Food preparation and shopping, like a lot of skills, becomes a bit more efficient the more you do them. Eventually you become better at using your time. And,

Food preparation and shopping, like a lot of skills, becomes a bit more efficient the more you do them. Eventually you become better at using your time. And, you can cook more at once. Nothing says you have to start from scratch every day of the week; in my case I often cook Sunday nights and make 2 or 3 dishes. If you read through recipes a bit, you can find ways to reuse the same preheated oven, etc. And, home cooked meals tend to be healthier. This is a form of time saving; while pretty hard to prove unfortunately, I strongly suspect that “losing about 90 minutes” now and having a healthier life will buy years down the road.