eurydicebound

I've realized today that I'm going through one of my "cook? You want me to cook? I don't know how to do that!" phases again. I get like this every so often, usually when I'm stressed or having to concentrate elsewhere or whatever. I can cook and I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I'll ever really love doing it... and during times like this, the part of my brain that has a grudging appreciation/skill for it just shuts off entirely.

I'm sitting here making a grocery list, and damn if I can't think of anything more than bread, milk, and drinks to put on it. I've realized that I could make soup, but then when I try to pin down ingredients and a process, the brain refuses to cooperate and I can't figure out for the life of me how to make actual soup. (yes, I could go get a recipe, but it doesn't do any good if none of them sound appealing.)

I think I'm just busy and annoyed at my weight and unable to concentrate on this stuff, which sucks. I don't want to buy frozen or preprocessed thing X for no better reason than I can't put together how to cook... well, anything right now, really. And yet I need to be cooking, cause eating out or eating crap is expensive in the long run.

Edit: Cooking quandry solved. Recipes found. Texas-style chili made using beef, onion, red wine, spices, and beer. Definitely the most adult chili I've ever made. My point still stands.