How do people cook dinner every single night

Cooking for 7 people every night is getting boring FAST. Especially because half of them make a gigantic fuss about eating it. Idk what to even make anymore. Do people make the same food every week? We are normally an instant noodles family and trying to change that is really rough

Like tonight I’m making a pasta bake thing i found online but prepping the veges for this many people takes forever

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nonsensiclesnail · F

I have 6 people in my house.
There used to be more. I totally get where you are coming from

This is what I do, sometimes.
When I buy groceries I buy based on the meals I plan to make, like most people. But when I get home I take an hour to prep and chop all the vegetables. If Im really concerned about time, I even separate them out into amounts or combinations as they will be used, depending on what it is for.

Or, more than likely., I will cut up a bunch of whatever I'm using that night to make dinner and save the rest because I know I'll use it later. Later me is grateful, present me is pretty annoyed about this still.

If I'm making something I know everyone likes, I will make. twice as much and freeze one half for later.

I always make sure there is food for people who are picky as fuck to grab and eat rather than eat a meal with the rest of us. Often times I am that person. it's a selfish endeavor maybe, but it works for me.