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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

all those receipes assume you know how to cook in general - people not cooking on a regular basis will always take longer that 15 minutes to prep meals.

my tip: cook a small amount once even if it takes a while; if you are fine with the result, cook a larger amount that you can freeze or store for future meals, reducing your total cooking time far below those 15 minutes. dont just do large amount first - you will profit from having done the receipe before and achieve a better tasting meal the second time.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    No, they’re just straight up lying. I’ve been cooking for 30 years, I can eat at a restaurant once go home and make you the exact thing or very similar from most places and this is still a problem for me. The prep times and cook times are often just plain lies. Prep time can be trimmed down to some degree with training/practice and I’m a lot faster at this than your average beginner but when something tells you to cook something that will still be completely raw by the end of the cook time given there’s no skill curve there, it’s just how long things take to cook.

    Onions won’t be soft in 2 minutes, they won’t be caramelized in 5, veggies will still be raw in 5 minutes of cook time, expect to double or triple anything that uses potatoes that aren’t boiled. It’s just lying so you visit their site.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    My advice : buy canned soups in bulk. That's how I roll

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Or make broth/stock with leftovers. A pressure cooker makes this much easier.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    An electric pressure cooker makes it a mindless activity. Load it, turn it on, come back when it beeps, or tomorrow... Who cares, it's sterile in there.

    Then to reduce: turn it on, come back when it beeps. Dial in the times and electric pressure cookers make recipes ridiculously repeatable.

    My only criticism is their food is fairly homogenous so I add some crunch on the side just for some heterogeneity. Insane effort to value ratio.

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