[awesomerobot]

Personally I started getting into cooking through doing it once a week (usually Sunday night) and using it to save money by making enough for 2-3 meals a week.

One key to doing a weekly cooking time is setting aside the time to do it leisurely. If you're not rushing because you're hungry or in the middle of a busy week you can prep/cleanup properly (I use the time to cleanup my kitchen before the week a bit too).

I save money, eat a bit better, and clean my kitchen more often because I took 1-2 hours out of my weekend during a time I'd just be sitting around mourning the end of the weekend anyway.

I don't do it every weekend if I exhausted myself during the day with other projects... but I used to HATE cooking but I've really started looking forward to it. The end result is really satisfying and I feel like it produces a small ongoing feeling of accomplishment that I've really been missing.

[lfowles]

Freezer meals? I've been making weeks worth for the past several months. Relaxing to have a day of just cooking and then never feel like the only food option that suits my current motivation is ordering Dominos! Here's a decent resource for getting started: http://www.30daygourmet.com/products/big-book-of-freezer-coo...