My poor wife has to deal with my adhd all the time, which includes cooking. I can’t stand cooking, and have always looked for ways to avoid it. I’ve seen lots of people on here express the same sentiment, and I’m curious if anybody has any advice? What works for you to trick your brain into cooking?

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I love cooking but I don’t have the energy fo rmuch thanks to my health issues. I also do have severe ADHD.

    For me, it’s looking for simpler recipes.

    Look for shortcuts. Find things that are easy but are tasty. Don’t fall for the bullshit that you have to make everything from scratch.

    A slow cooker and a rice pot probably would serve you well. It’s so very easy to get a pot of rice going. For my rice, I use:

    • 2⅔ C rice (basmati or long grain)
    • 3 C / 32oz tetra pack of stock (whichever makes sense with the meal)
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon MSG
    • stick of butter

    (yes, that’s a whole stick! You should get more than 8 servings of rice out of it, and it’s just tastier. But you do you)

    Beef stew like my mom made and I still make:

    • Cut up a beef roast or just buy precut stew meat (should be around the same price and worth the saved effort)
    • Cut up 2-3 large potatoees (after scrubbing). If you have the energy, peel them first, otherwise scrub REALLY well
    • Peel (or scrub well) a pound of carrots (or maybe closer to 2 - I like carrots a lot) and cut into 1 inch chunks or so
    • Peel a couple of onions and slice in half, the halves in halves, then each quarter in half - or slice each half in thirds
    • Add it all into a slow cooker with a tetra pak of beef stock or broth. May have to add water to cover. Add a couple tablespoons of Better than Bouillon beef and stir it in, then cook for 2-4 hours, checking for doneness and tenderness of the beef

    Serve stew over rice

    If you get some dry roux, take a couple of pounds of stew meat, dust with a quarter cup of dry roux and a couple tablespoons of better than bouillon and mix in your slow cooker and cook until tender. The juices from the beef should be enough to make a gravy, but if you want to add a little beef stock or water if it needs it, go for it. Serve over rice.

    • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      My sister’s adhd effects her mor heavily than mine in cooking. I lived with her for a year a few years ago, and I noticed how often she used her rice cooker/instapot.

      She’d make rice and have it with the smoked salmon you dont have to cook. Or tuna packets. But that instapot was always getting used for rice. set it, and forget it. haha and she would forget it. but it turns off on its own which was good.