What's for Dinner?

Gone are the days of traditional family dinners prepared by Mom. Nowadays it seems as everyone, but Mom, is making dinner, BK, Wendy's, McDonald's, KFC, The Grocery Store, Corner Deli, etc. are all popular dinner choices for today's Mom-on-the-go. I just don't understand how that can be sufficient for some Mom's. I like to cook and I'd like to think I do it pretty well too, so I strive to make 4 home cooked dinners a week, Friday is usually pizza or dinner out.

Apparently, I'm a rare breed and my boyfriend is really lucky! I was talking to some of my friends at work and I happened to mention my cooking habits and I got, "you do what? That's so 1940's, little suzie home-maker having dinner on the table for her man when he gets home, ha ha not me, we have whatever's on special at the store that night. Who has time to cook!" Yeesh! Sometimes I think my friends think I'm crazy. I don't think I live in the 1940's, cause my boyfriend sure as hell doesn't rule my life, but I do think it's very important to have a nice home cooked meal at the end of the day. And don't get me wrong, I'm not talking some 4 course meal with appetizers, and salads and desserts, just something good and wholesome that's homemade, I don't think that's a lot to ask. Most meals I prepare on a regular basis only take a few minute to prepare and about 20-30 mins cooking time, that's nothing!!

Then I get the, "Well just wait 'til you have kids, you won't have time to pee let a lone cook dinner!" I really think that's quite the contrary. I mean I know having kids is a LOT of work, more work than I could possibly imagine, but people find time to do the things that are important to them and important to their children's well-being and I think a home cooked dinner is one of those things. I'm sure it will take time to get used to it, but when I hit that part of my life I don't want to sacrifice the quality of my child's food and nutrition to be able to save some time in the kitchen, plus I can't imagine how much it must cost to eat prepared food like that all the time. And people wonder why the economy is so shitty right now, STOP EATING OUT cook at home more and you'll have more money!!!! Yeesh, that's a totally different topic, don't get me started on that one! :-)