That sounds familiar, it's amazing how doing something for a job can kill something you once loved! I'm sure it will come back though, you just need some time off! I felt a similar way about photography a while back, obviously you decided to leave food - as a career - behind, but it's the kind of thing that's always going to pop back up at some point as a passion!
Oh, and self employment and a steady diet? THAT takes some doing! We have become obsessed with prepairing and vacuum packing food portions in the freezer then cooking them Sous Vide during the week. Awesome food every time with minimal effort! (plus you always have a quicker meal than a takeaway!)
It's not actually very surprising, because cooking in your own terms is fun, but when you do it for someone else, and under strict rules, it sucks! I'm sure I'll start to cook again at some point, or cook more, because I did cook for the family today, but very simple stuff.
Your meal prep is fucking on point! Like damn, I appreciate that. I hate microwave food, and "old" food in general, but vacuuming and sous vide, that is some good stuff over there.
Yep! Sounds a hell of a lot like being a paid photographer!!
Haha you're welcome! Although it's taken 8 years of missing meals, then eating whatevers handy, to finally realise it's not the best way to eat!! Plus we just got addicted to the sous vide having picked one up on sale, it's pretty amazing having everything cook exactly the same from frozen as it does from fresh! Although I've been eating WAY too much red meat, because it's friggin delicious sous vide!
It's weird that if you eat and sleep good, you feel better, who knew!?
Haha, I totally get it, anyone can be a master chef with sous wide, it's almost impossible to ruin meat when bathing it gently for hours on end :D