#unfortunately dinner might just be my cheapest meal when I cook lol

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tried out buying cooked dinners for a few nights this week, and I have to say, when I'm climbing home completely depleted at 9pm, the knowledge of there being a meal waiting in the fridge feels really fucking good.

I was sort of hoping the memory of that might motivate me to do some meal prep on the weekends perhaps, because although I have been thinking about it I know I can also do literally anything else on a Sunday afternoon than stand in the kitchen for 4 hours lol. tbh that prospect just sounds straightforwardly dreadful though, I really don't see myself doing it

but also. there is real noticeable value in the pure novelty of something I didn't make. although I did read the menu previously I retain only a vague memory and still don't actually know what it will be like. whereas if I meal prep I will probably be doing literal leftovers a bunch of the time, and coming up with genuinely new ideas is a lot of overhead, and honestly even just from spending all that time on it with the smells and perhaps tasting it I'm already moderately tired of it by the time it hits the table. not experiencing that is refreshing