My sister is famous for her attitude towards cooking: “If it takes longer to cook than it does to eat, then I’m not interested!”
She has mellowed a little these days, but for many of us, we no longer have hours to spend creating culinary delights in the kitchen.
That’s why so many people resort to ready-made food – and I can understand why!
Getting a vegetable box or eating seasonal food often requires a bit more preparation than convenience diets, but the rewards in both taste and nutrition are immense.
I don’t have a huge amount of time for cooking. Being in the kitchen usually involves letting my 3 year old help out, trying to stop him from playing with sharp objects, whilst balancing the 7 month old, climbing up my leg. Sometimes Louis will play in the lounge and Theo will sit in the high chair, which frees me up to do more complex dishes, but not always.
I had a friend (no kids) to stay recently, who told me she absolutely no way has time to cook from scratch and it’s “alright for those of you who do”. (I did manage not to spit in her coffee, as I thought about my daily routine of juggling work and the boys and having just single-handedly made the spinach and mushroom quiche with home-made coleslaw that she was enjoying, whilst she had sat in my lounge reading a book and I looked after the boys!). She doesn’t get in from work until 6:30 and “can’t be bothered” to slave in the kitchen. And I do actually sympathise – having been there myself for many years.
So I thought it might be interesting to go through some of the hundreds of recipes on the Veg Box Recipes website and check how many of them are quick and easy. And I was surprised!
I figured that almost anyone can spend 20 minutes preparing food – after all, even pre-packed supermarket stuff would probably take that long. And most people would probably consider half an hour. So I’ve created a new section on the website to make it easy to find the quickest, simplest veg box recipes.
So pop along and take a look at our new search:
Delicious food in under 20 minutes
I’m still updating the database (it’s going to take a while!), so the list will grow over the next few days.
Let me know what you think – I hope it helps!
Love,
Clare x
Umm, where are they? I don’t see a link?
Whenever people tell me they’d never have time to cook with all those veg box ingredients, I always say that now I get a veg box and buy all my meat in bulk, my weekly shop only takes about ten minutes! While the cooking takes a bit more time, I save so much time shopping that it balances out.
Thank you Solomon – all fixed now!