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POINTLESS THREAD III: ESCAPE FROM RAPTOR MOUNTAIN AGAIN
bainidhe_dub:
May, it's not that it's cheaper to serve pizza than veggies, it's that it's cheaper to insist that 2Tbsp of tomato paste has the same nutritional benefits as the 1/2cup of tomato sauce the legislation originally required to count as a serving of veggies.
AKA yay lobbyists!
P.S. why the hell does the American Frozen Food Institute even exist?
ughh
Barmymoo:
Oh, I know all about the stupidity of the "nutrition" legislation for American schools, I follow a couple of blogs on the subject. I was reacting to DrPhibes' comment that he eats healthily every dinner if pizza is a veg, and that he's a poor student. I've found I spend far less on food when I cook for myself than when I buy in processed stuff.
Carl-E:
Cooking for yourself is the best way to spend less and eat better. I did very well cooking for myself when I was working away from home, as did my wife. Now that I'm back home, we're both back into making "comforting family dishes that are cheap" and, as a result, quite fattening...
So the 20 pounds I lost are all back again... :-P
LTK:
Having just moved out of the house I find it's often hard to buy and cook just enough for one person. My parents make sure to cook every dinner we eat with fresh produce, but all the recipes that have accumulated at home over the years are for 4, and I can't just pick one of those, divide by four and find out I have to buy 1/4 broccoli.
So, tonight, hamburgers! Self-assembled ones, anyway.
Barmymoo:
Buy a freezer and cook for four, then freeze three portions! And that's dinner sorted for three nights in the future. So useful when you get madly busy some weeks.
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