I am flirting with the idea of hiring a local woman who does personal cooking in your home. She meal plans, shops, and brings it all back to your home, to prepare for you. She can come once a week, or once a month if you like, but the idea is that you will always have yummy, home cooked food in the freezer so on those days that you dont feel well, the rest of my family isnt sitting around wondering what to eat. She will make 4 different dishes and portion them out into 8 servings. or 6 different dishes and make it into 16 servings.

pamelaspantry.com is the service. She is quite reasonable in price, and I spoke to her on the phone. She was knowledeable about the swank diet, Atkins, Gluten free, and other such things. I liked her spunk, and the fact that she would be able to take one more thing off my plate.

DH said it would be a very attactive option since on those days that I am sick or dont want to eat, or dont feel well enough to cook he is tempted to just eat badly or sits down to double portions or is tempted to ring up a pizza.

As it is now, I spent way too much on food that goes to waste. I grab at least 2 or 3 weeks worth of food at the store, because I simply never know if I will feel well enough to come back next week. Then I open the fridge to find things have spoiled, gone past their date, or if I get convenience stuff its full of salt, MSG, HFCS or other such things I work hard to avoid. After careful figures, it would cost me less money on food to use her, and portion control is handled.

Am I really lazy? Have I gone too far? Am I being really self indulgant? is this crazy? Part of me feels like this is a way of giving into this disease, but another part of me feels like this is a way to save spoons for other things. What say you?