I spend about 20 minutes every morning packing Charlie's breakfast and lunch. He's been waking up later lately, so he usually eats breakfast at daycare.
Then I spend 30 minutes cooking dinner.
How much time do you spend cooking each day?
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Probably about 30 -45 minutes. Since I'm only feeding myself, baby in my tummy, and my husband we usually only cook dinner.
Typically I make oatmeal in the microwave at work in the mornings and eat a sandwich for lunch which does not involve much cooking but a little preparation.
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A couple of hours. Dinner usually takes me an hour. Breakfast and lunch take a little while because I spend so much time standing in the kitchen deciding what I want to make.
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Breakfast is always simple so no cooking involved normally. Dinner takes about 30-45 minutes. I'm always starving by the time I get home so I try to prep as much stuff in the morning and/or pick simple recipes.
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Dinner always takes at least 45 minutes, even when we're making something relatively simple. I always shake my head at Rachel Ray's 30 minute meals because that's just not possible for me. And it's not even like I'm a novice in the kitchen... I've been cooking for 10+ years!!
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@sweetchic: Me, too! I have NEVER made a 30-minute meal in 30 minutes! I think it might because I can't chop veggies like the pros. Chopping things takes me ages!
Dinner typically takes me about an hour. We pack our lunches, and usually take either leftovers or a sandwich for lunch, so it takes us maybe 10 minutes or so to put that together. We take grab-and-go stuff for breakfast - granola bars, yogurt, and clementines. And it all goes in our lunch bags.
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@sweetchic: it seems like much of Rachel ray's prep work is already done before she starts cooking, which helps. Or done during commercial breaks, but isn't prep that a normal, single cook could do in 3 min or less. Annoying.
We spend a lot of time cooking, but cooking is relaxing for both of us, so we like to spend that much time in the kitchen.
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30 minutes, I only cook dinner. I eat breakfast & lunch at work.
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For dinner, I can only get a meal on the table if it takes less than 30 minutes.
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Before LO, I would spend up to an hour cooking dinner on weekdays and even longer on weekends (I love to cook!). Now, with a 5 month old, the most "cooking" I've done is boil pasta and heat up marinara sauce
I miss being in the kitchen...
I miss being in the kitchen...
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