I eat the same main meal every day. I make it myself. Because I’ve had so much practice, I can make the meal in about 20 minutes. I put things away and clean as I go. The meal only needs one bowl, which is the bowl I eat from, and one frying pan. It’s mostly fresh vegetables cooked in the microwave in the bowl, while the chicken thighs are frying in the pan. There’s also a simple cheese sauce and spices. When my meal is ready, the kitchen is clean. Since I use the same bowls, cups, and utensils every day, they just stay in the sink, I wash as I go. Also, I know exactly what I’m going to get at the grocery store every week, I can do my grocery shopping in one hour, including driving to and from the store. I go early in the morning when it’s mostly empty, and take the same path through the store, barely stopping to pick up each item.

When I stopped thinking about food as entertainment and decided it was strictly for nutrition, I was able to optimize the process. I’ve been doing this for over four years, now, and I haven’t gotten tired of the meal. It’s like taking a shower, or sleeping in a bed, I don’t try different ways of doing those things every day, and I don’t get bored with the process, I just don’t think of them that way. So, I don’t think of eating as being entertaining, it’s just something I need to do every day, so I do it.

It’s not really that bad, the main thing is anything that’s had time to dry gets way harder to clean so don’t let that happen and if it does soak it for a long time before attempting to clean it. Also anything greasy makes dishes harder to clean and need more soap, and using foil on anything going in the oven avoids the most difficult dishes to clean. Reuse dishes when you can and consider avoiding cooking in a way that will need a lot of them.

appreciate the laugh today.