I have given up with food!.

[Patrick66]

Maybe a Sainsbury’s delivery would reach you - if you like pea protein - Huel is a pea protein powder - with all nutrients you can require to be used in cooking or shake - this means you can get your nutrients relieving the nutritional demands of cooking

During my gestational diabeties I had a similar problem and as a teenager very nearly anorexic - so I can listen to hear how your feeling - got to rely on supplements many times - even to this day I take many - stopping occasionally when I get a healthy appetite back or doctor says - taking Vitamin E, Lutein, Selenium, milk thistle, tribalism to name but a few ...

It’s the nutrition that matters..

Better Beyoncé than the milkshake song

Yes it might. Trying to think if I have seen a Sainsburys delivery van in the area...though, that said, even an ambulance cant find my house so..there might not be that hope.

Yes it is the nutrition that matters.

 

[HSSS]

Not sure if this might help on the (not) cooking front
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/without-cooking

If you see something you fancy and struggle with the recipe maybe your wife could talk you through it before you step into the kitchen so you are clear about the steps.

My asd’s tend to not go through recipes beforehand and then when they get to a “meanwhile” or a “using the stuff you prepped earlier “ bit or realise later the list of ingredients specified some sort of preparation that the method hasn’t mentioned then it all falls apart as they aren’t ready for the next instruction and it’s needed right now and panic ensues. I think that’s common enough in anyone not used to recipes to some extent.

Personally I’m not too anal about things like 127g instead of 125g. I mean just how accurate are my scales anyway. Also I will miss or exchange ingredients if I don’t like them or haven’t got them. Eg I don’t like walnuts so I just miss that out. If it uses two different flours and I run a bit short of one I up the quantities of the other. I’m sure you get my drift.

So reading the whole thing first, noting preparation descriptions like sliced, chopped, steamed, boiled in the ingredients part and having everything out and to hand before starting is a great way to make it a bit more foolproof. And being willing to not be too rigid if the need or desire arises means you get more creative and possibly invent new dishes along the way. The trick then is remembering what you did differently so you can recreate it.

 

[Patrick66]

Not sure if this might help on the (not) cooking front
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/without-cooking

If you see something you fancy and struggle with the recipe maybe your wife could talk you through it before you step into the kitchen so you are clear about the steps.

My asd’s tend to not go through recipes beforehand and then when they get to a “meanwhile” or a “using the stuff you prepped earlier “ bit or realise later the list of ingredients specified some sort of preparation that the method hasn’t mentioned then it all falls apart as they aren’t ready for the next instruction and it’s needed right now and panic ensues. I think that’s common enough in anyone not used to recipes to some extent.

Personally I’m not too anal about things like 127g instead of 125g. I mean just how accurate are my scales anyway. Also I will miss or exchange ingredients if I don’t like them or haven’t got them. Eg I don’t like walnuts so I just miss that out. If it uses two different flours and I run a bit short of one I up the quantities of the other. I’m sure you get my drift.

So reading the whole thing first, noting preparation descriptions like sliced, chopped, steamed, boiled in the ingredients part and having everything out and to hand before starting is a great way to make it a bit more foolproof. And being willing to not be too rigid if the need or desire arises means you get more creative and possibly invent new dishes along the way. The trick then is remembering what you did differently so you can recreate it.

I made cookies yesterday. Low carb ones. They taste funny but, you know, okay.

I got confused though and my partner kept interfering which only confused me more. Sometimes more of a hindrance than a help.
It was from a youtube video. Pity they kept changing the camera angles in it so it was hard to follow what they added and when so had to guess a bit and just hope it came out something similar. Probably could be a bit sweeter but I think, first go and all that, I did okay ?

 

[HSSS]

I made cookies yesterday. Low carb ones. They taste funny but, you know, okay.

I got confused though and my partner kept interfering which only confused me more. Sometimes more of a hindrance than a help.
It was from a youtube video. Pity they kept changing the camera angles in it so it was hard to follow what they added and when so had to guess a bit and just hope it came out something similar. Probably could be a bit sweeter but I think, first go and all that, I did okay ?

Fantastic. So next time add a little more sweetener than you did this time. And bake these solo .

I think lots of low carb alternatives are a bit different to the original versions. Sometimes I get disappointed and think I did it wrong. Mostly I think they are just different and wish they had different labels so I wasn’t set up to expect one thing and get another. Then I could just enjoy them (or not) on their own merits, not with a set of false expectations. Just about every low carb bread falls into that category - eggy, cakey, cheesey or just weird.

 

[Chook]

Maybe you ought to talk things through with your partner when you're both not so emotionally charged. If neither of you like cooking then maybe split the cooking and each do it on alternate days. Also mention to her (gently) how difficult you found it when she tried to help. She might be thinking she was being helpful.

By the way, It's not necessarily an autistic thing, my husband hates me interfering when he's cooking and he also struggles with following a recipe but, left to his own devices with plenty of time, he's turned in to a very good cook.