sf wrote:
>
> 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.

Honestly, how much time does the pre-cut stuff actually save you? I know
I can chop up a mirepoix in about 3 minutes max. I think it's really
more of a way to profit from people's claims of being "too busy to cook"
than anything else. If perhaps 5-6 minutes makes the difference between
being able to cook and being too busy to cook, I think priorities and
time management need to be looked at.