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Remember that seed oils (vegetable oils) are also ultra processed.
Cooking at home doesn't have to be complicated: ground beef, pan, brown, eat, wash.
Grill some fish!
eating home cooked meals takes a TON of energy and planning. and if you are not good at cooking, meaning not comfortable in stretching what you can cook, the results are usually mid.
if i get adventurous and gather foods planning on making something, i will usually find i am EXHAUSTED when i get home, and have even skipped meals over this. even if i haven’t eaten anything substantial for the whole day.
and if the food is not used soon enough, they spoil. a waste of food and that usually stops me when ever i get the feeling to try.
i kinda wish i could go to a neighbor and set up a quid pro quo, i throw in for groceries, and they make an extra portion, and i eat it no questions asked. or bring back brown bags or public cafeterias.
There are a thousand things you can put in the way of progressing yourself. This particular barrier is just how it feels at the start, I cook most days and got some thai today because I was away. There was nothing in the thai I couldnt do myself at home with normal ingrredients in my fridge...maybe the crispy chilli chicken because I dont have a fryer.
Start with simple stuff like buying butcher burgers, then make your own with some minced meat. Add flavours you like, I cube chorizo and cheese into my burgers.
Fire veg into sides like rice or just put a load of veg on a tray and slow roast with garlic and herbs.
Try and you will find stuff you like.
I hear this regularly, but it is definitely bullshit. Here is a recipie you will not be too tired to cook:
It's called beans and tomatos. It tastes decent, is extremely cheap, is shelf stable, takes no effort, and you can buy in bulk. It is healthy, has adequate fiber and protein, and is vegan to boot. Add rice or pasta if you are still hungry.
You guys have got to stop with your “eat beans!!!!!” Torture advice to most people. I like beans but most people are going to revolt if they are forced to eat them too often. Hmm, on second thought…
... why do you hate beans? They are a staple food the world over. If your stomach reacts poorly to them, it probably means you just need to get used to having some fiber in your diet.
I have to follow a low-fodmap diet to avoid digestive issues. My brother is diabetic, and my mom has problems with her mouth. Cooking for my family is never as easy as "just dump some canned goods together.
I appreciate that you and your family may have challenges that most others don't have. And it is important to recognize these challenges, because then we can get to work on finding solutions.
But still - I think that our default should be to say that cooking for yourself can be quick and easy and cheap, rather than to take the most extreme cases as gospel and listen to people with fairly insignificant problems complain about how basic tasks are impossible for them.
The above poster seems to be saying that it is only possible to cook at home if what they are cooking is an instagram-worthy Michelin 3 star meal. But they are clearly letting the perfect become the enemy of the good. Almost no one who cooks for themselves does this - instead, they have a few cheap, simple, easy go-tos that they cook over and over again. They meal prep. They eat leftovers. Maybe they keep some pre-made frozen dinners in the freezer or have a stockpile of canned soup. It doesn't have to be perfect to benefit you in health or finances if the alternative is getting a hamburger at McDonalds. It just has to be better than McDonalds
You aren’t op and no way are you going to restaurants with these diet restrictions.
Tonight the prep has been 15' and cooking has been 20 more. And using vegetables. If it had been meat and pasta, even less time.
You can nuke fresh broccoli, but frozen veg is just as good. Microwave 5 minutes in water. Rice in a rice cooker or potatoes in a air fryer. But you can microwave either if you need. The protein takes you the most time but you can grab a chicken from a grocery store for $6 which is a good cheap option, cheaper than cooking chicken yourself.
That’s just off the top of my head. Honestly easier than going to get food.
I cook very fast but It mostly ends up being top r/stupidfood material
i have a very slim field of comfortable self cook foods.
i roast brussels sprouts with olive oil, and ionized salt (for the brain additives) in the oven for 20 min at 350 i think. i have to write it on the fridge because even though i cook it twice a week, i never remember. i love that miard surface, and i will eat the whole damn bag. but it’s my main source of greens. asparagus works too, sometimes they are not charcoal
sometimes i eat an orange if you consider that cooking
That's usually how it works unless you happen to have a mass food manufacturing facility at home...
Right?
These people deserve the Captain Effin Obvious award.
Now how do we get people to do that. When I eat out I'm amazed at the garbage they serve and others say how good it is. I don't get it.
In our capitalist hellscape, we don't get people to do that.
Ultra-processed foods aren't good in a gourmet sense, but they're designed to make our palate feel good in all the ways that get us to eat more. When you're regularly eating real food, the ultra-processed stuff seems gross. But when you go a few weeks (or even days) eating UPF for any reason, you start to crave it over real food.
We don't have the time to eat at restaurants much any more, but we usually do it as an inspiration to. Like, let's order something unusual, see if we like it and then try to recreate it at home