i don't know if it's that "low class" but i take every cooking shortcut imaginable. i buy a ton of frozen shit and just sort of mix and match things ALL the time. i'll buy jarred pasta sauce instead of making my own, i'll by frozen chopped veggies to add to my stir fry, etc.

i truly hate a lot of the online cooking discourse - both sides of it - from the "purists" who think everything has to be scratch made and also from zoomers who scream "ableism" abut not cooking jack shit for themselves - you know, about how they can't be bothered to chop some broccoli up or whatever because they suffer from executive dysfunction or depression or whatever.

but i totally empathize with just being too fuckin lazy sometimes to take 30-40 min to prep dinner! wish it would just be framed like that. it is okay to take a bunch of trashy shortcuts when cooking even if it's not "classy".