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Well, I buy prechopped onions. I buy prechopped lots of stuff. I have to wonder how many of those food purists who regard chopped veggies with such distain actually cook every day. And of those who do, how many of you work outside the home? When you're gone all day and need to come home and have a real dinner ready in half an hour flat, any shortcuts you can find are welcome! When I cook dinner on the weekend or for a holiday, I go all out with the fresh stuff, but for weeknights, it's shortcut city. I am unapologetic about that. At least I get a real dinner on the table and it's not frozen chicken nuggets.
Personally, I have tried RR's recipes. Somehow I ended up with three of her cookbooks -- no, I didn't buy them -- but the whole 30 Minute Meals thing is a not what it's cracked up to be. It's thirty minutes once everything is chopped, measured, and anything else that needs to be done before you throw it all together and add heat. Needless to say, most of her recipes don't fit my requirements of a *real* 30 minute meal. I do have a few of those recipes and I bless those wonderful cooks who came up with them.
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I guess I forgot to mention that I have a husband who insists on eating by 7 p.m. If I get home at 6:30, that leaves me half an hour. Cooking a meal that takes an hour or more is totally out of the question. Any few minutes I can shave off by having onions prechopped helps and I really don't taste the difference once they're cooked (now if I'm making a salad or something, that's a different question). I feel virtuous just in that I get a home cooked dinner (albeit one with frozen onions in it) on the table. So many of my coworkers look at me like I'm insane when I mention that the family sits down to dinner together every night. I could make my 7 p.m. deadline by bringing home pizza or burgers but where's the joy (or nutrition) in that?