Prep time: Pull the steak, veggies, and a pan out (2 min), optionally trim fat (+2 min)
Cook time: 10 min. Use this time to add seasonings to the meat/veggies and clean your cutting board if you trimmed fat. Use the same pan for the meat and the veggies.
After eating cleanup: 5 min. Clean your 1 pan, 1 spatula, 1 fork, 1 knife, 1 plate. (even less time if you have a dishwasher)
Total cooking and cleanup time: < 20 min
I have no clue how you would take 30 min just to prep. Or, how you would take 30 min to pan-fry this steak (are you eating pure ash by then?!), and another 30 min to clean a pan, spatula, fork, knife, and plate.
Furthermore, it would take even more time to go out and order a steak. You are saving time by cooking this steak yourself.
30mins of cook time actually equals
30 mins to prepare
30 mins to cook
30 mins to eat
30 mins to clean up
So now it’s a two hour thing when I just got home from work and I’m tired and just want to relax.
A with that logic eating out is
10 minutes deciding where to go
10 minutes going there
10 minutes queuing
10 minutes ordering
10-30 minutes waiting for food
30 minutes eating
10 minutes going back home or wherever
You aren’t saving much time.
(I don’t understand how you spend 30 minutes eating or cleaning after yourself)
Why are you including eating time?
Also there’s no way it should be taking you 30 mins to clean up.
The extremely drawn out timetable feels like me unloading the dishwasher as a kid, a task which took 30-60 min.
See, the dishes were 6 min, and the rest was watching Dragon Ball Z. :p
Yeah, even an hour to prep and cook feels like a lot for an average meal.
Let’s do a dinner for one: Steak and a Veggie
Prep time: Pull the steak, veggies, and a pan out (2 min), optionally trim fat (+2 min)
Cook time: 10 min. Use this time to add seasonings to the meat/veggies and clean your cutting board if you trimmed fat. Use the same pan for the meat and the veggies.
After eating cleanup: 5 min. Clean your 1 pan, 1 spatula, 1 fork, 1 knife, 1 plate. (even less time if you have a dishwasher)
Total cooking and cleanup time: < 20 min
I have no clue how you would take 30 min just to prep. Or, how you would take 30 min to pan-fry this steak (are you eating pure ash by then?!), and another 30 min to clean a pan, spatula, fork, knife, and plate.
Furthermore, it would take even more time to go out and order a steak. You are saving time by cooking this steak yourself.