The older generation who mentored me - mom, MIL, aunts, grandmas - are/were excellent cooks. I have learned a lot of life and kitchen hacks from my MIL. The one thing that I have learned from my MIL is to make lunch and dinner in early morning. Before you do anything else.

First thing in the morning, I make my tea, and then I have four burners blazing. I will make lunch and dinner for the day and then I will make breakfast. Everything gets put in glass pyrex containers on the table. I put table mats and a stack of plates, cutlery, napkins and glasses on the table. After that, it is self-serve in my family. When food cools down - it goes in the fridge.

Basically a cafeteria kind of concept, served in thalis (platter). 1/2 the food on the thali does not need to be cooked - yogurt, salad, fruit, soaked nuts and seeds, pickles. 1/2 the food is cooked every day - spiced soup, veg entree, non-veg entree, lentils/beans, starch. I work off of a menu. My prep happens at night.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not cook. We have 2 personal chefs that cook most of our meals 7 days a week.

I notice people post on this forum about personal chefs a lot. Out of genuine curiosity, why are you on here if you "do not cook." And you think your response is helpful to OP?

There's a troll who adds nothing to the threads. It's probably a fat lady with 4 cats. Just ignore. I don't even bother to report OT because they are just a waste of air.

Anonymous wrote:I do not cook. We have 2 personal chefs that cook most of our meals 7 days a week.

I notice people post on this forum about personal chefs a lot. Out of genuine curiosity, why are you on here if you "do not cook." And you think your response is helpful to OP?

Anonymous wrote:How often do you cook for yourself if you live alone or live with a roomate? Or for family living in the same home as you? How many meals a week do you cook for you and them? How about extended family, friends and others? How often do you have them over and you cook instead of meeting them at a restaurant? Did you always enjoy cooking?

I have always hated cooking and I never have anyone over, in the 17 years I've lived in my apartment. I cook for myself, but it's like scrambled eggs, or frozen ravioli, or baking fish, or other super simple things. I tend to do things like yogurt and crackers or bagged salads quite often.

I cook dinner 5-7 nights a week (we occasionally eat out or heat up leftovers, but other than that, I cook). I batch-cook my lunches for the week, some sort of grain bowl that I can reheat at the office every day, and make lunches for the kids every weekday (DH is on his own for lunch). Breakfast is a mixed bag, I like cooking a big breakfast on weekends if we're all home. The kids have to get up at different times on weekdays, so breakfast is something simple like toast or yogurt.

DH cooks breakfast daily for himself and kids (I'm not hungry that early in the morning). Lunch is never a cooked meal - sandwiches or warm up leftovers on your own. DH and I each cook dinner 2-3 nights a week with the remaining night(s) being leftovers, takeout, or go out.

I hate cooking in the day-to-day but I love cooking and hosting big holiday meals like Thanksgiving.

I do not cook. We have 2 personal chefs that cook most of our meals 7 days a week.

I enjoy cooking, but I still only Cook, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday is left overnight.
Friday we order in Saturday we usually do something with friends or something.

Sunday, my husband cooks

Do you enjoy it or are doing it because people need to be fed ?

Generally, I cook 5 nights a week. One night we do take away and one night DH and I go out. Breakfasts are on your own. Lunches are sandwiches or leftovers.

I am 60 and basically over it, and I do sheet pan dinners or other simple dinners now.

I hate cooking, but I make dinner on the five weeknights while my husband makes Sunday dinner. Breakfast is do-it-yourself, as is lunch.

I cook 5 meals a week (M-F), spouse cooks weekends. Kids are old enough to make their own school lunches, and spouse and I usually pack leftovers for lunch. Everyone makes their own breakfasts.

We go out for dinner maybe 5 times in 2 months.

Cooking for self takes a lot of motivation

How often do you cook for yourself if you live alone or live with a roomate? Or for family living in the same home as you? How many meals a week do you cook for you and them? How about extended family, friends and others? How often do you have them over and you cook instead of meeting them at a restaurant? Did you always enjoy cooking?