On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:16:56 -0500, Ema Nymton >
wrote:

> On 7/23/2014 8:44 AM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> > People who are "too tired to cook" and thus eat prepared junk food are
> > tired *because* they eat prepared junk food. Stop eating crap and you'll
> > have the energy to cook real food. Also get rid of the TV, it is a truly
> > incredible time waster.
>
> You may be exactly right about some people.
>
> The OP said, "Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking
> cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated
> dishes when I get home. I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then
> have that through the week." She did not mention junk food.
>
Trader Joe's and most grocery stores sell pre chopped/shredded items
these days. They are a wonderful time saver for people like the OP. I
like them too, but I tend to buy the bags of prewashed lettuce and
things like precut broccoli florets rather than carrot sticks or
chopped onion. I do like the precut mirepoix (chopped celery, onions,
and carrots). I bought a container and froze it in thirds... used it
all in two weeks, so it was money well spent.

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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.