I did at home... we had a garden and my mom cooked a lot! School was like a graveyard of processed food though.
And when my mom started teaching, I became a latchkey kid... and I didn't have the skills to make non-processed foods myself. So I ate tuna + mayo + white rice + kimchi a whole lot. Like, every day for years.
Did you eat a lot of processed foods growing up?
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
We ate more processed food when my mom went back to work when I was 9 or 10? It still wasn't a lot!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
We ate a lot of ramen.
My sister and I used to eat one each for breakfast every day!
Ate lots of bologna too..
pomegranate / 3716 posts
Yes, a lot of processed foods as snacks but not as a meal. My mom was pretty good about cooking dinner every night, but after school I was all over boxed mac n cheese, pop tarts, instant mashed potatoes, beef-a-roni... I've been wanting some Chef Boyardi lately, haha!
grapefruit / 4669 posts
We ate lots then and still do now! But I'm more aware of it now and eat more fruits and veggies as well.
honeydew / 7444 posts
Yep, tons of processed food after school. Our snacks were frozen pot pies, KD, ramen, and rice+sesame oil+soy sauce+egg. Dinners were probably the only meal where we had real food.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Yes, my Mom isn't the best cook. So it is a lot of boxed meal, Rice A Roni, canned soup, etc.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Not for dinner because my dad cooked for us every day for dinner! Breakfast was 50/50 processed food. I ate lunch at school so that's definitely processed.
pear / 1787 posts
Our meals weren't too bad, but all the snacks in the house were processed foods.
bananas / 9227 posts
Yep! My parents worked, so I had a lot of frozen chicken pot pies, Chef Boyardee, bologna sandwich, tater tots, SPAM! But my mom also cooked breakfast when I was little, so I had some nutrition. She stopped cooking once I gotten older.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Yup. Waaaaay too often. Lots of processed food, frozen meals, and fast food.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
Not really. My mom cooked everyday, including for breakfast most days. After school we would eat fruit or cheese or snack on whatever my mom was prepping for dinner. We certainly had cookies, candy and chips and crackers every once in a while too though.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Oh yeah, soooo much! The older we got the worse it got because we also became latchkey kids.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
YES. I know my parents regret it.
Chicken pot pies were a staple, ramen, kraft mac n cheese, and canned ravioli. Crazy thing is I think in general we ate healthier than most of my friends.
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