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by zhte415
2296 days ago
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Bread takes about 10 minutes, leave it to rest, then bake it. And several loaves can be done at the same time. If you have a bread maker then that's even less work. Pasta just takes a boiling pan. Rice, a pan or a rice cooker. Starches largely cook themselves. Vegetables/fruit take a minute or two to chop and pan-fry / prep as you like. Protein can be as simple as a poached chicken breast, roasts again just stick them in an oven. Beans in a pressure cooker, that's also pretty automatic too. Cooking's as time-consuming as you make it. And then these can be batched-up / prepped as a morning chore; I find it takes less time than cleaning the house. I don't batch as I like the break in the day of another activity. It's less time than a commute. YouTube is packed full of easy, tasty recipes if looking for somewhere to start. |
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I've been using the newbie friendly NYT no knead bread[1] for years, and it's that easy. The only gotcha is that you have to prepare it the night before, but that isn't really a big deal in practice. Bread is surprisingly difficult to ruin, and fresh daily bread has been a huge boon for me in these new WFH times.
I highly recommend it.
[1] https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread