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Get the frozen pre-made meal or just make it yourself? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by psion1369@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I have this argument with my wife often. I like to cook, and for me cooking is more than taking frozen meatballs and dumping them into a pan full of jar pasta sauce. I would rather make the sauce, maybe have some meatballs made in advance. My wife seems to think that pre-made stuff or mixes are the way to go. I would rather just make pancakes scratch, which isn't hard, where she would rather I just open the mix, add water, and make the food. But I do agree that having a frozen lasagna is better than taking the full effort when I just want to get dinner going. So where are your eat the pre-made vs make it from scratch?

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[-] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago

If you have time, make food for the whole week and you eat "pre-made food" (point for your wife) made by you from scratch (point for yourself)😁

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

Some people don't like leftovers, I can only figure their experience with leftovers has always been bad.

I love having leftovers around, but I make a pot of good stuff with plans for the leftovers. Some things are never leftovers because they don't hold well (anything with leeks or tarragon for example).

[-] psion1369@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Sometimes, leftovers don't reheat the same way.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

My experience with leftovers growing up was having to eating my mom's terrible cooking again when it wasn't even good fresh. As an adult I love them because I like my own cooking and it means I get to skip a few nights a week.

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