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"Didn't like food" ๐ญ
I remember thinking that instant raman noodles were delicious cuz mom was terrible at cooking and dad who knows how to make a few decent dishes was busy at work often times, and so the "good food" included
Average childhood in a poor immigrant Chinese family with parents that worked all the time
But um yeah I sureยน can cook. Um... lets see:
(ยนNo I cant really cook unless you call these pathetic meals "cooking" ๐ )
I preach the gospel of the Instant Pot (stand alone pressure cooker) whenever I can. Can be had for <$50 on Marketplace. Stews, soups, ribs, and more. Make a big batch, eat for 3-5 days, then make something different. Kimchi Stew is my favorite thing ever. So many recipes for it are: dump a bunch of stuff in, set the time and press start. Crockpots are good too, but the Instant Pot cuts down on cook time substantially.
Burrito bowls: Airfry (a feature some Instant Pots have) boneless skinless chicken thighs, chop it up and put that over rice. Add corn and beans (from cans), some shredded cheese, taco sauce, prepped pico and guac, and sour cream. One of my fave things. Eventually you can make your own pico and guac.
Experiment with different seasonings on the chicken thighs to make it work in other dishes.
You can do this!
Rice and eggs are the start of a million meals. You can toss veggies (whatever you like) in whatever sauce (soy, hoisin, teriyaki, oyster, etc) and throw it with the rice. You can add broth. You can add crunchy garlic or green onions.
Learn to hard boil eggs and you can marinade de-shelled ones for a few days in soy/onion/chilis and it pairs with it as well.
Our Asian supermarket has very large bags of Bok Choy for cheap, and that can be made in a ton of ways.
Relatable! I'm learning, slowly lol. I picked up a Betty Crocker cook book, this one specifically (not sure why the cover art is missing it's the red cover with a spoon shape) and that's been pretty good so far. Lots of things in there about HOW to do things. And The Food Lab which if you like science and really understanding what you're doing, you'll love that book.
I've also subscribed to !cooking@lemmy.world, !homecooking@lemmy.world, and !baking@lemmy.world as well as a few alts of similarly named communities.