Hmmm... I could be wrong but I doubt that they all make the meals from complete scratch, as in they make the sauce, or even cut up all the veg fresh. They are most probably just are thinking "cooking" as opposed to take out or completely pre-made meals, and I'm sure quite a few of them would use the odd packet of frozen veg, or pre-made sauce that they have to just stir through their cooked dried pasta. I know when I answered, I considered the nights where I use the jar of Korma sauce as still cooking a meal and didn't get caught up in the semantics of what someone else may have considered "from scratch" because I considered myself still in control of the meal and that it still required preparation (as I would still have to cut up the chicken and the veg, and put on rice etc.). Don't be so hard on yourself.