Nikki - that sounds wonderful to me, actually! Well, I would've hated it back then, too, but now I would love it (though my repertoire would leave something to be desired, I'm sure). My mom only ever served vegetables out of a can. And it was pretty limited at that. The only fresh veg. I can remember was an occasional corn on the cob (but those were mostly frozen), and iceberg lettuce salad with some shaved carrots if we were lucky.
My mom hated to cook, was a bad cook (our spaghetti sauce came out of a dry packet that you added a can of tomato paste to and some water), and ended up spending most of the last 10 years of her life eating take out. Granted, she was ill, so cooking was even more of a chore for her, but I don't remember her and Dad eating too many meals that she cooked. Dad loves to cook, but works so much he never has good time for it.
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