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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I marinate chicken the night before. It’s easy to put on the rice/toast naan, steam some vegetables and cut up fruit while the protein cooks in the oven. We make fish in parchment, put vegetables and herbs inside and voila, dinner. Sheet pan meals are quick and easy to do. The key is to do some prep work the night before: all the chopping and washing that takes time. And there’s always the trusty crockpot especially with this season.[/quote]

Definitely true that the washing and chopping of vegetables is the big time suck. Also the cleanup of all the veggie scraps and cutting boards that can’t go in dishwasher. We eat a LOT of fresh vegetables, not just a steamed side or whatnot.

Prepping the night before doesn’t work because things like salads get soggy, though I will look into a spinner and things like cauliflower turn brown

Also, we are running kids around at night, homework, and I already stay up late cleaning the kitchen from dinner — i don’t see how prepping separately, storing in MORE Tupperware to clean later, saves time. It time shifts I agree, but my aggregate time cooking increases since I have to handle the same food twice.

But I will look into a spinner — if we can wash and cut veggies for 2-3 nights that could help us get to Thurs.  but it sounds like a lot of frozen or canned food or takeout is a staple of working parents?

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Seriously for public health they should allow more part time work to support families:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4001859/

“ We show that children whose mothers work more consume more unhealthy foods (e.g. soda, fast food) and less healthy foods (e.g. fruits, vegetables, milk) and watch more television. Although they report being slightly more physically active, likely due to organized physical activities, the BMI and obesity results suggest that the deterioration in diet and increase in sedentary behaviors dominate.”[/quote]

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