Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

keletubbie

thriftlady wrote: »

This is a cooking show not a weight loss show.

I expect Allegra, like me, eats too much of her own cooking. That doesn't mean she doesn't know what makes a healthy diet. Nor does it make any advice she gives on the subject invalid.

Hurrah!

I cook well, however I do not believe in leftovers...

Eat up! There's starving children in Africa!
(or so my nan always said)

Allegra

ninky wrote: »

absolutely - people have been feeding their families 'from scratch' for years - don't need chefs to show how.

The families we saw on the show clearly did need the chefs, though.

plus i wouldn't following eating advice from someone overweight.

Nowt as queer as folk, eh ? My instinct would be not to follow eating advice from someone who is underweight, as my assumption would be that they just do not like food as much as I do and that therefore they could not replicate the joy I find in good home-cooked meals.

But, of course, that would be rather unfair an assumption - they could, after all, just have super-fast metabolisms. Or they could be fitness freaks with iron willpower, working off every last ounce of that delicious pie.

I take it, though, that you never follow any food-related advice seen on this board, then ? We could all be hugely fat, for all you know....

sunshinejoclaire

I'm over weight because I do like good food! I love cooking, and baking (in fact as both me and hubby are over weight I don't bake nearly as much as I'd like too!).

There is a motto in the catering world - 'never trust a skinny chef'

debtmuncher

ninky wrote: »

absolutely - people have been feeding their families 'from scratch' for years - don't need chefs to show how. plus i wouldn't following eating advice from someone overweight.

not everyone feeds their families "from scratch" and certainly the family way of life has changed tremdously from the days of when the mums stayed at home to make a two course meal for the family. now mums go out to work, dads go out to work, mums cant be arsed to cook and the dad shows no interest cos its the womans job then there is hte cleaning, the kids, taking hte kids to school ............could go on and on so the cooking gets left to the side and forgotten about. in a fulltime work household you can be sure for the majority the man wont do his share cos he is the "main breadwinner". if you ask my hubby what he wants for tea next wed i will get a "dont know" but i am expected to think out family meals for the next 30 years!:eek::D
as for the overweight comment.....better she was overweight via good cooking than because she was having takeaways a lot lol. its possible that she has a medical condition where she puts on weight, pco for example or shes taking steriods.;):D

Gigervamp

Lol, I'm 5' 6" and 8 and a half stone. Wasn't that long ago that I only weighed 7.5, but middle age has added a bit of padding!

I love food, my weakness is cakes and cookies! With the amount I eat, I should be huge!

randomer

I certainly wouldn't want advice from Gillian toothpick McKieth

Gigervamp

randomer wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't want advice from Gillian toothpick McKieth

Oh gawd, no, me neither! :eek:

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

I noticed the male chef (Paul?) had a belly on him. Looks like he likes his beer

avinabacca

randomer wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't want advice from Gillian toothpick McKieth

Is she that joyless old harridan on the telly who pokes around turds with a lolly-stick?

Terrible woman.

Swan_2

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

Another recipe here lol
http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/most-popular/2009/08/05/recipes-for-cheap-meals-with-economy-gastronomy-115875-21571572/

To those who bought the book do we reckon amazon is the cheapest?

ali x

I haven't bought it (yet ) but looks like Amazon is cheapest ... FIND-BOOK.CO.UK

just noticed, you could pay £25.88 for it if you weren't careful! :eek: