Prep time, Cooking, Eating, and Clean Up in Less Than an Hour.

Time is an issue on everyone's mind when it comes to food. We don't treat ourselves well enough in this area and tend to forfeit healthy options for unwise snacks because of the availability and time issue.

Now we are going through an interesting time. The economic recession has many feeling the crunch of money and in a way we are almost forced to slow down and re-evaluate what is important in our lives. This is a good time for many of us to take a "refresh" course in our lives.

Let's treat ourselves and spend one hour on one home made meal if possible once a day. During this time we can reconnect with ourselves, friends, or sit down with a newspaper. It feels good to create a meal that works for us, and that feeling can't be compared to just buying food at the store.

And home made doesn't have to mean at our own home. If there's someone you've been meaning to visit or friends that you haven't spent time with in a while, why not suggest bringing over some food to cook together?

There's a power in home cooked food that connects people and makes up feel good in the world.