Yes I cook at home about 10 times per week. I use the microwave most and the stove. I never use the oven, slow cooker, or rice cooker because they take too long.
Demographic: I am a senior undergrad college student and I live off campus.
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#12I only cook on the weekends because I work in tech with lots of free food but I love baking and cooking. I use my stove and oven mostly and very infrequently my microwave (prefer the toaster oven if possible). I never use a slow cooker or rice cooker because the quantities are too big for one person over just the weekend.
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#13I cook about 4 times a week. Most frequently I use my pressure cooker and sous vide machine. It is kind of interesting because they represent two polar opposites of cooking.
If I need something cooked quickly, I can cook chicken thighs in a pressure cooker in about 10-15 minutes with a sauce. On the other hand if I am working a long day and I don't want a steak for dinner, I can put it in the sous vide machine and not worry about it.
The third most used item for me probably would be a wok.
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#14Yes, I cook sometimes. Frequency - about 3/week. If you count microwaving as cooking then I cook daily. I use stove, microwave regularly and sometimes I also use the oven grill. Most often, I use the stove to cook eggs and pasta. I am trying to get fancier with my food and make nice fish dishes and stuff. I expect I will use my blender and oven more frequently then.
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#15No, but my wife does. Pretty much every day of the week.
We have a range cooker.
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#16Yes, 6 nights a week and 5 lunches usually.
Friday is usually "date night" although we have been married for 8+ years. We both work from home so lunch every weekday.
We have a range with an oven plus we have a separate convection oven. We have a microwave but we just use it for melting butter and as a kitchen timer.
We usually do 2 vegan meals a week. The rest protein and vegetables as I am diabetic. We stay away from soda, sugar, processed foods as much as we possibly can.
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#17Essentially every evening plus a varying number of lunches.
Just a electric stove, plus dreams of a larger kitchen...
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#18Once a week. I live in Hong Kong where eating out is plentiful and compared to groceries, surprisingly similar in price.
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#19Yes, breakfast, (packed) lunch, and dinner for 2 people 7 days a week (eat out for about 3 meals per week).
1. If you do it a lot, you get better at it.
2. Cook in bulk -- I make all lunches for the week at once (mostly salads with a protein). Slow cook a big piece of meat almost every week, and if not, roast a chicken or something like that. Almost every dinner I make is for at least 2 (maybe 3) meals. I freeze if I'm sick of it.
3. If you are just starting, it's ok to start with easy things that are more ready-made (as long as you have to do something). The habit you want is preparing rather than going out or delivery. Gradually increase the difficulty as you can handle it.
To answer your specific question, stove, oven, slow cooker. If you do it, having a good knife and pans is nice.
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#20Yes.
For one person; sometimes for my young son too.
I cook everyday. I cook from scratch mostly. I consider myself a competent by low-skill cook. I can follow a recipe and it normally works; I can bake bread, cakes, cookies and they all work well.
Microwave or slow cooker are most common (I have managed to drastically reduce my energy use); all in one on an electric hob (I'd prefer gas hob) and rarely in the electric oven.
I'd like to cook in bulk and then freeze the food but I have a big fridge and tiny freezer which is frustrating and sub-optimal.