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If anyone is interested, tonight's dish from Hello Fresh was a simple Gnocchi Bolgnese with Cheesy Broccoli.
It was chuffin delicious. I'd have taken a picture but this isn't Instagram.
I'm even more happy with my diet.
Dude your "diet" falls below the basic standards of care required for prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention.
We eat well.
That's all.
Dude your "diet" falls below the basic standards of care required for prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention.
Well, eating my diet for the last 20 years has allowed me to maintain the same weight, about 72Kg, as I've been my entire adult life, without all the diet related problems that many on here post about.
No teeth, ricketts, gout, piles and Scurvy. But 72kilos.
Lots of different stuff gets cooked here, but in any given week I can pretty much guarantee one of the following will appear.
Mild chicken curry
Chilli
Spaghetti Bolognese
Roast
Chorizo and chilli pasta (was originally a store cupboard bodge but now engrained as a regular speedy carb laden heap of deliciousness) - about as Italian as steak and kidney pudding
We do lots of slow cooker stuff. Mrs g-d usually puts it on in the morning, mini dwellers eat it about 6 and it's still warm for us later. Perfect.
No teeth, ricketts, gout, piles and Scurvy. But 72kilos.
That's right, I don't know how I manage to cycle as much as I do, what with being dead.
Seeing as we have opened the lid on the Nick Offerman jar
I have never given it any thought
I have about 30 cakes I can do from scratch - more if i just add slightly different fruit or whatever but still essentially the same
Curries - probably about 30 ish though i tend to stick to about 6 regulars [ time mainly]
No idea how many other meal types I guess 30 so i assume i select a meal from 100 ish choices
I probably have 3 or four things I make every week
Falafel, coleslaw, cakes and a tofu dish - partly as I get in late some night so dont have time to cook fresh so that is there to eat quickly.
I also make my own curry sauces, Harissa paste and pesto and almost everything i make is 100% made by me from ingredients....i even have a chip pan.
I also do my own smoothies do they count?
Are gruts actually anything? I always wondered if it was just a word that Ivor Cutler thought sounded amusing! 🙂
Well, eating my diet for the last 20 years has allowed me to maintain the same weight, about 72Kg, as I've been my entire adult life, without all the diet related problems that many on here post about.
The prophesy is true, it's the second coming. It's iDave 2.0
Well, eating my diet for the last 20 years has allowed me to maintain the same weight, about 72Kg, as I've been my entire adult life, without all the diet related problems that many on here post about.
After gaining so much weight on a varied diet (there's all manner of chocolate, crisps, pies, potatoes and bacon ) I'm now seriously considering the 6:1 toast and sandwich diet. Rich, please, need info.
What type of bread and how many slices max a day?
After gaining so much weight on a varied diet (there's all manner of chocolate, crisps, pies, potatoes and bacon ) I'm now seriously considering the 6:1 toast and sandwich diet. Rich, please, need info.What type of bread and how many slices max a day?
Apply one loaf of the cheapest white directly to the digestive tract daily.
Cheap bread, white or brown. 2 slices for lunch, 4 when I get home. Maybe a slice at breakfast as well.
Just been checking some figures, I've actually put weight on since 2008, when I was 74Kg (8.8% fat). In 2016 I was 78Kg, and 16.3% fat. Clearly I need to cut back.
Well, eating my diet for the last 20 years has allowed me to maintain the same weight, about 72Kg
I'm going to guess that cycling "48km a day to work" has [i]something[/i] to do with your weight too though yeah? 😀
As you said you have "no interest in food". For me food in all its wonderful and varied forms is one of the great pleasures in life. The idea of spending 20 years of eating almost nothing but bread, toast and cereal sounds absolutely hellish.
But hey, I'm me and you are you. If it works for you then more power to you.
Only thing wrong with the toast diet is the lack of pizza.
So many pizzas to choose from and so few days of the week.
Thin, deep, stuffed crust, pepperoni, chicken and bacon, meat feast, mmmmmmm
Like Graham S, I am now a huge advocate of hello-fresh. We've been doing it for about 6 months now (since the arrival of miniBatfink) and it continues to impress. Quick, delicious and healthy meals, 5 nights a week.
6 months x 5 meals a week, we haven't had a single repeated recipe, and have only had one dud.
Before we signed-up we tried-out a couple of weeks of recipes (ie: following the recipes, but doing the shopping ourselves) and we found that it was actually cheaper to have them deliver the food too - mostly because you get exactly the right amount of each ingredient.
Mrs Batfink was very skeptical at first, but now describes it as "life changing" 😯
Plenty of discount codes for your first box free, and there is no ongoing commitment.
Sorry - I know this sounds like a advert - but it really is excellent. Most of the value comes from having somebody plan out your week of dinners which are quick, and interesting. The fact that you don't have to do the shopping is an added bonus 😀
I still see those hello fresh and the likes as conveyance, I can't see how they're cheaper or really that much quicker. Seems they're there for people with "oh such busy lives" when what they mean is they can't be arsed.
Convenience is a massive factor for us - our plan provides us 3 healthy fresh-cooked meals each week that we don't need to plan or shop for, and add a lot of variety to our diet. Plus teaches me some cooking skills.
Not cheaper than a well planned shop for the fresh ingredients IME. But the speed and convenience is well worth the extra couple of quid for us.
what they mean is they can't be arsed.
Not sure what's wrong with that to be honest. Same reason people eat processed foods, ready meals or takeaways. Or rotate through the same five basic recipes each week. We [i]do[/i] have busy lives, as do most modern families.
On a weekly basis, nothing, on a monthly basis...maybe spaghetti and/or chilli and possibly pizza.
Yeah better than taking the easy option of processed meals or takeaways, I also get the teaching you recipes too but it's not hard to prepare a meal after work or before so it's east and ready to make.
Cheap bread, white or brown. 2 slices for lunch, 4 when I get home. Maybe a slice at breakfast as well.
Just been checking some figures, I've actually put weight on since 2008, when I was 74Kg (8.8% fat). In 2016 I was 78Kg, and 16.3% fat. Clearly I need to cut back.
Hmm, so for arguments sake that's seven slices of (cheap) bread per day? This sounds do-able. Economical too. A 50p loaf would last, what, 2+ days? In theory that's reducing my food spend by 1000%
Any spread? Butter or low-cholesterol option?
Drac, I've not tried them, but I am inclined to agree. In fact about six years ago I suggested there was a business opportunity doing this stuff, and then convinced myself there weren't enough lazy people in the world! That said I've never met anyone who actually uses it so perhaps it's a southern thing - they do have less time down there because they all spend so long commuting.
I do think it can save time. Anyone who has used a Jamie Oliver 15 minute meal recipe will know you can cook it in 15 mins but first you spend 30 minutes finding and measuring ingredients etc. And it potentially can save you money - I've got ingredients I only used in one recipe.
For quick food the answer is not to follow a recipe though - that makes you a slave to particular ingredients, cooking times etc. Sadly I think a skill not taught properly in schools is cooking, closely followed by planning and using what you have available rather than throwing out leftovers- healthier, more economical and less waste.
Anyone who has used a Jamie Oliver 15 minute meal recipe will know you can cook it in 15 mins but first you spend 30 minutes finding and measuring ingredients etc.
Only the first few times.
I do like pawing through a good recipe book (Gill Mellor's excellent 'Gather' is flavour of the month at the mo) and try to cook at least one new and previously untested meal a week.
I've never met anyone who actually uses it so perhaps it's a southern thing - they do have less time down there because they all spend so long commuting.
I'm in Northumberland, not all that far from Drac as it happens. So I don't have that excuse. 😳
We [i]are[/i] a bit pushed for time on work day evenings. I'm often not in till after 7 and the kids go to bed at 8.
But yes, there are definitely other solutions, which we also use, like slow cooker, quick and easy meals, reheating previously cooked stuff. The Hello Fresh stuff is really just a convenience that takes a bit of stress off and adds some fun and variety.
For quick food the answer is not to follow a recipe though
Agreed, but then you can easily slip into the same problem as the OP - a standard rotation of meals that you know you can make quickly and have the necessary ingredients in for.
I'm in Northumberland, not all that far from Drac as it happens. So I don't have that excuse.
I'd not liked to be dragged by my balls to your town. 😆
Well you might have said that before I booked the ball-draggers.