Perhaps the Sydney Morning herald is beginning to realise "good living" is not synonymous with "eating out"!
Whilst I enjoyed Growing, growing, gone (children that help grow vegies eat them), there is also an encouraging article titled Home and away in which Kate Duthie examines the time/convenience and cost of eating in and having take away/delivery over a week (for each). Not surprisingly, cooking dinner at home is cheaper costing $88.83 as opposed to the take away bill of $295.85. Duthie apparently spent 12.8 hours on the week of cooked meals including shopping, prepping and cooking time in comparison to 3.8 hours on ordering and delivery/pick up time.
In this little experiment, time is proportional to cost. I personally think the hours are too long on the cooking side of things. Of course a little organisation would reduce that as would selecting meals or preparations that don't necessarily take great amounts of time. I would also discount the time taken to prepare a slow-cooked meal such as a braise as it's possible to do other things concurrently.
What Duthie doesn't talk about is how she felt at the end of each week - it wasn't a subject of the article - I would however, be interested to know. Another thing that gets overlooked in the scenarios is how the time and money spent on home-cooked meals also contributes to lunches, snacks and other household benefits over the week.
animal vegetable mineral customers know that they can shave further time off the weekly meals - not only do we bring the ingredients to your door, but we've also got lots of meal packs and other helpful information to expedite meal preparation. Shopping takes only a few minutes on the website - no rogue supermarket trolleys, flourescent lights or car park scrambles. We're also happy to help with advice on ingredients and our seasonal boxes take the thought out of ensuring you're getting the minimum requirement of fruit & vegetables.
animal vegetable mineral - convenience without the con!
Whilst I enjoyed Growing, growing, gone (children that help grow vegies eat them), there is also an encouraging article titled Home and away in which Kate Duthie examines the time/convenience and cost of eating in and having take away/delivery over a week (for each). Not surprisingly, cooking dinner at home is cheaper costing $88.83 as opposed to the take away bill of $295.85. Duthie apparently spent 12.8 hours on the week of cooked meals including shopping, prepping and cooking time in comparison to 3.8 hours on ordering and delivery/pick up time.
In this little experiment, time is proportional to cost. I personally think the hours are too long on the cooking side of things. Of course a little organisation would reduce that as would selecting meals or preparations that don't necessarily take great amounts of time. I would also discount the time taken to prepare a slow-cooked meal such as a braise as it's possible to do other things concurrently.
What Duthie doesn't talk about is how she felt at the end of each week - it wasn't a subject of the article - I would however, be interested to know. Another thing that gets overlooked in the scenarios is how the time and money spent on home-cooked meals also contributes to lunches, snacks and other household benefits over the week.
animal vegetable mineral customers know that they can shave further time off the weekly meals - not only do we bring the ingredients to your door, but we've also got lots of meal packs and other helpful information to expedite meal preparation. Shopping takes only a few minutes on the website - no rogue supermarket trolleys, flourescent lights or car park scrambles. We're also happy to help with advice on ingredients and our seasonal boxes take the thought out of ensuring you're getting the minimum requirement of fruit & vegetables.
animal vegetable mineral - convenience without the con!
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