That’s if you’re doing it inefficiently as possible, or are just starting.
Fill the sink with water and soap and wash up as you cook, and let your cooking pan/pot/whatever soak while you eat so cleanup only takes a few minutes.
Hell, if you git gud enough, you can cook 2-3 meals in that time period and have food for the whole week.
Most meals should only take about 30m of actual activity, especially if you choose recipes that are single sheet pan/skillet, or slow cooked.
Good food can be reheated and still be good. Meal prep is pretty widely practiced, so there are great recipes out there. And people have been eating leftovers since there have been people.
I mean, if you’re really bad at cooking I could see those being issues, but that’s why you keep practicing until they aren’t issues.
Shopping, cooking and cleanup are part of food.
Each meal can easily be considered 1-2 hours of labor.
That’s if you’re doing it inefficiently as possible, or are just starting.
Fill the sink with water and soap and wash up as you cook, and let your cooking pan/pot/whatever soak while you eat so cleanup only takes a few minutes.
Hell, if you git gud enough, you can cook 2-3 meals in that time period and have food for the whole week.
Most meals should only take about 30m of actual activity, especially if you choose recipes that are single sheet pan/skillet, or slow cooked.
Cutting corners on quality and standards saves time yes.
Did I say anything about cutting quality and standards?
Soaking dishes is a corner cutting, making multiple meals to microwave or reheat is lowering your quality and standards.
Single pan dishes have all the same texture, it’s lower quality as well, etc.
Yes, every suggestion you had is one of those.
How is soaking dishes corner cutting?
Good food can be reheated and still be good. Meal prep is pretty widely practiced, so there are great recipes out there. And people have been eating leftovers since there have been people.
I mean, if you’re really bad at cooking I could see those being issues, but that’s why you keep practicing until they aren’t issues.
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