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looks great, curious what the cost was?

i rarely trust recipe times, it always takes me longer. the only recipe times i trust are for ones ive made myself!

my partner and I can fill a full size dishwasher in one day. Granted i even throw skillets and small pots in there (all dishwasher safe) so those can take up quite a bit of space. I work from home so I eat 3 meals here a day and cook everything from scratch. My Partner usually packs a lunch and has a container to wash when he gets home.

I also dont pack it full tho, seems like things dont get clean if stuff is too close together

my signature veg dish isspinach stuffed shells like @drewparadise . I use ricotta instead of cream cheese tho. Its simple and can be refrigerated a day ahead and baked just before serving. serve with a nice salad and crusty garlic bread! If there are omnivores in the crowd you can make some with sausage or even have some simple buttered shrimp on the side.

http://www.food.com/recipe/stuffed-shells-with-spinach-and-cheese-68415

I remember we learned cooking in 4th grade. I remember making chocolate chip cookies, tacos, and grilled cheese with tomato soup. Pretty much all traditionally kid friendly foods.

I think the individual (possibly crustless?) quiches @GSEWAKE suggested are a great idea. I'm imagining they could cut up lunch meats, pepperonis, herbs, green onions etc with clean kitchen scissors if knives are not an option. They can be prepared in the tin foil cupcake liners and baked for easier clean up (i make these for breakfasts in foil cupcake liners sometimes). I know the kitchen has a post somewhere about crustless quiche ideas/recipes.

i use springpad too, my favorite is that it syncs up nicely. my partner also has the app on his phone, i can make a shopping list and he can shop from it, which is super cool. I usually make it a task list tho as its easier to load, see the list, and check things off while at the store. You can also easily re-add items to your list if they are weekly staples

the sink ontop of a toilet is a water saving thing, i have seen it in a lot of restaurants and businesses that are environmentally conscience. the idea is the water used by the last person to wash their hands is recycled into the tank for the next persons flush.

i was super excited about the spun aluminum pots too, but yeah the stands are under $50, but the actual pots are like $150+ :( too bad the yellow one would have been perfect for my livingroom

cool new kitchen! would love to see more pictures of it its beautiful.

although i agree with JNS, when i see a before picture im expecting to see existing elements transformed, not ripped out and rebuilt completely different.

Just something to throw in, my partner who was raised in the middle east was a lot more helpless than american born and raised me. Before his first day of college in Canada he had never washed a dish or done his own laundry - over there even lower middle class has house staff, add in a stay at home mother and he never really did a thing.
Fast forward 10 years later he prefers to do a lot of the chores around the house, citing that I dont do them right, even though I have 20+ years of experience with most of them. Hes a lot more responsible with them than I am even though he never did them.

Overall though, i feel like having to do chores and be responsible for things as a kid prepared me well for adult hood. When i moved out at 19 I could cook my own meals, budget my money, keep my place up to a livable standard.