didn't get it. From where I'm sitting, soaking the beans is the easiest part of cooking! Sure, it takes several hours, but you don't need to be there. You don't even need to be awake. Just put some water over the beans and go to bed, and by tomorrow they'll be ready to cook. They're healthier that way, and cheaper, too, and it's so easy. I suppose if you start cooking every day by looking in the fridge and seeing what you haven't run out of yet, it makes sense, but that costs more money and time to do, and stress as well.

Because of the vagaries of our digestive systems, Danny and I can't just plan ahead that way. There may be days where neither of us can tolerate beans. Pre-prep is almost nonexistent in this house because from day to day, what either of us can handle can change.

So for me, it's not easy to pre-plan anything mealwise. It's easier to have a set of recipes that work, involving different ingredients, and check with him before cooking any of them to make sure both of us can still handle them in an hour. A day is too far in advance to plan.