• Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    This is so fucking false its hilarious.

    It’s cooking – cooking is cheaper. Cooking anything is cheaper than buying boxes.

    • dexa_scantron@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Beyond the time/energy cost, you’re comparing two different things: cooking healthy food from scratch vs. buying boxed ‘unhealthy’ food. Buying boxed ‘healthy’ food is more expensive than buying boxed ‘unhealthy’ food, and cooking ‘unhealthy’ food is cheaper than cooking ‘healthy’ food.

      For example: I could make a huge mess of white rice and oil very cheaply and quickly. Every other ingredient I add will raise the cost and time investment. People say, “oh, just throw in some eggs/grilled chicken breast/fresh veggies and you have a cheap healthy meal!” but it’s still a lot more expensive to do that (in both money and time) than to just make rice.