Scared to get back into the kitchen

f1018 · 2021-10-30T10:04:35+00:00

Stick to tried and true easy favourites x don’t try fancy new things until your confidence is back up

Love-reps · 2021-10-30T18:09:32+00:00

I also take a lot of pride in my food but sometimes we just need a break. Take a couple meals off and either get takeout or ask your spouse to cook.

grahamcookiefart · 2021-10-30T22:25:22+00:00

Stick to the basics.

Always heat your oil well.
The longer you sear beef/chicken, the tougher it gets. Want it super tender then you do a quick sear on the beef, remove it, fry off aromatics and spices, put your beef back in the pan and pour stock in to barely cover the beef - cook for 3 to 4 hours and then leave the lid on for 15 mins.
Cook pasta al dente and generously salt your pasta water. It should taste like the Mediterranean.
spices in the beginning (pan fry in oil) herbs at the end. Citrus also at the end.
you want to aim for all flavors. Salty, sweet, sour, bitter, umami. Example for each: salt, sugar, lemon, lemon peel, fish sauce. If a dish feels "flat", most likely it needs something acidic, so add some vinegar or lemon juice.
seasoning means salt and pepper. Pepper is so important and really lifts up your dish.
marinate your meat. Salt + pepper + generic spice + generic acid. Example for a chicken marinade: salt + pepper + cumin, paprika, coriander + buttermilk.
get a good rice cooker or add a tbsp of butter in your pot and stir just the butter and rice in there for 5 minutes with salt and pepper before adding the water and starting the normal rice cooking process.
aggressively season your food. Chefs usually smoke so much they kill all their tastebuds so their food is like a flavorful punch.
Crumb coating? That would be #1 flour #2 egg #3 breadcrumbs. Deep frying? Make your own batter with carbonated water (or beer, we don't drink so I use the water), egg, flour and spiced and then coat with a flour/starch mix, then deep fry.
stock is made from leftovers. Bones, shells from shellfish, roots of vegetables, etc. Whatever you have that you want to throw away, make a stock out of it.
Making a sauce means searing the protein and then thickening the juices left in the same pan. Deglazing the pan with an acidic liquid usually alcohol, I use a diluted balsamic vinegar because I don't want to use alcohol.
Potatoes are your friend, they're so easy to cook.

I hope this helps in any way!

RStonePT · 2021-10-30T17:48:48+00:00

Weird or different, yet edible, Or weird and different, yet inedible?

Sometimes it's worth just giving less fucks. I guarantee no one is eating your food thinking (this is 10% less delicious than it was yesterday, she's not a good cook)

Noressa · 2021-10-30T19:58:26+00:00

Have a backup plan. Some days just suck. Don't stop trying the recipes, though, because with each mistake you learn improvements or what to avoid.

zurgenfloggin · 2021-10-31T01:03:17+00:00

As I husband, I went through being single and cooking for myself. I learned to like soggy noodles and burnt chicken as "good enough".

I taught my kids that they didn't have to like food cooked for them, but they could never disrespect the chef. I asked them how'd they feel if they made me a crayon drawing and I acted like it wasn't good enough because it wasn't perfect.

I don't know your hubby, but honestly guys are usually pretty flexible. If you made it for me I'll probably like it.

Easy wins: noodles, beef, eggs.

All_Lurk_No_Post365 · 2021-10-31T07:38:35+00:00

Let me tell you something, us men would all still consider it an absolute win to have a gf/wife who made a couple bad dishes.

No one remembers the bad dishes, you'll still be considered the cool wife that cooks good food not the one who made 3 bad dishes.

Title	Scared to get back into the kitchen
Author	Sea_Bookkeeper_1533
Upvotes	24
Comments	18
Date	October 30, 2021 7:18 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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