Q: How do you find time to cook? The whole process of shopping, prepping, cooking seems so time consuming.

A: I stay away from complicated recipes, and I’m not a hero. I pick my battles. Store-bought fresh pesto with whole wheat pasta is jazzed up with fresh basil.  I buy packaged greens and baby pear tomatoes. Just add some cheese, lemon and olive oil and you have a great salad.  Any fish can be delicious with parsley, lemon, olive oil, garlic and salt and pepper. Wrap in foil and bake. No messing up pans.  I roast vegetables on an aluminum foil-covered sheet pan so there is nothing to scrub.  You do need a good knife and cutting board and a little time to chop some things, but dinner shouldn’t take more than twenty minutes. My The Skinnygirl Dish recipes are all designed to make life easy and cooking quick.

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