Who me? 20 minutes in the oven. 3 minutes to cook the fresh spinach and ricotta pasta, open a jar of tomato and mushroom sauce.
Slice some low fat mature cheddar.
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Slice some low fat mature cheddar.
Job done. 20 minutes start to finish.
Being out, dealing with parking, people/crowds, weather/rain/heat/snow, having to wear appropriate clothing (or any clothing at all ...
), wanting to mix and match different foods and beverages, having a wider access to good beer (obv. location dependent), etc.It's not always the food part of the experience, it's the whole package, and sometimes, I need to chill, flip on a movie, grab something from my beer fridge, put on nothing but boxers and a T, slide up next to my wife on the sofa.
Replace the low-fat cheddar with some normal cheddar, and just eat less of it. Well, that's my food philosophy. It's like I'd prefer to drink one strong gin & tonic than two weak ones.
This.
Exactly.
Thus, butter instead of (ugh) margarine. Olive oil instead of......inferior substitutes (such as, er, um, vegetable oil)....
And so on.
As a friend of mine put it, "if I am to eat calories, then, I want to eat good calories, calories that taste good."
Less? I have 2 or 3 very thin slices. It tastes very nice.
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Try it. It tastes just like normal cheddar.
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Well as we have no bread in the house I haven’t had butter or margarine in years.
Had red rooster megabox meal today for first time quick lunch break it was really yummy
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Multi-tasking is a skill to be admired, envied, cherished. And emulated, if you can pull it off.
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I'm not good at it. My trick is to do one task whilst making it look like I'm doing another one.
During the week, we keep things pretty light, so if we make something with cheese, we'll use a 2% cheddar, or a light sour cream, etc., because it's still very good, and we're focused on a good balance (like I said, mostly M-F) of lower fat/calories/low carbs.
On the weekends, or a special weekday occasion, or going out, or when we travel, we don't think about it - if I get a few boutique type cheese, some nice artisan olives and a couple of bottles of wine for a weekend evening, calories don't even come into play. Plus there are certain things where there isn't (for us) an acceptable lower cal option, like beer, no lite, no watered down, de-carb'ed whatever, when I drink one (or several
), it's zero compromise.We feel like a little bit of fat/carb/calorie consideration part of the time is a reasonable compromise to stay healthy (especially for our little G), and to be able to be pretty physical. While we might enjoy more "intellectual" pursuits that are low effort: film, music, reading, exploring a new tech, casually walking around a city to visit museums - we also do things like surf, SUP, bike, dive, practice yoga, engage in HIIT (workouts), kickbox.
I must admit that even though I am a Daughter of Eve, and supposed to be - by definition, default, or birth - naturally gifted at multi-tasking by definition, in truth, I am not. Not remotely.
The only 2% cheese I'll eat is part skim mozzarella if I need to use it for something which is very rare. Because full moisture/fat mozzarella is chewy when it cools down. I've also been known to eat a 1-2 lb block of it in a day with crackers or pretzels, maybe some grapes, for a 'healthy' snack.
Interesting. I don't like "low/no fat" options as I discovered years ago that I either end up eating more to compensate, or it's loaded with sugar. I'd much rather swap sugar for fat than the other way around. I do put some thought into calorie consumption and nutritional content, plus I exercise, but I still avoid low-fat versions of things that typically aren't low fat.... no lite, no watered down, de-carb'ed whatever, when I drink one (or several
But for beer ... I've discovered a good German beer, Jever, which is alcohol free. It's great for when the weather goes over 30 degrees and I'm chilling by the river during the day. Stops me feeling sleepy all afternoon. It's *almost* as tasty as a good alcoholic beer, so I still swap back to that at other times.
Eating out is nice but I find home cooking to be the best. Sometimes you can get food outside that is not that easy to make at home or because it is not cost efficient to make at home. Depending on where you go out to eat time and labor factor is a big factor of what kind of food you get when going out to eat. To have sushi it is best to go out I reckon. To enjoy a cooked meal that requires time to cook is best cooked at home. Countries with low labor costs (wages) are best for eating specialty foods which require time and effort to prepare. Middle eastern cuisines take a lot of time to prepare and cook but the selling price for them is often lower compared to other dishes at restaurants.
Which is why, when I eat out, I will rarely have something I can cook at home for myself.
Instead, I will treat myself to a dish that is complicated, or a specialty dish, or something that I would rarely consider treating myself to, when at home.
Unsurprisingly I never eat what I have at home when I eat out!
No surprise there whatsoever.
However, I find that the version of what I may consume when dining out, (say, Indian, Thai or Chinese) is always nicer than what I am able to prepare at home.
Italian is more variable, because I can do some dishes (pasta dishes) pretty well.
But, my casseroles and roasts tend to be excellent, thus, I rarely have those out.
Well, I like fine dining, and I love the idea of partaking of a civilised dinner out with colleagues with whom I get on well, or with good friends (or brothers).
And, in some of the countries where I have visited, I have always liked to find good restaurants, better still good restaurants serving local cuisine.
Oh absolutely. The idea of going to another country just to eat in a chain restaurant you can eat at when home, has no appeal. I prefer pubs to chains when I’m at home anyway, especially if there is a good recommendation.