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I get the convenience argument, but then again I don't: one can make (for example) an omlette roulée and clean up after oneself in a few minutes.

Completely agree with you about nutrition angle.

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For me, this is not just a few minute dish with no side effects. It's also remembering to have ingredients on hand, making sure I actually use those ingredients before they go bad, dealing with kitchen clutter, etc..... Hoping I don't get bored of it in a week and spend hours on the internet looking for more quick breakfast recipes, especially ones with similar ingredients but different tastes. (There was that time I made 100+ breakfast burritos and froze them all. I ended up tossing the last 20, because the thought of eating them was just not acceptable.)

On the other hand, when I do manage to make breakfast, I feel like a million bucks!

For me (a DIY user, not official mostly), it's entirely this. I am apparently so bad at making food reliably, that i would skip meals - heavily. Skip, and eat poorly when i did actually eat.

I like food quite a bit, but i just don't cook often enough or well enough to eat healthy and regularly. So, i found a solution that works really well for me.

Of course, if i had lots of money and a personal cook, i wouldn't drink soylent. I would gladly eat normal food, all the time and on time.

Cooking healthy, well, and quick is a skill that takes a long time to master. I for one am not a great cook: I can make about a dozen staple meals, but don't feel like I have the time to learn to make something more sophisitcated. I enjoy good food very much, which is why I go to restaurants.

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