Too Tired to Cook

You know how to cook. On a good weekend you might even love it. But on a Tuesday night, after a day that took everything, the idea of deciding what to make, chopping, standing at the stove, and washing up afterward feels like a mountain. So it is ramen again, or instant oats, or cereal from the box, or nothing at all, or another delivery order you will wince at when the bank statement arrives. If you have ever said you would rather starve than cook, this book is for you, and nothing about it will call you lazy. Too Tired to Cook is a practical, judgment-free guide to eating real food on the nights when you have almost no energy left. It is built for ADHD brains, depressed or burned-out days, long shifts, chronic illness, and anyone whose problem is energy and decisions, not skill. This is not a cooking course, a Sunday meal-prep program, or a diet. It will not teach you to dice an onion or hand you recipes with twenty ingredients. Instead, it shows you how to match dinner to the energy you actually have, lowers the bar on purpose, and takes the nightly decision off your plate entirely, for you alone or for a whole household. Inside, you'll learn: The three hidden costs of every dinner (Deciding, Doing, and Dishes) and why exhaustion makes them feel so heavy The Tonight Scale: a four-level energy check that tells you what kind of dinner is realistic before you open the fridge The Good-Enough Plate, and why cereal, snack plates, and toast can count as a proper meal Dozens of bare-minimum meals sorted by effort, from no-heat plates to kettle and microwave upgrades for ramen and oats to one-pan dinners with one thing to wash The Always List and the shortcut foods that buy back your time without apology The No-Decision Dinner System: a short Dinner Menu, Theme Nights, and a daily Decision Deadline that end 'what's for dinner?' How to start when ADHD blocks the first step, and how to eat on depression, burnout, and low-spoon days How to turn rescue takeout into planned takeout so the delivery bill shrinks without you going hungry You do not need more willpower, more recipes, or a better version of yourself. You need dinners that fit the energy you have tonight, and a system that decides for you. Turn to Chapter 1, and let tonight's dinner be the easiest one you have made in months.

Imad Muratspahic is an independent author of practical how-to guides, technical handbooks, history and fiction. The books aim to be clear, honest and useful from the first page.