Fifty years ago, my mother, who had ten children and a full time job downtown and took the bus to work, cooked consistently with fresh vegetables. We always had lots of fresh fruit in the house, and she started teaching me to cook when I had to stand on a stool to reach the sink to peel potatoes. She did not grind up those vegetables and put them in meat loaf. She assumed it was normal for people to eat real food. I do not and have never cooked from cans. I love vegetables and so do my siblings. My grown children eat vegetables as a matter of courseand love to come home to eat because I am a very good cook. The idea that fresh food is exoctic and difficult to prepare is propaganda. Lots of people don't cook. They should just admit they prefer knitting, painting, writing poetry, or whatever to cooking and get on with it.