I intend to cook to lower the cost for diet and hit my macros easier. However, I cannot cook without “dirtying” the kitchen (i.e., greasing the kitchen, using a pan and stove is probably out of the question). Anyone has any idea how can I go about preparing my meals? I’m open to preparing my meals in bulk at a friend’s house (who lives an hour away) but I would much prefer a meal that has just been cooked. I’m looking primarily at protein as it is the hardest to obtain in my nation’s diet.
Barbecue and slow cooker as someone said. I am just curious: how come you can’t cook a shit ton of food at once, and just clean the kitchen once every few days.
Cooking starchy foods like potatoes and rice don’t make much of a mess no matter how you cook them. Same with veggies, unless you use liberal amounts of oil or butter to cook them.
Um, what? How do you plan on cooking anything if you can’t use a stove? Is there a microwave? Is there any way to boil water?
Like the guys said, invest in a slow-cooker/crock pot if you’re allowed to. It’s basically a big bowl with a lid that you plug into an outlet. And if you have a grill, that’s a one-stop-shop to cook anything. Get some heavy duty aluminum foil and you can cook potatoes or vegetables right on it.
I totally understand what y’all meant by weird. I told my mum I wanted to cook and I bought a pan to begin with, and there was this one night whereby my mum just went berserk on me, yelled at me and prohibited me from cooking (she’s a tad neurotic).
Seems like meal prep at my friend’s house then simply freezing the food is the best option suggested so far? (I appreciate other comments but eating the same shit everyday doesn’t appeal that much to me).
Will you guys suggest an electric oven or microwave for cooking the food? I was thinking that the microwave can be used to cook eggs but I’m not that much of a fan of microwave heated food.
Make a fire pit in the living room and start cooking on a grill there. Make sure to use her finest clothes and furniture to fuel the flame. After maybe she’ll realize compared to that, a few dishes isn’t too bad.
I’m a fucking slob in the kitchen… shit gets on the floor, on my clothes, the counters are a mess etc. Haven’t found away around it, short of cleaning up my messes. FWIW, I usually spend 30-45 min cooking, 5 min cleaning–and that’s lunch meal prep for the week.
Evening meal prep… well, I usually cook fish (15 min in the oven) aluminum foil is my friend here (line the plan, toss when done)… nuke some veggies in a covered bowl. Like next to no clean up.
I think (like with all things) practice is key. Use your noodle, you’ll figure out ways to become more efficient, less messy etc.
I’ve cooked at my friend’s house several times and he’s fine with it. He has an open kitchen so the mess isn’t that big of a deal. Only thing is that he stays an hour away from me so it’s less convenient plus I would really want to cook as and when as I wish because I do like cooking.
That being said, seems like buying an electric oven is the best option for me now? I can use it for reheating and also baking some protein based meal.
I was considering of buying a microwave with grill but I read about bad stuff on it online regarding how it doesn’t work well either way. Does anyone have experience with microwave with grill here?