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Good Food For Busy People

It Takes a Village to Cook Dinner – A Mighty Appetite
For households encompassing more than one able-bodied hungry person, cooking should be a shared responsibility. There’s no reason for one person to be the designated cook all the time. It’s an unrealistic proposition, even if one person is more skilled in the kitchen than the other. (…) Smaller household units or two or three: You guys are not off the hook. We all need to participate if we want to eat right and square.

Why… I do believe I was saying almost this exact same thing in a blog post comment a few days ago!

Hey, I know this ain’t easy. But the payoff is huge. Even a control-freak cook such as myself has to let go of the reins and recognize the power of sharing the kitchen load. So what if he can’t dice an onion as delicately as I can? And maybe those beans need more salt. It’s okay, she murmurs under her breath. Teach him.

Zow. Kim O’Donnel at the Washington Post understands. Much of it is a control issue. And a deeply ingrained belief that, as women, we’re supposed to be the one who does all the cooking (and cleaning).

I had planned to write a post (some time) with ideas for eating well when there’s little time to cook. Voila! I don’t need to write it! Kim O’Donnel and dozens of people providing follow-comments have already come up with more ideas than I ever would have. Read… then eat.