The Main ‘Vegetables’ Americans Eat Are Pizza and French Fries

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15. I was brought up on canned vegetables

But my husband likes what my Mom calls "Yankee" vegetables - cooked until just done, still crisp.

And I agree - canned is easier to store and needs no electricity to stay good.

I keep wanting to try the pre-made pizza dough they sell at the deli counter in the local grocery. But I am terrible at shaping pizza crust so for me frozen is easier. Some time I will get a couple of the things of dough (or get my husband to pick them up on the way home). pre-chopped vegetables (they sell little pack of tomato, bell pepper, onion), bottled sauces, some sausage and ground beef for my husband, a can of anchovies for me and a pack of mixed Italian cheese split between the two pizzas, and we'd be good.

But by the time I do all that planning, I can make the dough at home, cut up and mix enough vegetables for us both and cook them and the meats for my husband, and do it all myself. It's nice being retired!

Actually since it's easier when DiGiorno pizza is on sale, we get one Supreme deep dish for him and a four cheese thin crust for me. As the oven and our pizza stones are heating up, I put the anchovies on my pizza and get his in the oven first (deep dish takes longer). I've been doing that the last couple of years in between carpal tunnel surgeries. It's hard to get back in the habit of real from scratch cooking when you haven't been able to cut stuff safely for years.