How long do you spend cooking a main meal on a typical day?

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   innerspinposted 10 years ago

   How long do you spend cooking a main meal on a typical day?
   
   I'm a fairly speedy cook, many meals are ready in thirty minutes or less.. How about you?

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   Georgie Loweryposted 10 years ago

   About the same, half an hour, unless you count the meals I make in my crock pot - I actually take about ten minutes to assemble those, but they take hours to cook!

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      innerspinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Ooh, must get a crock pot!

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   emilynemchickposted 10 years ago

   I'm the same. Usually I spend 30 minutes or so on dinner. My husband and I have about 10 or so 'stand-by' meals we usually make during the week. We save our adventurous cooking for the weekends.

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      innerspinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      That makes sense, thanks for answering.

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   CraftytotheCoreposted 10 years ago

   I spend about one to two hours.  I usually start around 2 and finish when my children get home from school.  But I make big meals like baked chicken, mashed potatoes, sometimes fish recipes that use a lot of ingredients and take a while to bake.  I don't make a lot of pasta.

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   jansharesposted 10 years ago

   Same for me, innerspin, especially on a weekday. I get home late some evenings so it has to be quick. I don't mind fixing a meal on a Sunday that might take more time. For example, I like taking hours to cook oxtail stew or any meats that cook in the oven. If I have the time, I really do like to cook.

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   kineticpoetposted 10 years ago

   Half an hour when I cook real food... 3-5 minutes with 30 seconds cooling time if I'm not really in the mood (or have leftovers).

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      innerspinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Great result!

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   DzyMsLizzyposted 10 years ago

   As little time as possible.  I don't enjoy cooking--it's just something that has to be done.
   Once in a blue moon, I get a wild hair, and get in the kitchen and make some kind of all-day dish or bread, or something...but I can count those days in a year on the fingers of one hand with fingers left over.
   
   I really don't like the holidays, because they demand being in the kitchen all day, and the holidays never seem to coincide with the odd days when I do feel like cooking up a storm.... LOL

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