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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

+1 
I agree. We do a lot of cooking and use fresh ingredients.  If I want my kids and family to eat healthy, well balanced and varied meals - it means a lot more work.  My kids do not like ultra processed food. We don't even buy shredded cheese for example. So there are pans, bowls, pots, gadgets and tools, cutting boards, blenders and grinders...just a whole lot of whole lot.

I have a friend, who basically uses every thing frozen, boxed, canned or from a jar.  After she finishes cooking, there is a whole pile of cans in the sink. I usually have a huge bucket of veggi peels, fruit peels, egg shells, shrimp shells, trimmed fat from meats etc.  [/quote]

So is mine, which is why I have chickens who turn my delicious scraps into healthy eggs.  But weeknights I can still produce a meal in under an hour.  I don’t cook lunches and breakfast is quick most days.  Weekends I do more for breakfast and my kids still make their own lunch.  They are 13 and 9.  Why aren’t these teens cooking some?

Be smart about pans too.  Dutch ovens rule, I have a few.  Sear, sauté, roast, then make the sauce in the same pan while the meat rests.  Cook smarter.[/quote]

Nah. I come from a culture that is known for its wonderful cuisine. My family cannot eat like y'all do. Also, I cater to my kids preferences. Why? Because I value that they like the food that they eat and that they eat healthy food.  I am not raising Duggar children. [/quote]

It is disgusting that it took me so long to call troll.[/quote]

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