Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

weezl74

so the chart would show: tea, meat, eggs, cheese, fresh fruit, snacks, 80p a day, average of 5 a day, do I also put 'healthy?

HowlinWolf

Is healthy needed weezl? Technically they are all healthy as part of your balanced diet

artybear

I like the chart-i like it in that format tooxxx

weezl74

HowlinWolf wrote: »

Is healthy needed weezl? Technically they are all healthy as part of your balanced diet

well it was going to be a tick that both planner 1 and planner 3 are healthy IYSWIM?

I was just wondering what criteria she might use to pick and therefore what to put ticks in!

domesticgoddess789

I also really like Susan's chart idea :T

Allegra

I'm with Howlin - no "healthy". Reason - just giving it as an option to be ticked implies that there may be a planner that isn't; plus to anyone whose personal ideal of "healthy" is, say, wholegrains only, no beef, low fat, no sugar, or whatever, it's red rag to a bull to point out that no, actualy, it isn't.

Therefore, I think on this one we have to trust the audience to accept that nutritional breakdown of the planner does actually equal healthy. What I mean to say that anyone who truly believes that, for instance, using fortified cereal means clashes with their idea of healthy will decide it's not for them anyway, and us saying it's healthy will not help with that.

Can't win them all, I'm afraid !

aless02

as a random point - the FSA does very little with regards to BSE "prevention" or whatever you want to call it. That falls under Defra's remit .

agreed re: 'healthy'...like the chart idea as well

SusanC_2

artybear wrote: »

ETA: I also learnt the pizza hut song in brownies, we didnt have a Mcdonalds within 150miles of my house and I had never gone to pizza hut till I was at uni....I think its just one of those songs you learn

I never went to Pizza Hut till I was at university either. When I was little we never went to Macdonalds because they put sunset yellow in the chips but when I was older we went two or three times for chips and drinks because we had some free vouchers. I find Alice (currently) only asks to go in places she's been in before. Which means she asks if we're going in the fish and chip shop nearly every time we walk through the village.

artybear wrote: »

ETA2: Susan do u still not eat beef?

Yes.

SusanC_2

artybear wrote: »

Hmmmmm... I eat beef (am in fact having steak for dinner tonight) do non of you eat it?

Given the planner has beef I imagine most people do. I just substitute alternative minces (lamb, pork or turkey) in recipes and given all the seasonings involved and the fact I haven't been eating beef since I was nine I find things are fine with different minces.

SusanC_2

taka wrote: »

There is a second verse? What is in that? I learnt it in brownies too but never went to a McD's till I was ~14 and Pizza hut till I went to Uni! It was all just words at that age...

A Wimpy Bar, a Whimpy Bar, a Little Chef and a Wimpy Bar. Happy Eater, Happy Eater, a Wimpy Bar and a Little Chef.

To my knowledge I've never actually seen a Wimpy Bar or a Happy Eater.