I want to learn how to cook properly and make simple recipes and don’t spend too much time looking for what to make everyday.

So I start looking into some recipes I can make with the instant pot that we have at home.

But then I can’t find certain ingredients in the local supermarket, or the ingredients are too expensive, so I start searching for other places to buy cheaper produce. Then I also start looking at what recipes don’t take too much time to make, and read about meal prep and such, and find communities and websites. And then I look at local classes for learning how to cook, but they are way too expensive and I’m not sure whether they will be any good, etc…

And so I spend hours and hours researching all these things, but I never actually start cooking or go to the grocery store for ingredients.

I’m now feeling tired and have no energy to actually do any cooking anymore. And I just have no clue where to get started.

It seems like I’m stuck thinking of how to do something the best way possible, instead of actually trying something. But when I want to try something, I have no idea where to even start.

Anybody experience the same sometimes?

  • GeminiFrenchFry@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    There are a few different apps and websites out that will find recipes based on ingredients you enter in. It’s useful for ingredients you already have in the fridge or pantry, but you can also put in some ingredients you’re familiar with – even if you have to go get them (like ingredients you know you’ve seen before or that you’ve maybe purchased in the past).

    This doesn’t help with going down the recipe rabbit hole, but it might help give you some new ideas with familiar ingredients ❤️