How much time do you spend cooking?

[Morning Glory]

Obviously it may vary according to the day, the meal or how busy you are

In my book, cooking includes preperation of ingredients and the cooking when you are in attendance. So if its in the oven for an hour, that hour doesn't count.

I'm no longer fit enough for extended cooking sessions. I cook and prep in fits and bursts. So, I tend to go for simpler cooking solutions. I am quite fast and efficient though.

How much time do you spend?

 

[TastyReuben]

Let’s see…if it’s a weekday…hmmm…maybe 5 minutes for breakfast (bowl of cereal) if that, and lunch is typically reheating leftovers or making a sandwich, so 10 minutes, and the evening meal, probably closer to 45 minutes.

Weekends…breakfast would be more like 30 minutes, lunch might be closer to 20 minutes, but a main meal, especially on Sundays, can easily be an hour.

 

[Barriehie]

Breakfast is rare but 15 minutes.
Lunch is usually a sandwich or AF hotdog so 8 minutes.
Dinner can be up to an hour with multiple dishes.

 

[Gone Hiking]

It depends. I like to cook a lot of braised dishes, so it's often 3 or 4 hours from the time I start pulling out ingredients until dinner is ready. Even while the food is cooking, I'm making side dishes and cleaning up. Leftovers become lunches or dinners over the following days.