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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your mom sounds incredible. Some of the healthiest meals I make, cost the least because I cook a lot with beans/lentils/split peas and I grow some of my own vegetables. The problem is the time commitment and I cannot imagine doing this if I worked 2 jobs and had all the stressors some poor families face (and believe me I have adversity, but I am fortunate we can afford to have me work part time).  It would be even cheaper if I went back to soaking dry bean instead of using canned, but I would forget. It would be cheaper if I bought those huge bags of brown rice, but somehow the dogs or someone would get rip is and it just caused problems.

I grew up with privilege, though I had no idea we had privilege since we lived modestly. My mom did all the time savers though so lots of frozen dinners, processed foods, frankenfood, etc. She worked part time or not at all outside the home many years, but needed her time to chat on the phone with friends, get her hair done, gossip with neighbors and go shopping. She wouldn't let us experiment with cooking which is a shame. Luckily I learned once I was an adult and hopefully I am reversing some of the damage from a 80% or more processed food diet.[/quote]

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