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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure if I qualify, but I have 3 kids and work full time so we usually aren’t doing any major home cooking each night.

This week we’ve done stuff like [b]sandwiches by the pool, seared up some pre-sous vided burgers out of the freezer,[/b] ordered pizza, [b]made Trader Joe’s Chinese food (dump in a pan), made the kids some mac n cheese[/b] while we took out sushi for us, and tonight I’m planning to “make” [b]spaghetti with jarred sauce, a bagged salad, and freezer to oven garlic bread[/b]. We also sometimes do prepared foods from places like the Italian Store or Lebanese Taverna Market.

I used to love cooking and trying new recipes. Now I’m just trying to get 5 people fed in between work and activities. [/quote]

All of the bolded counts as "cooking dinner" or "making dinner" even if you are using a variety of pre-made things. Ordering takeout or pizza doesn't count, and I'd include the prepared grocery foods as takeout rather than "making dinner." It still counts as making a spaghetti dinner if you use sauce from a jar. Where would that particular perfectionism end? Is it okay to buy your tomatoes at the store to make your own sauce, or do you have to grow them yourself for it to count as "homemade sauce"?

I think a lot of people on this board have really rigid standards for what's good enough to be considered work. It comes from the many ways this region defines value only by productivity. So if you're making an easy dinner like sandwiches or mac and cheese, it "doesn't count as cooking" and becomes another source of guilt.

I myself "make dinner" probably 28 days a month. We don't go out very much and my husband dislikes cooking. Sometimes I make things that are complicated and time consuming, sometimes not. I work full time but from home and am often able to babysit a slow cooker between meetings or whatever. Making meals doesn't really have to be complicated or time consuming unless you want it to be.[/quote]

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