I got a whole one (1) view on my last post. Hope this one will go just as well!
Anyway, I've had ... varying success in cooking thus far... I've made a recipe that was edible enough that I made it a second time. However, I am back to my old habits.
And this recipe I encountered did not help me. It hurt me. In fact, I do not want to cook again because of this recipe - it made me think that I simply lack any talent for cooking, that eating vegetables is useless because I will never be satiated, and that I will forever be stuck with my poor health.
The recipe in question came from "CollegeNutritionist" on Instagram. I saw it on Pinterest a couple weeks ago and thought, well, that's not too difficult.
The first issue with this recipe is that it calls for "4 zucchini." I did not realize that this woman either harvested her own zucchini from inside her house - or made this recipe in winter. A number of zucchini should not be a valid measurement when the size of zucchini varies so drastically
But Tristan! Shouldn't you be able to tell how much zucchini you need by looking at it?
I should be able to tell how much zucchini I need by looking AT THE RECIPE. Give me a weight, in grams preferably, or even a cup measurement!
Regardless, I did not cut the zucchini pieces small enough (you're gonna laugh when you see this). This was my fault; however, a NORMAL RECIPE would have told you how small to cut them.
The next sin of this recipe, can you guess, has to do with the seasoning. I knew better than to trust it, but you know what they say - trust the process!!
Seasoning at different times will effect the end result drastically. Why the fuck am I seasoning ground beef AFTER it has fully cooked? This made the meat simultaneously bland and spicy. In-fucking-edible.
I also noticed that she didn't have to deal with half a cup of water in her recipe! The liquid from the zucchini leached out, and made this thing closer to a stew than a skillet. What was I supposed to do with that, Rachel??
I actually remembered to take pictures of The Process this time:
So.. these little bitches did not cook, obviously. The meat got tough. Then, these little bitches refused to cool down when I attempted (emphasis on attempted) to eat.
I tried to rescue it with cheese, as the recipe instructed. It did not save it. RIP an entire bag of lite Mexican style cheese. Also RIP $7.88 worth of 93% ground beef.
I had a few bites of it, and it was, to be frank, fucking disgusting. 0/10. Like I said, it was a total motivation killer, and it makes me think I'm just gonna die at 35, because I don't ever want to make or eat something like this again.
Here is my rabbit watching as I put chicken strips in the air fryer after standing over the stove for half an hour:
