Cooking can be a struggle, particularly when you’re tired after a long day working or studying; somehow cooking just doesn’t fit into our daily schedules anymore. The temptation to turn to unhealthy ready meals or takeaways can sometimes be all too much.
A study of 30,000 British households in 2013 showed that spending on frozen foods was up by 11%, and spending on chilled ready meals was up by 19%. Also, the report showed that the time families have to spend in the kitchen preparing meals is now almost half of what it was in the 1990s. Despite these figures, the kitchen still remains the heart of the home, for socialising rather than cooking it seems.
