Even a saint could not cook under stressful conditions.

It’s been a long day and you are tired.  When you get home the last thing you want to do is muster up the energy to make dinner.  You are hungry and the troops are hungry; your son needs to be at practice in 30 minutes and your daughter needs help with her math homework.  Even a saint could not cook under those stressful conditions.  I do not blame you for ordering a pizza, or going to the drive-thru.  Those options do not require you to make any decisions, or ask anything more from your already worn-out body.
Think about what might happen if you spent an hour once a week, when you were not tired, stressed, or hungry and you thought about your week.  There are days when you can get home a bit earlier and your family is in for the night.  Set an appointment in your date book to cook those nights.  Make that appointment to cook and eat together as important as not allowing your child to miss a practice.  Put it on the family calendar.  Make a commitment to yourself and your family that two evenings a week there will be a home cooked meal on the table and everyone can count on being together to eat, talk and share.   

I am America’s Cooking Cheerleader™, and I am creating the Let’s Cook Tonight™ movement; it is a movement of men and women who are cooking for their families to improver their health, create quality family time and to save money.  You can cook a meal two nights a week for your family.  All it takes is a desire and some planning.

Cooking is easier than you think and you and your family are worth the time and effort it takes. 

Simple cooking idea: Mix fresh cut apples and pears with fresh lemon juice so they do not turn brown. 

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