Eat Well For Less Series 3

PennyGSD

VfM4meplse wrote: »

From the husband's perspective: he works long hours at Heathrow (many do) and then has a drive back to his home in Hampshire...I can see how he would be tired and unlikely to cook himself something separate after work. However he will pass a number of huge supermarkets on his way home, and just didn't keep track of his spends. Don't we all sometimes make rash decisions if shopping on an empty stomach?

I don't often defend men but I can have some sympathy with him. The wife was no better: she needed a separate bottle of beer for herself because drinking it out of a glass just wasn't the same? :huh:

Edited to add that I'm agreeing with vfm4meplse as it looks like I'm suggesting an opposing view.......

Let's not forget that the extremes will be totally and utterly exaggerated to make for better tv viewing and a bigger weekly saving.

We're not going to watch if the husband occasionally pops into a supermarket on the way home, or the wife sometimes doesn't bother to cook her husband something he really, really likes.

maman

dragonette wrote: »

a brief word of caution - 'nuitritionist' is something anyone can call themselves
'dietician' is a restricted term and people must have relevant qualifications to use it. I know its a bit pedantic, but to those of us with dietary issues it is can be the difference between managing a condition and being significantly ill long term

Having seen the discussion on here I was interested to hear Laura Trott and Jason Kenny using the two terms interchangeably when interviewed last night.

Pollycat

maman wrote: »

Having seen the discussion on here I was interested to hear Laura Trott and Jason Kenny using the two terms interchangeably when interviewed last night.

Me too (once I'd calmed down from the excitement of double gold medals).

Gers

I've ordered the Cava mentioned earlier - couldn't get it in my nearest shop so did it online. Looking forward to trying it out!

yummymummy79

I get the whole nutritionist/dietician difference, but if you're not willing to keep up with more modern findings and ways of looking at what a healthy diet is, then you're doing yourself and your clients a disservice,

I'm going to be starting a Masters in Food and Nutrition next month which may mean I could register with the British Nutrition Foundation but I don't think I want to as they still spout stuff from the 70s/80s which has been overtaken with different views in recent years. Not to mention the potential conflicts of interest being sponsored by big food companies etc.

maman

Gers wrote: »

I've ordered the Cava mentioned earlier - couldn't get it in my nearest shop so did it online. Looking forward to trying it out!

I found it an acceptable drink for the price.


My favourite though is still the Cremant du Jura from Aldi although it's £7.49 so not as cheap as the cava but much the same price as Aldi's prosecco.


I suppose it depends what fizz they were drinking previously.

Dclutterchique

Well, I saw last nights programme and it wasn't as rage inducing as I thought it would be.

It turns out that the couple both though that a GF diet is far more restrictive than it has to be and she was terrified to cook her husband anything in case she 'glutened' him. To compound the situation she is on a diet so unless a product was labelled 'Gluten Free' and/or 'Diet' it didn't go in the trolley, apart from salad and raw, red onion for him. (although she likes garlic, so I would say they make the perfect couple.)

It turns out Chris Bevan's wife is a Coeliac (and vegetarian) so both he and Greg were able to provide a good balance of sympathy for their situation and encouragement/gentle elbowing towards doing something and taking back control of things food wise as both of them have a decent to good level of competence in the kitchen.

I do get the impression that after he had been diagnosed they hadn't been given any advice/help beyond "you must not eat gluten" with no real guidance as to what foods/ingredients do and (just as useful) don't contain gluten. This meant that 6 years on they were still at the Rabbit-Caught-in-the-Headlights Stage that nearly everyone diagnosed with a food allergy/intolerance first goes through.

There was mention of another episode at the end of programme, but as this was episode 6 of 6 and there isn't an edition next week I don't know if this means the BBC are doing a Christmas Special.

mrs_Badger

It made me so happy for last night's family to see they can actually all eat 'normal' food! The husband looked so thrilled to be eating something that resembles a tasty meal!

My DH is GF, and while to can be difficult when he's out or snacking, at home we barely notice a difference. You can't go wrong with meat and two veg, and most things cooked from scratch as they showed. We buy GF gravy, pasta and bread, (the odd Pizza or biscuits as a treat for him) but that's about it.

nwc389

I thought it was a good episode last night. I agree that it seemed like they hadn't had much in the way of advice at the time of his diagnosis and also that it must have been diagnosed when the kids were very young and it was probably a very difficult time to be adjusting to such a huge lifestyle change.
I was so pleased that they got some good advice and help.

candygirl

I liked this family. No OTT hysteria when she found out about the water:)Sadly no recipes for me this week though