It's not about time, it's just laziness and opportunity. I'm a millennial but I grew up on homecooked meals (single mom, working full-time, still managed to do it). Eating out is ridiculously expensive if you want a balanced diet. Cooking does not take so much time if you plan it well. Sounds like in the US, the 20-somethings buy top of the line iPhones and Macbooks, ride around in Uber and only eat takeout - then complain about how hard it is. Btw, it's "ludicrous", not the rapper.
Millennials could learn a lot from a box of Kraft Mac & Cheese. Normally a buck. Can find it on sale for $0.88 at times. Add a bit of milk and butter, and you have filled your tummy for the night. So do not try to eat the Tavern-on-the-Green each night. Just eat frugally. And if you wish, have some yogurts for dessert with your mac n' cheese meal. Jesus, you peeps, you will not starve to death if you pull a bachelor diet out. You will save so much money. STOP EATING $6 AVACADO TOAST!
Processed mac & cheese, hope you're kidding. Those foods are full of garbage, not to mention it's mostly carbs and little in nutrients. On top of that you'd probably microwave it. Then a few decades later wonder how you got cancer.
Negative, always prepare in a saucepan on the stove. And before you go on about "processed", you had better come well-defended on this one, and on what "processed" really means. Because that term is so loosely bandied about now, it is, well, gross. And grossly misunderstood.
Whoops, I see this is the Wall St. News section, and we are "tangenting" it. If you wish to continue, make a new thread in the Health and Fitness" section.
Yellow #5, yellow #6 etc. On top of that the ingredients are processed multiple times, removing most of the useful nutrients.
You have not defined "processed" to any satisfaction. Listing vegeatable food dyes is not defining "processed". Anyways, Kraft Mac n' Cheese doesn't have any "dyes" in it. They now use stuff like paprika, annatto and turmeric to get their colors. That is not "processed".
Once you've got somebody making claims about "processed", Yellow #5, and "microwave", you're off into faith-based arguments. Next thing you know, you've got "proof" from whale.to and the like. Probably better off letting this one go.
Yeah, they finally copied their European recipes for the US. It doesn't look too bad but relying on it for a regular meal is still not great. We already know our organism does not process by nutrients but by form. This is why vitamin pills are mostly useless, completely different from eating real fruits and vegetables.