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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cleaning// How many minutes or hours per day would let you keep steady state, a mostly clean house?

For me, if I do 15 minutes on dishes every single day, 30 minutes on folding laundry every other day, then I keep the house functional.

What I’m terrible at is staying on top of the house. I’m like 2-4 hours if I feel like it’s getting crazy. And then ignore it otherwise. I want to figure out a steady state… so it isn’t nothing..nothing..nothing..ALL DAY.. nothing.[/quote]

Dishes are super quick and easy, but I avoid dishwashers like the plague. Wouldn't have one for many obvious reasons. 1-2 min per person max to handwash, dry and put away.

Laundry is super fast and easy these days since don't have to hand wash anymore or even go to a laundry mat. Folding and occasional ironing is the hard part now. Figure 20 min per load total time.

Vacuuming/sweeping is tedious and takes about 20-30 min a couple times a week.

Dusting is very time consuming and takes about 2 hours per month. [/quote]

Are you cooking spaghetti with sauce from a jar? [b]Because our family of four fills two sinks in meal prep cooking and eating.[/b] And we try to reuse knives and cutting boards!

Laundry is fine except sorting 1000 kids socks. [/quote]

You are doing it wrong then. Wash as you cook, then only takes about 2-5 min to wash all dishes for a family of four. [/quote]

What kind of meals are you eating that 2-5 minutes of washing is all it takes to wash all dishes for a family of four?  We don't subscribe to 1-pot meals.

We use all fresh ingredients to cook from scratch and we make several dishes every day for each meal. It does not take 2-5 minutes of washing for all dishes for 4 people.  Just the prep of all veggies, meats, starches etc takes many bowls, cutting boards, gadgets etc.

If you want to eat healthy and nutritious meals, you need to put in the work for all the food prep and cooking.  I spend a lot on all organic foods and a huge variety of ingredients.  I want to make sure that I can get the full benefit of it all by careful prep and making food that is delicious.  All of this requires effort and time. [/quote]

I am not on the side of the "you're doing it wrong" person, because that's rude. But there is another way. I cook elaborately as well, and I clean as I go. Toasting some spices on low for full flavor release? That's one minute I can use to wash the cutting board and knife I used for the fresh herbs. Caramelizing onions? Time to load some spoons and bowls into the dishwasher. Searing mushrooms? Takes forever! I can wash the whole food processor in that time, pausing between parts to toss the shooms.

By the time I'm done cooking 3-4 dishes, I have the prep tools mostly dealt with. That just leaves plates, cutlery, and glasses after the meal, and that's where the dishwasher really shines. (When it's just family, I plate in the kitchen and skip the serving dishes. Those mostly come out for company.)

My boyfriend is a wonderful cook, but he learned late in life. And he only recently got comfortable enough to wash while he cooked, rather than using that time to refer to recipes, or standing and watching something he wasn't confident about. While there's nothing wrong with it in the grand scheme of things, it is quite nice to sit down without the specter of a destroyed kitchen lurking. [/quote]

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