Well, then take that nap!

This is why I make some meals and freeze them in foodsaver bags! I'm fine with cooking most days, but every once in awhile I. JUST.DON'T. WANT.TO!!!!!!!!!!

Pull out a FS meal, make a salad and call it done! Still home made!

I agree with Nancy. Fix peanut butter sandwiches or peanut butter with crackers. Even when you’re feeling better, your physical strength and motivation may not have caught up. I think we all go through periods when we can’t get motivated — feeling well or not. I know I’ve been going through that for a couple of months. I get intermittent vertigo that interferes with my ability to cook meals. I plod through, but all that plodding drains my motivation when I finally start feeling better.

So, be kind to yourself. Use a delivery service if you’ve got good ones nearby and get some decent quality bread, some cold cuts, and a dozen eggs. Have sandwiches for lunch and dinner and toast for breakfast. Who cares? Take care of yourself.

Pick up some cookbooks that you have not read completely and look in them for inspiration. I was going through my bookshelves today and noticed that I have quite a few cookbooks (especially Japanese ones) that I have not read and that I should look at more closely. I have had a habit lately of buying more books than I can read - probably because I go to sleep so easily at night, and bedtime is when I do most of my reading. I also have African, Chinese, and Vietnamese cookbooks that I need to read more closely. I have pretty much all of the ingredients, but I just need to decide on the right recipes. I tend to get into a rut of cooking Mexican, Lebanese/Greek, and Italian food most of the time, although I do cook Japanese food frequently - just not that many different recipes.

Get outside for a walk. Force yourself! Lol you'll get the blood circulating and you'll feel so much better after. Get rid of that fug. 🤸‍♀️🏄‍♀️🤹‍♀️☀️

Thanks, everyone. The nap won. Tomorrow's another day.

Are you wearing green velvet draperies when you say that?

:P

bbstx ROFLMAO. I remember that episode!!

take the nap. take another nap if needed. I have fibromyalgia, so it's a regular thing for me. I eat light. in the past month I've had a peanut butter sandwich for dinner twice. grilled cheese twice. nancy's quiche and WW ravioli each several times. picked up a 6" turkey from subway the other day. scrambled eggs a few times. I know I have to eat so I try to make it as easy as possible. I make soup every month or so and eat that for several days. I think it's time for soup again. but that does mean I'll have to force myself to chop onion and celery. We've had rain a lot here. a few days of sun and warmer weather and then another storm moves thru from CA and it rains, is chilly and damp out and my body rebels against it. the news says we'll have rain again tomorrow, then nice days until Tues and then about 3 days of rain again.

the today me has no idea how the decades ago me cooked meals every day, baked, worked, did laundry, sewed, took care of kids etc. the today me asks the dog 'do you really, really need to go outside again?' and 'do you really need to eat again today?'

you're not alone in this. tap another nap.

I remember that episode too!

Nooooo! Get that bracing air into your lungs......or is it too warm where you live to be bracing? Lol

@desertsteph on those days when you just don’t have the oomph to chop, have you thought of using pre-chopped frozen onions? Or frozen pre-chopped green peppers? In my part of the country, I can also get frozen “seasoning blend” of onions, celery, and bell peppers or frozen mirepoix, onions, celery, and carrots. I keep all of that in my freezer, along with Dorot frozen minced garlic.

I like warm. :) But, yes, it's bracing here just now (you might not think so, but it is by our standards). It's also pouring rain, and we don't go out in the rain. Just after the rain, I could take a walk, but then the pollen will spring up and I'll be back to feeling like I have the flu even though I'm not sick, and the particulates in the air will be back, which means I have to drive to a decent place to take a walk, and with all that trouble, I think chopping a danged onion holds a lot more appealing than the threat of a bracing walk. :) (I do like walking, but bracing really isn't good for me, anyway. Even without allergens the cold makes my respiratory system unhappy. I'm more likely to choose another way of stirring the blood which is good advice for counteracting the urge to take a nap.)

I do what bbstx suggested. I keep a couple of bags of frozen mirepoix on hand along with Dorot cubes of frozen garlic, ginger, and basil. Add to that a couple of bags of frozen mixed vegetables, and I can put together a soup very quickly. I’m in the midst of one of my bouts of vertigo, and I absolutely depend on those kinds of conveniences and short cuts.