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Scipio · 11-01-2008, 04:12 AM

Hello,

Do you have any good* tips on how to reduce the amount of time one spends every week on cooking? Or grooming? Or how about eating and cleaning? Most of these things I find boring and take away from more important stuff in my life.

Cooking and grocery shopping is the hardest one for me, because I am on the Paleo Diet. You raw vegans or other Paleo eaters out there might understand me--buying fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats requires going to the supermarket to pick something fresh much more frequently than people who eat traditional staples. It also requires cutting, chopping, washing of vegetables, etc. I feel like I spend half my day chopping up vegetables.

I don't really want to go off the Paleo Diet, as it has been superb for my athletic performance, looks (eliminated acne and I'm maintaining muscle easily now), and other reasons, but I want to know a way I could make things easier. I remember Steve saying that he failed on his first attempts at a raw vegan diet because he found it impractical to prepare all of the food all the time. I wonder what methods he learned to make it more practical? Has he listed what tips he had for making food preparation easier? (I have ignored most of his raw vegan posts because I didn't think I'd find anything valuable in them, before).

Ultimately, the best thing to do would be to hire a cleaner and food preparer a couple times per week like Steve has, but I'm not at that level of income right now as a college student. Any tips?

*By good tips, I meant tips that are not something anybody could come up with without any effort whatsoever, such as "buy in bulk."

11-01-2008, 04:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Scipio Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 369	How can I cut down on cooking/eating/cleaning/grooming/etc time? Hello, Do you have any good* tips on how to reduce the amount of time one spends every week on cooking? Or grooming? Or how about eating and cleaning? Most of these things I find boring and take away from more important stuff in my life. Cooking and grocery shopping is the hardest one for me, because I am on the Paleo Diet. You raw vegans or other Paleo eaters out there might understand me--buying fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats requires going to the supermarket to pick something fresh much more frequently than people who eat traditional staples. It also requires cutting, chopping, washing of vegetables, etc. I feel like I spend half my day chopping up vegetables. I don't really want to go off the Paleo Diet, as it has been superb for my athletic performance, looks (eliminated acne and I'm maintaining muscle easily now), and other reasons, but I want to know a way I could make things easier. I remember Steve saying that he failed on his first attempts at a raw vegan diet because he found it impractical to prepare all of the food all the time. I wonder what methods he learned to make it more practical? Has he listed what tips he had for making food preparation easier? (I have ignored most of his raw vegan posts because I didn't think I'd find anything valuable in them, before). Ultimately, the best thing to do would be to hire a cleaner and food preparer a couple times per week like Steve has, but I'm not at that level of income right now as a college student. Any tips? By good* tips, I meant tips that are not something anybody could come up with without any effort whatsoever, such as "buy in bulk."