For me, if I ask for an unpopular opinion and you say something about pineapple on pizza I’m going to assume you have no personality.

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    27 days ago

    This is just such a bad way of thinking.

    Why does everyone thing that fresh fruits and vegetables are the only way to eat healthy? Fresh is good, but there are plenty of healthy foods that are not fresh. Until we had refrigerators, humans didn’t eat a lot of fresh fruit or vegetables for half of the year.

    You can be healthy eating rice and beans, using frozen or canned vegetables too add even more nutrition. All of which can be obtained pretty much anywhere, including food deserts, and stored for long periods of time easily.

    You can literally dump a bunch of shit into a crock pot, go work a double shift, then come back and have dinner ready. So don’t give me “it’s too hard to cook.”

    It’s cheaper than fast food by a significant margin.

    People buy fast food because it tastes good, full of fat and salt and sugar. Food deserts exist BECAUSE people choose not to prep their own food.

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        26 days ago

        I do ALL of the grocery shopping for my family of 5, not sure why you think I wouldn’t.

        My wife and I put on about 12 liters of Chili to cook this morning. We regularly batch cook from scratch, and I regularly make extras at dinner just to set aside as freezer meals for the kids to reheat anytime they want.

        We both work full time, have a side hustle, and all of our kids participate in sports. Our days, nights, and weekends are hectic as hell.

        Without prepping, we’d be eating fast food all the time. Except… we don’t.