If you spent 2 hours cooking hopefully you made enough for more than one meal.
For me, 2 hours of cooking would be like 2 weeks worth of food, unless I’m smoking something, of course.
So much this. I can’t remember the last time I had a huge pile up of dishes that I didn’t clean while something was simmering or whatever. By the time my meal is ready, everything is clean or there’s one pot that might need to soak while I eat.
I really think this is one of the secrets to successfully keeping up with household chores as an adult. After I started focusing on cleaning up when I could while cooking and saw how much easier it made my life later, I started noticing stuff that’s quick and easy to put away/clean while just walking through the house on my way to do something else. Doing little things all the time instead of saying “Oh I’ll clean that up later” and leaving everything as a big project was a switch in mindset that’s helped me a lot.
Cleaning as you go is a lifesaver.
Mental illness, which is why I as an enlightened man of the 21st century only drink meal replacement shakes
so stop cooking dinners for the queen? if i’m lazy i can whip up food in like half an hour and i’ll just make 2 portions of it so i have for later too
boil some spaghetti, fry some meatballs, whip up some powder sauce, done.