Add up the time. You spend so much of it preparing meals, eating meals, and, necessarily, cleaning up after meals. It just makes sense, if you can, to make that time an enjoyable part of your life’s adventure.
There was a time for me when my most important food prep blade was a can opener. As a youngster, my friends and I spent lots of time outside. We were very active and therefore got very hungry. Stopping to eat, however, was often viewed as an unfortunate interruption of our playtime, signaled by neighborhood moms calling everyone in to get cleaned up for dinner.
As a young adult, I was still very active and, yes, I still had a healthy appetite. Yet, I treated many of my meals—especially on camping and…
