Think I'll go home and fix some split pea soup! That sounds real good, and I haven't had that in a long time. Of course, I'll just open up a can of Campbell's Chunky Split Pea Soup, which is probably classifiable as 'garbage' by you and Sovereign. I just don't have the TIME to get all the ingredients and fix it from scratch. Love minestrone, too. I sometimes get minestrone soup instead of salad when I dine at the Olive Garden....which, again, is likely 'low-brow' Italian cuisine to the gourmets out there. [There is a teacher at this school who fancies himself a gourmet chef----but I have sampled his Italian 'cuisine', and can only say that I greatly prefer the Olive Garden.]

It is a rare occasion, and only on weekends, when I can find the time to whip up some good meal from scratch. I like doing that, but my 100-hour work week just doesn't leave time for the 'good things' in life. I do avoid most of the obvious junk foods. E.g., even when I do eat potato chips, it is the baked variety, which I think are quite a bit healthier than the deep-fried potato chips, which are still what most people buy. I tend to find those just kind of 'gross', nowadays---they are far too greasy.