Let's kill the lie right now:
"I don't have time to cook" is not a real excuse.
You have time to scroll. Time to order Uber Eats. Time to binge YouTube health hacks. But cook real food for 15 minutes? Suddenly you're overwhelmed?
The truth is: healthy cooking is not hard.
What's hard is unlearning your addiction to speed, noise, and zero effort.
Your body is breaking down because your food comes out of a box. Your hormones are wrecked because your fridge is full of "snacks" instead of meals. And no, a protein bar and an almond milk latte is not lunch.
It's not about becoming a chef. It's about becoming someone who actually gives a damn about what goes into their body. With love. With gratitude. With pleasure.
Here's how to make home cooking stupidly easy — no willpower required:
1. Cook once, eat 3–4 times
Stop pretending every meal needs to be a fresh masterpiece.
Roast a tray of squash, boil a pot of potatoes, sauté liver or beef in ghee — and you're set for 2–3 meals. Structure = sanity.
2. Use a slow cooker or Instant Pot — like a grown adult
You throw ingredients in, walk away, and return to food that tastes like effort.
Pro tip: bone-in meat + carrots + salt + garlic = dinner, broth, and breakfast leftovers in one shot.
3. Keep your "safe foods" on rotation
You don't need 50 recipes. You need 5–7 meals you can cook half-asleep:
- Ground beef + squash + broth
- Boiled potatoes + butter + eggs
- Chicken liver + carrots + rice
Stop chasing novelty and start chasing consistency.
4. Prep your carbs in bulk
White rice, potatoes, roasted root veggies — cook them once, reheat and use for 2-3 days.
Metabolic fuel shouldn't require daily labor.
5. Don't cook everything at once
Cook your protein fresh. Reheat your carbs. Use pre-chopped or frozen veggies if needed.
Batching = freedom.
6. Make your kitchen non-negotiable
If your kitchen looks like a college dorm, fix it.
- Get sharp knives
- Buy a cast iron or stainless steel pan
- Get one Dutch oven or slow cooker
You don't need expensive stuff. You need tools that work.
7. Use tech to automate the rest of your life
Grocery delivery. Meal planning apps. Calendar alerts to defrost food.
Outsource the friction so your brain doesn't waste energy on dumb decisions.
8. Always eat breakfast — or your day spirals
You skip breakfast, your blood sugar tanks, your willpower dies, and suddenly you're UberEats'ing pad Thai at 9pm.
Protein + carb + fat within 30–60 minutes of waking. No negotiation.
9. Stop aiming for perfection and start aiming for rhythm
It's not about the perfect anti-inflammatory gut-healing blood-sugar-balancing dish.
It's about showing up every day — feeding your cells, building the routine, removing chaos.
Your food doesn't need to impress anyone. It needs to stabilize your system so you can function like a human.
Final word
Cooking isn't hard. What's hard is breaking free from the chaos you think is normal.
Most of you don't need a new protocol — you need a hot meal, eaten at a table, made by your own hands.
Want results?
Start cooking like you mean it.