For me, it’s not that I can’t cook, it’s that cooking for one seems like a waste of time. I do meals like Factor, a few frozen items here and there, and occasionally go out to eat. Although going out to eat might have to end. I went and had a Salata salad a few days ago and it cost me almost $30. Absolutely insane for a regular sized salad.
Crockpot/slow cooking is so easy a child could do it. Look up some recipes (literally just lists of ingredients to throw in and for how long) it 98% of things taste great.
Whatever my fiancée cooks. She loves it. Before her…a ridiculous amount of DoorDash. Like, it was a problem. Before DoorDash, it was anything that could be microwaved. Hotdogs, chicken patties, bagged vegetables, pizza bites, etc. I could do basic cooking just fine, I just didn’t care to.
I have lived with my boyfriend for 2 months and he almost always ate junk food for dinner, a Coca Cola sandwich or Maruchan soup, he had a kitchen in his apartment and he never used it, since he has lived with me he has lost 12 pounds, I cook him very varied food and he exercises with me too 😅 I guess it has to do with the fact that he eats healthier.
Without a lot of planning maintaining a pantry for one and cooking for one is more expensive than eating out. I keep basic fruit, condiments and stuff but that’s all. When I lived in Tokyo I didn’t even do that because eating decent meals out was so much easier and cheaper.
Join the Navy. They will care for your pampered ar#e like your mommy and daddy. All you have to do is your job for 35 years. After that you can move to Belize, hire a maid to cook for you and be happy. See, I mapped your whole life.
Men who can’t cook, like men don’t do chores, don’t really exist. There’s going to a small number not great at cooking as there’s going to be some men who aren’t good at drawing, DIY or whatever activity you wish to choose.
It’s simply feminist propoganda to hate men, when there’s absolutely zero data to back it up.
When I was a bachelor I relied on PB&J, cottage cheese, Raisin Bran. Sometimes I’d cook real dinner but I was able to get so many projects done after work because no one was stopping me saying we had to eat. So most often I’d just skip dinner or have one of the aforementioned quick bites.
Everyone can cook, it is just a matter of getting to learn it. Usually very worthwhile skill since your own food surpasses the quality of take-away in most cases. If the question is if you don’t have time to cook what do you eat I would say: some good take-away like sushi
If youre a single man and live within 30 minute drive to a Costco. Its well worth it to get the membership just for the food services alone. 1/4Lb all beef hotdog, and a fountain drink for $2.50. A slice of pizza is like $2 a slice as big as your head, and it tastes phenomenal. Rotisserie chickens for $5. Thats 2 meals and some broth for $5.
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Corn bread, collard greens, candied yams, peach cobbler.
For me, it’s not that I can’t cook, it’s that cooking for one seems like a waste of time. I do meals like Factor, a few frozen items here and there, and occasionally go out to eat. Although going out to eat might have to end. I went and had a Salata salad a few days ago and it cost me almost $30. Absolutely insane for a regular sized salad.
Crockpot/slow cooking is so easy a child could do it. Look up some recipes (literally just lists of ingredients to throw in and for how long) it 98% of things taste great.
Cooking is such a basic life skill there’s no excuses for anyone of any age or gender to not be able to feed themselves these days
It’s called take-out.
I eat cook books
I can only cook 10 meals so I cook enough for 2-3 days at a time and slowly rotate.
Whatever my fiancée cooks. She loves it. Before her…a ridiculous amount of DoorDash. Like, it was a problem. Before DoorDash, it was anything that could be microwaved. Hotdogs, chicken patties, bagged vegetables, pizza bites, etc. I could do basic cooking just fine, I just didn’t care to.
I used to get sausages and breakfast rolls , toss them in a pan with very less oil , and put it together with some low fat sauces.
I have lived with my boyfriend for 2 months and he almost always ate junk food for dinner, a Coca Cola sandwich or Maruchan soup, he had a kitchen in his apartment and he never used it, since he has lived with me he has lost 12 pounds, I cook him very varied food and he exercises with me too 😅 I guess it has to do with the fact that he eats healthier.
It doesn’t make sense to cook for dinner. Your body doesn’t need much energy while asleep, and eating light also helps you to sleep better.
Wholegrain bread with ham and cheese is more than enough.
Moms food
I can cook. Everyone should know how to cook. The thing is, I don’t like cooking. So I only cook stuff that is super easy and/or super fast to make.
I can but won’t.
Roasted chicken and rice. An avocado.
Without a lot of planning maintaining a pantry for one and cooking for one is more expensive than eating out. I keep basic fruit, condiments and stuff but that’s all. When I lived in Tokyo I didn’t even do that because eating decent meals out was so much easier and cheaper.
What my mom cooked.
Join the Navy. They will care for your pampered ar#e like your mommy and daddy. All you have to do is your job for 35 years. After that you can move to Belize, hire a maid to cook for you and be happy. See, I mapped your whole life.
I didn’t have cast but I was in a boot for a month or two. It’s a long recovery
Make vege with cheese sandwich… just assemble and eat
There’s a local rotisserie that sells prepared chicken at a good price.
I can cook but sometimes my lazy ass doesn’t get myself to that point.
PBJ, instant noodles, rice with egg and condiments or, my personal favourite, a bag of lay’s and coke
Microwave meals
Salad.
Men who can’t cook, like men don’t do chores, don’t really exist. There’s going to a small number not great at cooking as there’s going to be some men who aren’t good at drawing, DIY or whatever activity you wish to choose.
It’s simply feminist propoganda to hate men, when there’s absolutely zero data to back it up.
When I was a bachelor I relied on PB&J, cottage cheese, Raisin Bran. Sometimes I’d cook real dinner but I was able to get so many projects done after work because no one was stopping me saying we had to eat. So most often I’d just skip dinner or have one of the aforementioned quick bites.
How can anyone say “I can’t cook” when recipes exist? It’s like saying you can’t assemble the cabinet when there are instructions lying next to you.
If anything it can be “I can’t cook as well as you do” but that’s the matter of practice which you don’t get unless you start now
Everyone can cook, it is just a matter of getting to learn it. Usually very worthwhile skill since your own food surpasses the quality of take-away in most cases. If the question is if you don’t have time to cook what do you eat I would say: some good take-away like sushi
Microwave meals. I can cook, but I’m staying on a share house for a work assignment and ca t be fucked putting meals together.
If it wasn’t for the invention of the microwave oven I would have become extinct years ago.
Ironically I can cook and I’m actually it’s at it… I just hate doing it.
Salads.
If youre a single man and live within 30 minute drive to a Costco. Its well worth it to get the membership just for the food services alone. 1/4Lb all beef hotdog, and a fountain drink for $2.50. A slice of pizza is like $2 a slice as big as your head, and it tastes phenomenal. Rotisserie chickens for $5. Thats 2 meals and some broth for $5.
The woman who made dinner