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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just for some perspective, OP.  When I was little, both my parents worked part-time and went to school part-time.  We owned our house, and my mom cooked from scratch.

People simply cannot do that today.  The cost of living is too high, so many parents have to work two jobs.  Your mother was lucky that she was able to make-do, but many people today cannot do that anymore.  It’s just a fact.[/quote]

People absolutely can cook from scratch today. So many posts ignoring other posts from current single moms and other non rich people about cooking from scratch.

I am a single mom with full custody. I work about 50 hours a week. I cook almost all our food from scratch including bread and desserts. I do ok but I am not wealthy enough where I can pay for a cleaning service or meal kits or order instacart for all my groceries . I shop sales and lean a lot on batch cooking and freezing things. I try to multi task as much as possible, so for many meal I make part of it I make enough to freeze for another time.

Honestly I think the answer here is that some people find a way if this is something important to them and other throw their arms up and say “oh well, there is no way to do this, my only option is McDonald’s dollar menu”. [/quote]

What’s your job? Is it minimum wage? Regular office hours or swing shifts, evenings, weekends? Do you have a car? What’s your level of education? Where do you live in relation to a full grocery store? How many children do you have?  Do you get child support? What is your neighborhood like in general? Did you grow up with a parent that made meals from scratch?

I mean, you have a freezer big enough to store things so you’re already ahead of many people.

These things matter in this context. Can it be done? Sure can, but here’s your trophy and your home made, low sugar, organic spelt cookie. For other people, it is a struggle. They don’t have the job, time, tools, resources, skills, whatever to be as awesome as you are.

I say this as someone who cooks from scratch more of less every day. I’m fortunate - I WAH and although I grew up poor, I also had a mother who cooked from scratch and showed me how. I’ve been precariously housed and was thankful I knew that to do. But I also had the skills, resources, education, and a whole bunch of things that afforded me that ability. I don’t judge. I’m grateful and I try to pay it forward. [/quote]

You are really, really missing my point. It’s not that I am so great and deserve a cookie. It’s that cooking from scratch is possible. Again, there are many many excuses you can make for not doing something, or you can make it a priority. Also, at this point in history we have access to more information than people have ever had before. If you don’t know how to prepare food, there is a whole internet out there to help you. [/quote]

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