Food for executive dysfunction days (possible trigger warning)

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( just remembered to add - If you have an eating disorder or similar you may find this triggering, sorry)

Does anyone have any suggestions, apart from takeaway, for meals to cook on days when you just can't today ? For context I'm not feeling very well this week, neither is DH, but I'm trying to cut down on takeaways to try and lose a bit of weight. I'd usually skip meals or have cereal if I'm on my own, rather than face cooking and forcing myself to eat, but that's not fair on DH as he's been looking after me all week. I really can't face making anything complicated and the thought of eating and having textured stuff in my mouth is stressing me out.

Does anyone else have similar struggles?

This all sounds very familiar. I've been in a bad patch since September. We are all very particular about what we will eat and trying to come up with something that's ok for all 3 of us is tiring. I'd live on toast and dry crust yes given half the chance yet I live food and enjoy cooking but the daily grind of the mental effort involved is too much.

Have a lurgy too this week, do not feel like cooking at all

If you can eat prawns, get a bag of uncooked frozen tiger prawns, pop in a colander & run cold water over for a minute to defrost/ stand in bowl of cold water.
Drain and dry on Kitchen paper.

Chop garlic and one chilli or use chilli flakes.
Add garlic & chilli and Fry prawns quickly in sunflower oil or butter turning as soon as each side is pink, season and a quick squeeze of lemon then serve with pasta (any will do) or rice or couscous (those quick cook bags are perfect at times like this) and a green salad with French dressing or just oil and wine vinegar! Yum. have fruit for dessert

I can also recommend the Pataks or Spice tailor curry kits - add meat/ fish / paneer/ veg and follow instructions, usually take around 12-15mins to cook
serve with naan, veg, rice whatever takes your fancy

Good old jacket spuds, wash, dry prick all over, cut off any manky bits,
Pop on plate in microwave 5-10 mins depending on size (I just use the biggest from a supermarket bag of Maris piper potatoes)
Warm some oil in oven, at 180c(fan), 190c (non-fan), gas mark 4 or 360f: add salt or seasoning; roll potato in it
cook about 20mins to half an hour til done
Serve with butter/ marg or whatever you prefer, beans for ease of cooking and comfort value; grated cheese or whatever you prefer and salad

also this recipe here, so easy
www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/quick-and-easy/spaghetti-with-parmesan-and-black-pepper-spaghetti/