Ultra-processed foods and the corporate capture of nutrition

Re:Ultra-processed foods and the corporate capture of nutrition by nickff on Thursday December 17, 2020 @05:32PM (#25461393)

I can walk into Chipotle, order a burrito, and be out in less than 5 minutes with a delicious meal and no clean-up (maybe 10 if there's a lineup).

It takes me much longer to cook the chicken and rice, even if the 'prep' is done, and I still have to clean up!

I have what I'd consider a healthy diet, and I've been avoiding restaurant and prepared meals throughout the pandemic, but cooking everything has been a huge time-sink.

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Re:Ultra-processed foods and the corporate capture of nutrition by tartoran on Thursday December 17, 2020 @09:23PM (#25463097)

Cook food for a couple of days and time per meal will decrease. It takes a bit of getting used to it but once you find the gist of it it really works out

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Re:Ultra-processed foods and the corporate capture of nutrition by nickff on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:28PM (#25463476)

As mentioned above, I cook every meal I eat these days (averaging take-out once every 6-8 weeks). Chipotle is still much faster. Cooking chicken takes a minimum of ten minutes, rice is longer, even assuming no prep time and no clean-up.

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Re:Ultra-processed foods and the corporate capture of nutrition by ApolloFortyNine on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:05PM (#25463721)

The thing is, you don't have to stare at the rice as it's cooking.

Unless you live on top of Chipotle it's very likely the time actually invested cooking will be less than traveling to Chipotle and coming home again.

And beyond that, your simply overpaying for a meal that can be made at home. It's a waste of money, you can save it and waste it on something else you couldn't just make at home.

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