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pacific breeze · January 15th, 2006, 07:31 PM

^^ In some cases, take out food can be cheaper, but it's inevitably loaded with more fat, salt, sugar etc. than you'd probably use at home. I know it's a hassle to cook at the end of a long day, but there are simple, healthy recipes that don't take long.

With all the prewashed bagged salad stuff out there, nothing could be easier than putting it in a bowl and putting some home-made or low-fat dressing on it. Instant salad. Yet a lot of kids tell me they've never had a salad at home, and that their mothers have never cooked a meal. And of course, these kids don't know how to cook anything either

I guess this is one of my pet peeves, but cooking together is one of my favourite things. If you can get your kids to help, it could be quality time spent together.

January 15th, 2006, 07:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
pacific breeze Hit By Ban Bus! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in the wild blue yonder Posts: 15,540	Re: Young Americans struggling with debt, not able to reach for the 'dream' ^^ In some cases, take out food can be cheaper, but it's inevitably loaded with more fat, salt, sugar etc. than you'd probably use at home. I know it's a hassle to cook at the end of a long day, but there are simple, healthy recipes that don't take long. With all the prewashed bagged salad stuff out there, nothing could be easier than putting it in a bowl and putting some home-made or low-fat dressing on it. Instant salad. Yet a lot of kids tell me they've never had a salad at home, and that their mothers have never cooked a meal. And of course, these kids don't know how to cook anything either I guess this is one of my pet peeves, but cooking together is one of my favourite things. If you can get your kids to help, it could be quality time spent together.