<p>It takes me maybe 30-45 minutes to cook dinner, depending on what all I cook (I follow the KISS rule). The only time it takes that long is if I cook rice in my rice cooker, which takes 26 minutes. I can then also make enough to have lunch the next day. 3 minutes at most in the microwave. </p>
<p>Shopping for that stuff? I go on Friday, when I have no class, to Publix (or Winn-Dixie) using FSU’s buses. Clean-up is pretty easy- maybe 10-15 minutes to do “dishes” (it’s not exactly the smartest way, but I use a lot of paper plates, plastic silverware, etc to ease clean-up). </p>
<p>So, on a day when I cook a decently-sized meal, it takes me MAYBE an hour from start to finish to cook and clean-up. It takes me at most 2 hours to get to the store, shop, and get back- and that’s if I time everything horribly and have to wait for the bus or the lines at the store are crowded. </p>
<p>All that said, if you are going to eat 3 meals a day (or more) at the dining halls, then the meal plans are great for you. In fact, there are plenty of people that the meal plans work great for. The problem is that for the vast majority of people, they don’t make sense.</p>