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In reply to the discussion: How the Fast Food Industry Destroyed "Home Ec" to Hook Americans on Processed Crap [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)She didn't particularly enjoy it, wasn't remotely creative, and needed to feed six kids. Plus she worked.
By the time I was five I could fix certain basics for myself, and as a teen did a fair amount of the family cooking. I wasn't a very good cook because I'd learned what little I knew from her, but over the years branched out, learned new stuff, got a little creative. It helps that I like to eat.
As so many others have already pointed out, cooking from scratch does not need to be complicated or time-consuming. Lots of recipes make things that freeze well, and sometimes all you then need to do is pull the frozen whatever from the freezer to the refrigerator in the morning, and it's good to heat up by the time you get home from work.
Bread machines are also a wonderful invention. I like to set up the bread in the evening before I go to bed, use the delay timer, and wake up to freshly baked bread. I've never done it by setting up in the morning and having it ready in the evening for supper, but that and a crock-pot would make a wonderful combination.