Eat Well For Less Series 3

suki1964

nearlytherenow wrote: »

That is a lot of eggs and definitely means you can eat well for less! I just had some veg with an egg cooked in the microwave as per the programmes suggestion and it was very tasty!

I once made an egg lasagne in an attempt to use up eggs. It basically replaced the mince with boiled eggs. I still shudder at the memory, it was not good!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

However eggs do make a nice curry

We also grow our own veg as well as we can. ATM I'm getting beautiful spuds and cabbages. And it won't be long before the carrots are big enough to pull. It's not much of a selection ( very bad weather and short growing season) but it makes the ££££££s go a bit further, plus it tastes so good as well

lessonlearned

Tronator.....if you are seriously interested its best if you do your own research.

But you aren't really seriously interested are you..........you just prefer to dismiss "anecdotal stories" out of hand.

As I explained in my last post gluten can attack many parts of the body, including the brain, without necessarily presenting as gut or bowel problems.

Testing the villi is the most reliable way of assessing whether or not gluten is causing problems but it is not done as routine, especially when the patient does not present with symptoms of gastric discomfort.

Most GPs have very little knowledge about dietary issues, it's not part of their training. It is only when the patient gets to see a nutritionist that full investigations are undertaken.

A lot of the more "moderate" cases of digestive pain and discomfort are often written off as "IBS" or "stress" with no real investigations as to the actual cause. It is only in the more advanced or extreme cases where the bowel becomes badly affected and symptoms become more obvious does the role of gluten come into question.

It is probably for this reason that "the gluten effect" does not show up in statistics.

Just edited to add ........

I am not very good at posting links but if you are serious about doing research then take a look at the gluten free society website.

Now of course you may be sceptical and assume they have a vested interest.

So for the sceptic in you I suggest you investigate "Gluten Ataxia" - especially the work of Professor Mario Hadjivassiliou - an expert in his field of gluten related cerebellar ataxia.

Unfortunately I too have become something of an expert on cerebellar ataxia, it's what killed my husband. Given that my sons may or may not be at risk I still continue to try and keep up to date with research.

My husband did have colitis throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. He was treated and appeared to be doing well, although at this stage his medical team did not make the gluten connection. He did not present with cerebellar ataxia symptoms until 2006. I did not learn about the professors existence until 2012 by which time my husband's condition was terminal.

In my husband's case he did initially present with gastro related problems but this is not necessarily the case with all cerebellar ataxias. Gluten can go straight to the brain without affecting the gut.

This is just an example of one condition......there are others where gluten will be attack the body without affecting the gut or bowels but going straight to the joints , muscles or even bypassing everything and going straight to the brain.

Yes it maybe that some people are "jumping on the bandwagon" or merely cutting out wheat to lose weight. However, that does not mean to say that people are just using gluten as a scapegoat. For those who are gluten intolerant or even merely gluten sensitive it can be a very unpleasant and uncomfortable experience.

Even in their mild forms, IBS, GERD and Fibromyalgia are very unpleasant conditions. If someone suffers from these conditions then it makes sense to avoid a foodstuff which aggravates symptoms. I suffer from all three conditions and find that avoiding all grains is the only way to stay pain free.

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room512

Wow that is a lot of eggs. Our school only has 3 chickens (they were rescue hens I think) and they all lay but one of the chickens pecks her eggs each day so there are only 2 to collect. As it's the holidays, whoever looks after them get to keep the eggs. It's our turn this week so lovely free free range eggs.

lessonlearned

Back to the programme. Just caught up with this weeks.

Spanish cava is great. You can even buy a "pink" version - very festive and cheap as chips. :rotfl:

K9sandFelines

Agave, fruit and date nectar are used by a lot of vegans aswell. I have some in the cupboard but use it sparingly. Nice drizzled on desserts also.

suki1964

I made the muffins in a cup for breakfast this morning. Very tasty

Islandmaid

suki1964 wrote: »

I made the muffins in a cup for breakfast this morning. Very tasty

I made them yesterday for brunch

candygirl

I made them for tea last night, yummy

PasturesNew

I usually just make a poached egg for a muffin. No need for milk or cheese.... muffin/toasted, poached egg on top (1 minute).
Splash of brown sauce.

Sometimes I push the boat out and do two poached eggs

Or I just scramble them - which is like the 'recipe' from the show but with no need for milk (which I rarely have) nor cheese.

Here's a poached egg I nuked 4 days ago
https://s8.postimg.org/lkfuk2js5/Poached_Egg_Small.jpg

I did two that morning. One ... then liked it so much I did another straight away.

I buy eggs in boxes of 15, so tend to binge on them, then nothing for a couple of weeks.

Yesterday I did scrambled eggs (3 of them). Today I've boiled four and put those in the fridge for whatever comes to mind in the next few days.

Dclutterchique

Hi, just popping in to confirm that the final episode will be on Monday 22nd August at 8.30pm on BBC1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07r1qgg

Ironically, considering the recent comments on this thread about Gluten Free Food, this episode will be focusing on a household where the father is a coeliac. As I have blood relatives on both sides of my family who are coeliac and 'food organised' (including my mother) I have a feeling I may end up yelling at the TV even more than with other episodes.:cool:

To touch base with some of the points that have been raised so far.

I like the idea of follow-ups with previous participants a sort of 'Still Eating Well for Less?'. BBC Please Note: Make it a proper follow-up and not one of those "edit 60sec out of the original programme and tag a 1min update on the end" and have the check to call it a 'new' programme situations . Things I would suggest looking at are:

1) Are the families still using the tips they were taught, if not have the abandoned them altogether or have they changed/evolved them for tips that are better suited for their lifestyles?

2) Have the families come up with their own additional food/money saving methods? This could be a way of letting not so confident viewers know that it is OK to figure things out for themselves and one does not need permission from an 'expert' to do so. Sorry Greg and Chris, I'm sure you're lovely chaps.:)

3) Finally, come up with some intermediate to advanced level tips both for the families and viewers. As a previous poster said it's about doing baby steps rather than going cold turkey. So use a follow-up to upgrade to 'toddler' steps. It will also go some way to cover the lost ground between the extremes of 'total newbies' and 'the hard core knit your own lentil yoghurt brigade' that most food advisors go for.

When it comes to people not knowing this difference between their favourite products and cheaper alternatives I have a possible theory. I wonder if the alternatives were tried years ago when there was a pronounced difference in taste between 'own brand' and 'branded'. The participants went for 'branded' and over time the alternatives improved but people weren't aware of this (having stuck with their favourites).