• Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I trained myself to wash as I cook because otherwise I’ll get distracted and leave the mess behind for days.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Cleaning as you go is the secret to making cooking fun, more or less.

      I’m trying to teach my son this concept. He loves to cook, but he just dumps everything in the sink as he cooks, uses a new utensil for everything, etc. You don’t need a new spoon every time you taste your spaghetti sauce.

      It’s even more fun to cook when you know a parent is going to clean up the mess after your Iron Chef fantasy.

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Maybe try a slow cooker. If you find a few recipes you like and prepare what you can in larger batches and save some for next time (for example if it uses a collection of spices, measure out multiple recipes worth of all of the spices and store them (pre-combined) in spice jars), you can get the prep time down to a few minutes each time you want to cook it. Slow cookers have the added benefit of not having to worry about taking it out of the oven at the right time or whathaveyou - when it finishes cooking, it’ll just keep your food warm until you’re ready to eat it. This also keeps the washing to a minimum - it’s just the slow cooker insert and your bowl + utensils. As an added bonus, you’ll get multiple days worth of food out of one time cooking.

    • CucumberFetish@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Rant about kitchen appliances:

      People should learn to use the things they most probably already have in their kitchen.

      1. slow cooker is just a tiny pot shaped low temperature oven with a timer

      2. Air fryer is a tiny oven with a fan

      Why do people get so hyped about a smaller and more limited version of the thing they already have? Just use your oven which most likely already has all these features. I haven’t seen an electric oven without a fan or without a timer in my lifetime

        • tjoa@feddit.orgEnglish
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          9 months ago

          That your oven is heating slow is a flaw of your oven. You can get half height convection ovens who heat up much faster and have all the benefits of a normal oven but the convection works just as well like in an air fryer. some even have microwave functions so you save another device.

            • tjoa@feddit.orgEnglish
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              9 months ago

              And I guess your oven is also full size so that’s not the type of oven I’m talking about. There are one 2/3 of the height and have basically zero heat up time like an air fryer. I value my time and kitchen real estate so if I can have something that does both I will always choose that