cooking takes time

it is so very much easier to just pick up ready-to-eat prepared food from outside and when that is not in the budget, the limited time pressure to cook and eat healthy becomes even more challenging and frustrating and it is a self-destructive loop that poverty can create.... it becomes a habit to just grab easy pre-processed foods that contain poisons which increases weight, makes us even more tired, and less productive and that is a downward spiral and becomes a very challenging habit to break... this is life for the vast majority of people who are just barely aware of how it happens, no less that is is happening to them... and i am not immune to the pattern...

so after enjoying the luxury of free time for a half a year already, the gradual changes have finally taken hold and i seem to be actually changing that pattern this month... i cooked chicken with onions and garlic and brocolli today... that'll be four meals, two for jackson if she comes home and wants some... and i will keep my eyes on the food sales and buy more that i can cook at home as the sales pop up... hopefully this new pattern continues...