I'm still hung up on the "ingredients house" thing from TikTok, but I don't think it's because of a *lack* of prepackaged snacks.
It's because those snacks are so utterly bereft of actual substance that you had to eat your way through HALF THE CUPBOARD on day one just to get one (1) meal out of it.
Then the rest of the week all you have is random odds and ends like black beans or tomato paste.
Honestly, I think growing up in a house of bored eaters really did cause me to have some issues with food.
I can't stand grazing on crackers all day. I don't want to spend four hours unable to do anything else because my hands are too busy stuffing crackers into my face. To put it another way, the cupboards are full of things I cannot eat because I don't have four hours to eat them, and if I tried, I'd probably get sick because it's all just straight carbs that make your blood sugar spike.
Finch