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brewens

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1. About 2019 I started improving my cooking and baking skills and turned into a homemade whole foods

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Sat Mar 16, 2024, 10:37 AM

Mar 2024

fanatic. I make everything within reason now. If I could have a garden, I'd do more.

There is no way I could have done it when I was still working. It saves me a fortune as well as being way healthier.

It really saved my ass when COVID hit, and the stores were wiped out. Because of everyone else's poor eating habits, I could find enough of what I could make do with. If I had been still relying on canned and frozen foods, I would have been screwed.

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Extensive Research Reveals 32 Health Risks Linked to Ultra-Processed Foods [View all] erronis Mar 2024 OP

About 2019 I started improving my cooking and baking skills and turned into a homemade whole foods brewens Mar 2024 #1

Even vegan/vegetarian products like fake "chicken" nuggets... CousinIT Mar 2024 #2

Agree - air-fried tempeh and tofu are wonderful. erronis Mar 2024 #3

Consumer Reports publishes a lot of guidance about processed food and how to avoid them. Martin68 Mar 2024 #4