My eating habits

I cook 3 meals almost everyday and don't use frozen foods, retort foods, precooked foods
and canned foods with some exceptions.

Instead of buying frozen foods, I freeze them after chopping some vegetables, meats, fish and divide them into small packages in a freezer so that I can use any of them anytime.

I don't buy dressings sold in grocery stores but make it mixing up vinegar, salt, sugar, olive oil and so on depending on the dish and I put it on every time I need it.

I usually don't buy bread but make it using a bread maker.
(I used to make bread by hand but my sister gave me the bread maker when she bought a new one. After that, I haven't used my hands to make bread except when making bread rolls.)

Sometimes I buy some bread only in bakeries but not in super markets or convenience stores because I think they basically have shorter expiration dates (mostly only a few days) which could mean that they have less additives.

I don't buy snacks but cook some cookies, cakes, puddings, scones and Japanese sweets called "Zena" with adzuki beans and rice cakes, and other sweets.

I know it's impossible to avoid all additives because almost all foods sold in shops can have additives to keep them fresh, but I'm just trying to consume as few additives as I can.

I think my eating habits like the above are partly affected by my mother.
I grew up eating my mother's home cooking.

She cooked every meal basically without using those foods I don't use now and sometimes I made a packed lunch when I was with my parents.
My family was large and had ten people living together at the largest time.
My parents had to take care of my grandfather and grandmother at home or in a hospital and also raise their four kids including myself, so she had no choice but become a full-time house wife even if she wanted to work and help my father earn money for living.

My father worked very hard outside and so did my mother at home for all of us.
I really appreciate it, I will never forget thanking them forever.

We were not rich enough to eat out so often but I could learn how wonderful it was to eat dinner at home with other family members talking together and knowing each other.