Kids

. My first apartment was in a basement. The owners were upstairs. The walls were knotty pine and it was quite spacious. Other than that, it was terrible! We could hear the owners if one or the other coughed! Rent: $55/month. We were outta there as soon as possible. Sublet a 2 bedroom for a summer in a complex with a swimming pool. $100. Hey! Then we moved to an upstairs place above two elderly ladies. Hard to keep them happy clearing the sidewalk and driveway during the winter but it was nice being up in branches of big trees.
I once admitted on TEG to discovering ramen noodles in the 1970's and becoming a dedicated broccoli addict as a result

. The wheat grown where I was working was mostly exported and used for noodles. Okay, maybe I'll buy and cook some

. Poaching an egg during the last couple of minutes and it was a complete meal.
Somewhere along in there, I figured out that the leafy greens I was eating at my favorite restaurant were either bok choy or Chinese cabbage. The Chinese cabbage from the supermarket was okay but I had to grow my own bok choy, otherwise
blech! Having these 2 veggies available prompted me to begin stir-frying. Pea pods really clenched the deal! I like stir-fried noodles and rice but DW likes veggies quite simply, over rice.
I guess that this was how I have been able and oriented to having veggies in my diet. Really, it began as a child but I was not the person making those decisions.
Steve