When I was growing up we ate a lot of processed food. That might come as a surprise, given the amount of whole food and obsession with healthy eating on this site. As a true eighties kid, my mom served us sugary cereal, cookies from a box, cheese slices and frozen dinners. As someone who grew up on a farm she ate what they produced throughout her childhood. As a young adult, I'm sure she found all these new foods exciting and quite simply, easier. The one exception to all the store bought food, was cakes. She decorated cakes as a part time job and carrot cake was (and still is) her speciality. I still remember the first time I finally tried carrot cake. I was certain I would hate it (it had vegetables in it!) and much to my surprise, it was delicious. Sometimes moms do know best!
