SwiftOnSecurityDec 24, 2022
You need an Instapot and convection toaster oven (basically a more capable air fryer), you're welcome. Throw stuff in a pot/on a metal sheet hit a button and you're done. I spent way too many years without making my own food. Also a new nonstick pan to easily make omelettes with any ingredients you have left over.
Show threadSwiftOnSecurityDec 24, 2022

If you are super intimidated to start cooking in an Instapot, it's fine to get meal kits like this.

Literally dump it all in with a slow-cooker spices packet and 6 hours later you have days of food. Then start adding more of stuff you like such as extra onions or potatoes.

Tyson Ready for Slow Cooker Boneless Beef Roast with Vegetables Meal Kit, 3.9 lb https://www.walmart.com/ip/21553448

Robot or human?

Show threadSwiftOnSecurityDec 24, 2022

And you don't need every ingredient or a recipe for lots of slow cooker things. Today I'm just putting left over stuff. Onion soup mix, brown gravy mix, pre-cut chuck roast beef pieces (which I optionally browned in a pan first), an onion, mushrooms, and a bunch of garlic cloves.

It's really hard to fuck it up. I've decided I used too many mushrooms but guess what I just won't eat all of them. It's a soup you have a fork.

Show threadSwiftOnSecurityDec 24, 2022

When you make your own food at home you realize how little meat and other premium ingredients you get in prepared food. Like $10 of chuck roast at Walmart could be the same amount of meat as $150 of DoorDash.

I know this is basic but no harm in being approachable. Been doing this for years now I wasted so much money on restaurant food.

Show threadSwiftOnSecurityDec 24, 2022
Baby yellow potatoes and onions when slow-cooked are amazing sponges of flavor and super cheap to bulk up a soup as much as you want. You don't even need to chop them up except remove the outer layer of the whole onion. It will fall apart as it's cooking.
Show threadSwiftOnSecurityDec 24, 2022
Also foods quickly cooked+crisped in a convection oven (air fryer) taste and texture better than the same thing in the microwave. It's really not actually that much longer with the active heat circulation fan.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialDec 24, 2022
@SwiftOnSecurity that's the other thing to keep in mind: you don't really need to spend cash on a dedicated "air fryer" if your oven has a convection fan. the only real difference is the efficiency and speed due to the volume of air. a halogen oven produces similar results too (convection + close directional heat).
Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial

@SwiftOnSecurity you can also buy rice cookers that double up as slow cookers and an approximation of a pressure cooker. their rising popularity in Western markets means you don't have to spend silly money on a Japanese import, which was the case until about 4 years ago.

the difference in taste and texture between a rice cooker and just boiling rice in water is night and day. so much better.

Dec 24, 2022 at 9:02pmWeb