Since Scott retired, we have shared responsibility for planning and preparing dinner. This would work for any situation, but especially those where both people work or both people are retired!! It gets very tiring for one person to figure out what to eat every day, and splitting the responsibility makes it easier and more fun.
The way we do it is by alternating weeks...that way, whoever is planning/preparing dinners does all the grocery shopping for that week. The effect is to give the other person a total break from thinking about cooking - it makes all the difference! (My favorite moments were when the kids would ask what was for dinner during Scott's week and I would just say "ask your Dad" because I didn't even know!!)
A bonus discovery is that we try different things, and don't get stuck in the rut of fixing the same things over and over. By the time it is my week to cook, I am more interested in trying something different (or I may make some of my favorite things). Luckily, Scott is a great cook too!
And, whoever isn't cooking dinner does the dishes! It works for us - maybe it will work for you!
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