I find cooking around the holidays to be relaxing and fun.  I tend to get a bit more elaborate (i.e. a few "fancy" dishes) because I have more time to spend in the kitchen and an appreciative audience.  Along with visions of sugar plums, I have visions of myself cooking healthy, delicious, fresh food all year long for my family.  It's only January 10th and those visions are already getting a bit fuzzy. Not only does cooking for a family every night take time and energy (especially after a day's work in or out of the home), it takes motivation and stamina. It's the most Sisyphean of tasks - as soon as one meai is done, it's time to start thinking about the next one. I actually enjoy cooking, but find my enthusiasm for daily meal prep ebbs and flows.  Right now, fresh off the holidays, it's flowing, but I know that ebb is coming so I need a plan and I need tools.  

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