Actually the main UPF culprits are soda and lunch meat. Those are the ones that have a direct correlation on life expectancy. Not mayo! |
Just keep eating at Indonesian restaurants. |
I make this, I just don't use the canned soup. Noodles, bechamel, tuna, vegetables, kids love it! Meals of my childhood that I recall and do not make: shake and bake chicken. Potato flakes. Brown gravy from the packet. Pork chops. Canned corn with margarine. Frozen Texas toast. Fruit cocktail or canned peaches. Orange roughy (apparently this fish practically went extinct). Tater tots. Also my mother insists that every meal must contain meat. I do vegetarian a couple times a week out of pure thrift and she thinks I'm stunting my kids. Whereas the meals above were the picture of health. |
Deviled eggs are mostly egg. Mayo is egg and oil. Doesn't sound all that bad. |
Canned Ravioli, looking at you, Chefboy!
Kraft pizza kits Armour treet Hostess Snoballs |
Used to love the appian way pizza kit. ![]() |
Oh man I had some Spaghetti-Os for the first time in probably 25 years (I'm 38) because my DS was curious about what kind of foods I would eat as a kid. They are so gross, nothing like how I remember! DS looked at me like I was crazy for eating that as a kid. |
I still like them ![]() |
Bonus if they have the little franks or meatballs made of who knows what in there. 😋 |
Omg. Yes this was my childhood. I’ll add in Salisbury steak, moo goo gai pan, and goulash, rice o roni |
+1 I love the little "meat"balls and have enquired on here if anyone knows how to make them. I'm assuming they are mostly filler, like breadcrumbs? |
This was my mom's go "easy meal" when my parents were going out - I bet the sodium level is off the charts. The crunchy stuff was the best part about it. |
+2 I have always hated sloppy joes, tuna casserole and meatloaf with a passion. |
Homemade meatloaf is delicious and I make it regularly. I also love American Goulash, which is basically just elbow noodles with meat sauce. I didn't grow up eating boxed meal kids like Hamburger Helper but we did eat plenty of casseroles, lasagnas, eggplant and chicken parm, etc. What's wrong with that? We are all healthy and a good weight. |
+1 Meatloaf can be amazing. It's basically a giant meatball. |