Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Fair enough. A handful of frozen peas could be added at minimal cost though or a leak as well as the onion.

My opinion is that you're probably better off eating 3 tomatoes than a Mars Bar.

Undoubtedly!


I am watching the funniest infomercial ever.....for an expending hose. How they kept a straight face making it is hard to imagine.

vivatifosi

Re the fruit and veg thing, I think each country has its own guidelines and they aren't the same. IIRC France's is 9 portions per day as the recommended norm.

I try to eat as many colours as possible, but always struggle with yellow. There's only so much yellow pepper and sweetcorn that I want to eat. Does anyone have any delicious yellow recommendations that I'm missing out on?

The other colours I find easy, including purple as I love beetroot and blackcurrants.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Re the fruit and veg thing, I think each country has its own guidelines and they aren't the same. IIRC France's is 9 portions per day as the recommended norm.

I try to eat as many colours as possible, but always struggle with yellow. There's only so much yellow pepper and sweetcorn that I want to eat. Does anyone have any delicious yellow recommendations that I'm missing out on?

The other colours I find easy, including purple as I love beetroot and blackcurrants.

Yellow courgettes, yellow melons, lemons, yellow tomatos, bananas, pattypan squash. (Mmmmmmm). Maybe star fruit!

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

Yellow courgettes, yellow melons, lemons, yellow tomatos, bananas, pattypan squash. (Mmmmmmm). Maybe star fruit!

What colour are your chips?

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Yellow courgettes, yellow melons, lemons, yellow tomatos, bananas, pattypan squash. (Mmmmmmm). Maybe star fruit!

Some good ideas there, thanks lir. I've not seen yellow courgettes or pattypan squash, so will need to keep an eye out for those. I like melons, especially watermelons (but they aren't yellow) so could probably eat more of that. Tomatoes I need to be careful with as I can't eat many raw without getting a rash (cooked is fine). I don't like bananas. Lemons I do like but I don't know I'd be able to ingest enough for it to constitute one of my 5 per day - too sharp!

Thanks... I'll have a good look for those when at the supermarket tomorrow.

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

What colour are your chips?

Here's somebody that's thinking straight

PasturesNew

That's the thing with all 'health' things from Govts. They come out with something, spend a fortune on badly-put-together information about how bad it is.... few years later "we were wrong". After 30-40 years you're tired of all the messages and have tuned out decades ago.

PasturesNew

For Yellow, M&S page says: Apricots, Lemons, Pineapple, Bananas, Grapefruit, Sweetcorn, Peppers (yellow), Yellow Tomatoes, Onions, Garlic

http://health.marksandspencer.com/healthy-eating/5-a-day

I do like to keep in the cupboard small 25p tins of pineapple - as that's a meal when I CBA.... open tin, eat the pineapple out of the tin with a spoon.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Some good ideas there, thanks lir. I've not seen yellow courgettes or pattypan squash, so will need to keep an eye out for those. I like melons, especially watermelons (but they aren't yellow) so could probably eat more of that. Tomatoes I need to be careful with as I can't eat many raw without getting a rash (cooked is fine). I don't like bananas. Lemons I do like but I don't know I'd be able to ingest enough for it to constitute one of my 5 per day - too sharp!

Thanks... I'll have a good look for those when at the supermarket tomorrow.

Tarte au Citroen I find to be a particularly toothsome way to eat lemons.

Pineapple & apricots are both yellow. Cous cous with (dried) apricot and mint is delicious with roast lamb and red wine gravy. Pretty cheap and tasty too if you get NZ frozen lamb leg and stud it with garlic, rosemary/thyme and anchovies or use shoulder.

Cheese is yellow. Surely cheese can be an honourary vegetable.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Re the fruit and veg thing, I think each country has its own guidelines and they aren't the same. IIRC France's is 9 portions per day as the recommended norm.

I try to eat as many colours as possible, but always struggle with yellow. There's only so much yellow pepper and sweetcorn that I want to eat. Does anyone have any delicious yellow recommendations that I'm missing out on?

The other colours I find easy, including purple as I love beetroot and blackcurrants.

I think other countries do quote larger numbers. I wonder what's the maximum number of portions you can eat without overeating?

Generali wrote: »

Tarte au Citroen I find to be a particularly toothsome way to eat lemons.

Pineapple & apricots are both yellow. Cous cous with (dried) apricot and mint is delicious with roast lamb and red wine gravy. Pretty cheap and tasty too if you get NZ frozen lamb leg and stud it with garlic, rosemary/thyme and anchovies or use shoulder.

Cheese is yellow. Surely cheese can be an honourary vegetable.

Cheese = the reason why there can be fat vegetarians.

It allows them to avoid meat while competing with the rest of us for an early grave from CHD.:(

Unfortunately I think the famous nutritionist Frankie Boyle claimed that chips count as minus five towards your five a day.:D