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Originally Posted by Matthew
[I]One of the disadvantages to living at home is that alot of the time I have to eat whatever My parents buy, and often its the bad stuff like sugar and white flour based things ~ having to stick to a tight budget is not fun, and thus the stuff they buy isnt exactly the best all the time. They get alot of things like chicken burgers, chicken nuggets, fish sticks etc (meat in boxes); boxes of stuffing, mac 'n cheese, packaged rice etc is everywhere in our house and they always buy margarine. My dad likes to bug Me about the food that I eat, but are they any better with what they buy? I've tried talking to them about changing the habits but they seem fixated on what they buy right now so its not exactly ideal.
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Matthew,
Why not volunteer to do the shopping and cooking? It's much cheaper to make meals from scratch than to buy ready made.
It will earn you marks in your parents eyes for taking on a household task and being a productive member of the family and you will be able to help your family eat better.
There are millions of recipes online for healthy meals and tons of cook books in the library you can borrow.
Just a thought... I loved it when my son cooked for me.. He turned out to be a better cook than I am...