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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  I have a HS senior, two HS juniors (2 boys & 1 girl) and DH.  Here is my morning schedule looks like

Breakfast at 6;30am:  take an hour
- make fresh cashews milk for five people (15 mins),
- make egg white with spinach and whole wheat toast for four people (15 minutes),
- make smoothie from fresh avocado, strawberries, blueberries, mango, apple and banana for five people (15 minutes to prepare and blend)
- make fresh oats milk for five people (10 minutes)
- clean up (10 minutes)

Lunch:  Take about 65 minutes - DH WFH and kids are home school
- Homemade chicken soup - 30 minutes  
- Salad  - 5 minutes
- Freshly made Chicken Lasagna - 30 minutes
-   (make smoothie from fresh avocado, strawberries, blueberries, mango, apple and banana for five (15 minutes to prepare and blend),
- Freshly made Almond milk for three (10 minutes),

Snack: 15 minutes
-   (make smoothie from fresh avocado, strawberries, blueberries, mango, apple and banana for five (15 minutes to prepare and blend),

-Dinner: one hour
- steamed vegetable (10 minutes),
- Lobster or seafood on Pasta (40 minutes),
- fresh smoothie (15 minutes)

Rinse and repeat.

I've been doing this for the past three months and it is exhausting.  Fortunately, I am already retired but still feel overwhelmed at times.[/quote]

WTF.  Why are you making so many different things per meal?  Why would you do salmon cakes, tofu, and steak for dinner?  Why so many smoothies?  Why do you make 2 special drinks per meal?  Chicken soup and “Chicken lasagna” whatever that is.  It makes no sense.[/quote]

We have some in our family that are vegetarian, regular, or pescatarian. So you can’t make one meal that everyone will eat. It’s common for kids to have strong preference differ from parents. Not everyone has pasta and spaghetti sauce every night. [/quote]

It’s hilarious that you go from “special individual meals for all” to “you must just eat canned food or pasta from a jar.”

I make one delicious, healthy, balanced meal each night.  If someone wants something different they can make it themselves.  Your kids are in high school!  My 13 yo can cook most of the foods you listed, it isn’t hard.

Your family is drinking way too many calories, BTW.  Not healthy, even if the ingredients are healthy.

You are inventing a problem and enjoying being a martyr.  I love to cook elaborate meals, but I confine it to weekends when I don’t work.

And “salmon patties” are gross, low class food.  Disgusting.[/quote]

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