A few years ago, a friend of mine was complaining that cooking fresh, healthy, dinners every night was time consuming and that he could make much better use of that time. We both knew he couldn't afford a personal chef so I didn't even bring up that option.
I had stumbled across a product with the unfortunate name of Soylent that claimed to contain all of the miro and macro nutrients required by human beings. It was touted as a complete replacement for normal food. You just mix up a batch once or twice a week, and drink a measured portion of the shake-like drink instead of meals. When I presented him this option he was disgusted. He said the physical pleasures inherent in eating delicious meals was important to him. I suggested that perhaps the Soylent could just be some meals and when he felt like cooking he could make whatever with the knowledge he's getting everything needed to be healthy. He still refused saying that the idea of drinking dinner was disgusting and he would only eat "real" food.
With this new info I suggested meal planning and a pre-cook day on the weekend so that he could have nutritious "real" food with less hassle during the week. With just an afternoon of work on the weekend he could have all the joy of his favourite dishes with little to no work during the week. You just pop the dish from the fridge to the oven at the right temp and walk away til it's done. He disliked this idea because it eliminated the spontaneity of deciding in the middle of the week that he'd really rather have a different meal. When I pointed out that pre-cooking and prep-work could be done at the basic level(just chop the veg or brown the ground beef but don't add seasonings) to simply make things quicker he still rebelled at the restrictions it placed on his creativity.
Why would you complain when you've chosen your favourite option ? **shrug** There's just no pleasing some people.
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