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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, why on earth aren't you making your milk in bulk? And why on earth aren't your husband and children helping to cook and clean up?! [/quote]

Because meals in bulk means soup, casseroles, etc. if you want fresh vegetables they have to be freshly cooked. Reheating refrigerated steamed cauliflower??? Nightmare food.

Sure kids and DH can trade off cleaning (I’m DH actually and generally clean) but there is only one sink and one dishwasher…

And when you use multiple cutting boards for meat and veggies, bowls for mixing, pans for searing and pots for steaming — it’s a lot to clean up even for a simple meal with fresh meat, vegetables, and a starch. Forget making a sauce or garnish![/quote]

But she is making soup and casserole (lasagna) for lunch. She could have made enough for a week and fridge/freeze some.

Breakfast is 15 min. Includes fried eggs, yogurt and avocado toast. 
We pack lunches but its easy (tuna salad with veggies/crackers or a bagel or hummus with vegetables)
Dinner takes me 30-45 min. I made stuffed peppers today. Same amount of effort for 6 or 10 peppers (turkey, rice, tomato and mirepoix sauce) and a green salad for dinner. 
We do a lot of roasted fish or chicken thighs with salad and bread or rice. I marinade chicken in the am. 
We don't make any specialty milk or smoothies at my house. [/quote]

Stuffed peppers. Don’t you need to cook rice first? Did you buy ground turkey or something — don’t you brown it?

45 min is almost an hour, so you are hardly whipping things out.

Green salad — do you just tear open a bag and toss in tomatos?[/quote]

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