Start cleaning dishes as you cook. This leaves you with only a few at the very end.
But but you’re wasting water! I just hate how much companies got a pass back in the day to waste as much as possible and push recycling and saving down to consumers…
Rinsing your dishes, taking a longer shower, doing a small load vs large load of laundry should do absolutely nothing to your conscience. Your only concern would be saving money for yourself… And voting blue lol.
https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/water/us-water-supply-and-distribution-factsheet
also like, what the fuck kinda cooking are these people doing???
when i cook i use like… 3 pots and pans at most? frying pan, saucepan, and big pot for boiling pasta/potatoes/whatever
takes like 1 minute to handwash holy shit, and if you have a washing machine it’s even more a complete non-issue
Making something super basic like waffles or crepes is still gunna be a couple Bowls, measuring cups, utensils and a pan, as well as a bong, downstem and bowl… Add eggs and bacon make it 2 pans. 8-10 items to wash without plates and utensils to eat with.
Now let’s do steak with compound butter, potatoes, and a salad.
Cutting board, skillet, spatula, plate to salt & dehydrate steak. Cup to melt butter, garlic press. Pot for potatoes for mashing, pot for gravy if not using skillet. Spoon for tasting. Salad board, knife and spoons and Bowl to mix salad. 10-15 items and im not even high enough to be hungy enough to eat something this heavy.
so just get some waffle mix if that’s an issue for you? Also, baking is not a fair example, because that’s fucking baking and everyone knows it’s basically home chemistry.
we’re just talking about cooking some sort of food, which to me is at its most basic starch, protein, sauce, and ideally some vegetables, which takes 2-3 pans, a spatula, something to stir the sauce with, and probably a strainer for the starch, and of course a plate and utensils. You can cook food without measuring things.
Which all in all takes minutes to wash up.
Trick yourself into thinking you’re enjoying the journey too
I love cooking apparently
Hobby cook who likes to experiment accidentally making something that tastes like shit so you don’t even get the 10 minutes of pleasure:
That’s part of learning. I’d you don’t experiment and do crazy shit every once in awhile, you’ll never learn what works and what doesn’t.
The experimenting part is the best. It’s your stomach telling you it’s craving something different, and you’re trying to figure out how to deliver. It’s great.
You either need to learn to eat from the pan(it’s a one pan recipe, regardless if it is or not), cook enough for 3 days, or do impromptu fasting( absolutely for health and wellness and not because you don’t want to wash dishes)
Dude. Leftovers. Thats like up to a week of food if you make a casserole or a lasagna.
