I’m the same as M0nica , I will set out everything I need, sometimes hours before I am intending to cook . I chop etc as I go but clear away every item I have used as soon as I am finished with it .
I fall between two stools. I plan menus and always know in advance what the meal will be and I usually get all, or most, of the ingredients and tools out and on the worktop before I start cooking, but ingredient preparation - onion chopping, meat trimming gets done in and around the cooking process.
Never things get decided when I m ready to eat and literally thrown together as I go along, I never really know what I m having until it comes out of the pot Always enjoy eating it though
My husband works like that in the kitchen. He prepares everything first and lays it out in bowls. I think it helps him to feel in control and proactive. The results are pretty good too.
I have never been organised enough to cook like this but today I was doing a bit of a fiddly meal and had time to get sorted- what a revelation!! Everything worked like clockwork!!
Do you get organised before you cook or do you cook on the run like me?