Never really been convinced by this. Even when I was on apprenticeship wages (way below regular UK minimum wage) along with also having assignments to complete, I still had enough time to cook food every day.
I certainly wasn’t wealthy but if you are poorer than I was you would be working so few hours that you have loads of free time. UK specific of course but I hear the same argument here all the time.
I can see how having only part time/zero hour contracts sucks financially, but that is because you have too little income from not being able to work enough. At least you do have a lot of free time in this situation though, so you have the time for cooking.
This probably takes about as much time as hamburger helper out of the box does. And yes, I know not everyone is going to have those ingredients on hand, but most people who keep their pantry stocked with the basics are going to have everything.
You’re forgetting time. Cooking from scratch takes time that many ppl can’t afford. I think we forget how closely linked freetime and wealth are
Never really been convinced by this. Even when I was on apprenticeship wages (way below regular UK minimum wage) along with also having assignments to complete, I still had enough time to cook food every day.
I certainly wasn’t wealthy but if you are poorer than I was you would be working so few hours that you have loads of free time. UK specific of course but I hear the same argument here all the time.
I can see how having only part time/zero hour contracts sucks financially, but that is because you have too little income from not being able to work enough. At least you do have a lot of free time in this situation though, so you have the time for cooking.
https://www.daringgourmet.com/homemade-hamburger-helper-cheeseburger-macaroni/#recipe
This probably takes about as much time as hamburger helper out of the box does. And yes, I know not everyone is going to have those ingredients on hand, but most people who keep their pantry stocked with the basics are going to have everything.
https://youtu.be/V-a9VDIbZCU
This video exactly explains the thing you’re missing about it
Or I can just buy hamburger helper and some hotdogs for $4 instead. So I save time and money.
Also if I live in a food desert god help you if you’re able to get any of this stuff in the recipe in a reasonable amount of time/at all
It’s crazy to me that the so-called “greatest country on earth” has normalized the term “food desert”.
Sounds like something ripped straight out of the Maoist era of China, unreal.
Never heard of a food desert before, I live in Europe.