It sounds like you and your wife have a good plan of action already in place…also, I do know what you mean about setting aside that time to cook…there’s just always something to be done!

Our best results come when we sit down on Sunday, write out a weekly meal plan, make a grocery list and then go shopping.

We plan easy prep meals for evenings we know will be hectic and save the more elaborate meals for the weekend.

With all that said, I’d love to be able to eat out every other night or so .

@Catherine, outsourcing, great! I’d love to be able to delegate some work around here, you’ll have to let me know how that goes for you.

@Dee, you’re right about stress, it’s a big one for having a negative effect on your health.

@Asako, I’m glad you found me through Catherine’s blog. Wow, hiking Kilimanjaro would be awesome. Can you do that now, without winning the lotto?

@Chamonix, I didn’t used to enjoy cooking all that much either, but as long as I follow the recipe, I really like it now. I look at it as a creative process (even though I have to follow a recipe ).

@Jason, I think that the large grocery chains are just trying to get a part of the organic market since there is more of a demand for it. I am seeing quite a bit more of it in the chain markets, however I haven’t compared their organic prices with those in the health food store yet.

@Curtis, I know what you mean about cooking at the end of a long day. I like to cook in bulk on the weekend so that I have meals in the frig for the week. Would that work for you and your wife? Of course it’s fun to go out to eat for a healthily prepared meal once in awhile, too.