Had this issue for years now, meds nuke hunger and I’m terrible at eating breakfast by the time I get back from work they’ve worn off and I have zero motivation. Fallen into the diet of nearly always having ramen, energy drinks and a beer here and then with a muti vitami.
Tried planners, can never get them to work my job having constantly changing shift patterns probs contributes to that, even tried one of those meal recipe box thingies stopped due to it A: being expensive and B: still didn’t really work.
I’m not even a bad cook either just cannot force my brain to bloody do it.
When I get off work I go to the kitchen and look at what perishables I have in the fridge, then search for “perishable recipes” and read a few results until I find something that sounds interesting, I have the other stuff for, and doesn’t take too long. Then search for side dishes that would go with it. I also read the reviews from people who have made it as they often suggest substitutions that make work or don’t. Then I start cooking.
You quickly learn which recipe sites have recipes and which are just blog about grandma, the dog, and everything else before they get to a recipe that probably won’t even turn out, since the only point was to get you to look at the ads. (I wish there was a way to not see those in search results…)
Once in a while I see something that looks good but takes too long so I do it next week planning ahead. This is rare though - I’m not good at planning a head.
I need to eat so this is just what I do every day. After a lot of practice I can now make some great meals at home, I can rarely find any place to eat out that isn’t a disappointment - I can make a much better meal for a lot less money.
Most recipes I come across online have a “jump to recipe” button. If the recipe is still being annoying, I’ll click “print recipe” and work off the preview.
it is an anti pattern that I want to discourage though