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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Maybe the "weighted purchases" purchases would help.
A problem is that, except for fresh fruits, there isn't much food that is healthy and also quick and easy to prepare. People who work two jobs don't have a lot of time to prepare meals. They are stuck with quick, easy meals that aren't so healthy. I don't care how long people who don't work have to spend cooking rice or whatever, but I know working folks who receive EBT, and they should not be punished for doing their best to support their family.
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There are many factors at play with poor people eating healthy.
1. Time
2. Knowing what to cook
3. Knowing how to cook
4. Having pots and pans and utensils to cook with (this one is actually very big)
5. Food deserts
All of those things are real but I don't want to infantilize poor people too.
It may be out there already but if you get an EBT card, you should get recipes sent to your phone or email computer. But there literally hundreds of extremely tasty nutritious meals anyone can make that take literally minutes. They do need pots and pans and need to know how to cook, which I think are bigger challenges than time.
This dish is:
Boil water, cook spaghetti
Saute cod (any white fish) in a little oil, can be veggie or cheap olive
Cut tomatoes up
Capers (olives are cheaper and can be used for many other dishes but still taste great)
Take cod out of pan
Hit pan with water, scrape, add a little butter or oil
Saute tomatoes a little, throw in pasta, toss around, olives
Dump on plate put cod on. Chives not necessary
I think that someone having no idea how to actually do these extremely simple steps is a bigger factor in not making this dish than time. Pots and pans rank higher than time I am sure.
The physical cutting, prepping, working is 15 minutes for something that is restaurant quality.
Don't want restaurant? Fry chicken thighs in a pot, skin side down. Chop up onion, garlic, green and red pepper and throw in pot. Fry for a bit. Add a jar of pasta sauce. Let simmer for 20-30 minutes while you do other things. Great meal, very tasty and nutritious. This is a 10 minute activity meal. Leftovers are better than first serving so one big batch can be eaten on and off for a few days.
There are hundreds of these recipes. I work 80 plus hour weeks, physical work just so I'm moderately late versus extremely late, so I don't want to hear about poor people being too tired to cook and having no time. 2 through 5 above I can accept. Being tired and no time, not so much.
