggs, cheese and salsa, and then lunch and dinner with variety of meat, beans, veggies, that can all be prepared ahead of time.

@Howudoin do you get sick of it?

@itsok well that's why only a week at a time, then i do something else

@MyNameIsHurl my dogs disagree

@itsok so you're cooking for a few

@Pfuzylogic I got my Golden Corral shirt today, fuzz

@itsok That MUST get you a huge discount on the buffet! 😍
You can compete in the Golden Corral beauty competition now.

@Pfuzylogic I’ll let you know if I get a discount 😌 and there will be no competition, believe me 💁🏻‍♀️

@iamonfire696 I do from time to time. I freeze my spaghetti sauce into ziplock bags and break off pieces when I need them. I’ve done chili, that keeps really well. I haven’t done lasagna, I think I’d have a breakdown if I tried that.
Does your family split up who chooses and cooks the meals?

@itsok My husband doesn’t cook. My kids have started to cook with me so they can learn.

Lasagna freezes really well and you can cut it into pieces and freeze them separately.

I make those muffin tin omelettes and bake them in the oven and I will freeze those for the kids for breakfast. Just anything that’s easy when I am not feeling great.

@itsok Instead of a full layered lasagna, try baking ziti or penne with all the other lasagne ingredients - same great taste, far less effort. Actually, my wife & I had been making a style of lasagna with (cooked) sausage & artichoke hearts that's really delicious. Now we do a sausage & artichoke hearts baked penne that freezes and reheats really well (actually, we've cut out red meat so we use meatless "impossible" sausage).