Recently, I have not been able to cook during the week due to going back to work full time. I am very fortunate to have a husband (and more and more these days an older child) who is the main cook. This is good because when I get home, I simply can not endure the thought of cleaning the kitchen and then cooking. The cleaning part is always an integral component of cooking because, just like you, I do not have a maid but I do have 3 kids and a stay-at-home dad, all of whom have never been to maid-school.
I do repair enough energy-wise and psychologically by Sunday to face the mess and also to cook. I have been cooking fine Sunday dinners. I also have been able to do fantastic Sunday morning breakfasts which seem to always be in the pancake category! What can I say, cold dreary rainy snowy early spring in New England, while the sap is flowing and the sugarshacks are boiling, pancakes are obligatory.
