If you are almost 26 and therefore cannot cook

Some people are just not made to prepare food. Not for themselves, let alone for other people. I mean: that's just almost dangerous. And yes, I am such a person.

If you burn a pot of rice at 26, then you know something is not, uh, going completely well. And honestly, I just don't really care about cooking at all. I'm better at eating.Everyone has their qualities, right? Besides, my boy missed his calling as a chef, so look, that compensates. Also a first-class kitchen klutz? Ha, fun. Then you definitely recognize everything on the list below. These are the things you recognize if you're a disaster in the kitchen.

– You often wonder how many nights in a row you can have food delivered without it becoming socially awkward.

Three, four? What?

– You have respect and at the same time feel a slight hatred for people who can ‘sense’ exactly what a recipe needs.
You barely know the difference between parsley, sage, and thyme.

 
– Estimating is not, uh, your strongest point.
So you often pour something into a pan or a container that is way too small. The misery.
You thought for years that chicken naturally tastes dry.
Ahem.

 
- You will deny until death that your kitchen looks like a battlefield in Game of Thrones afterwards.
A battle that you ultimately lose yourself. Traitors!

– You might know the delivery people from Thuisbezorgd.nl by name.
Jesus, you just have a lot of friends, okay? Thanks Martijn!

– If your microwave ever passes away, you won't know what to do with yourself.
Let's be honest: that thing is your best friend.

– Cold dishes are your specialty.
The weather forecast for today? The chance of pasta salad is about 99 percent, with a light breeze of carpaccio from the north and a hint of sushi.

– You always convince everyone to go out to eat.
Even on Tuesday nights. I mean: I get that you have to get up early for work, but hello, a person has to eat, right?!

You know? I'm not even thirty yet. Actually, I still have some time. These are the 16 recipes you need to know before you turn thirty.