Cooking for one

caronc wrote: »

There seems to be so much confusion on this some say pickles/olives don't count due too the high salt others they are fine. Given that preserving fruit/veg is the mainstay of so many of the lauded "healthy diets" from around the world why would they not count;). Equally some say 5/10 different fruit/veg others as much variety as possible. I get why juice/smoothies and processed stuff like tinned soup/baked beans only count as one regardless of portion size but the rest of it pfft....:mad: Me to be honest I like my fruit & veg, pickles and pulses etc. so not a chore to eat but do I eat 10 under the strictest guidlines nope do I actually care nope but think there is a real risk that the mixed messages are going to put folk off as it just seems like too much hard work.......:cool:
Steps back off of soap box and continues eating her veg laden very tasty savoury mince with pasta........

PasturesNew wrote: »

You can keep that box out, I'll use it.

It is confusing - if you took it your own way and muddled through it might be doable some days - but the Internet brings in a whole raft of "smug bugg4hs" who are fitting it all in (they say) ... and will beat down anybody else with the "if I can do it you can" attitude.

I think the hardest bit is taking the list, crossing off what you don't like, then crossing off what's too expensive, then looking at the few items left and wondering how to fit them into a meal plan without radically changing everything that you eat overnight.

I just work on the method of: "Yeah, I read your list ... I'll see if I can find a quick win."

As somebody who has never had a smoothie/doesn't have a machine and really don't fancy drinking lumpy gloop I won't be force feeding myself with something nasty just to hit some target.

Others seem to eat a lot of salad - personally I've never seen the point of it, it's expensive and not filling. If I am paying money for food I want it to fill me up!