I figured I have lived thru so many food fads ( husband’s family are pretty insane in this regard adopting every fad without question ) , that I am so now over and have very little patience for it all.
I have an especial lack of patience for people thinking “ethnic” foods are by default better or that anything from a health food shop is healthier.
Someone asked Red Symons once what the first superfood was, expecting him to say spirulina or some such. His answer: wheat. And I think he actually nailed it.
Studies have shown the best diet to adopt is the Mediterranean diet because of the inclusion of fresh fruit & veg, fish, lean meat, oil, yogurt, nuts, seeds & grains. Less red meat and processed food.
The second is Japanese because of fish, fermented food and green tea.
Our family’s meals are generally fresh meat and veggies with fruit as snacks. Yes we have some processed stuff in the fridge (condiments and sauces) and pantry (crackers, biscuits etc).
Our kids’ friends are generally surprised how fresh we eat, when they come over for dinners.
My daughter did a food survey with her friends. What you eat and what you don’t. Some of them had never tried certain foods including some vegetables. She ticked off everything except spring onion and coriander. Made me proud.
Has to be spuds with the skin still on (vitamin C lives just under the skin and usually gets peeled off), whole raw milk (vitamins A & some Bs and some protein and a lot of fat) OR butter, and a supplemental protein source - such as oily fish (vitamin D) or meat or cheese. If you peel the spuds, you’ll need a supplement such as fruit. The classic Irish diet that the potato famine of 1840s pretty much wiped out and triggered mass migration to USA and here.
Yeah. I wouldn’t be game for raw milk… a cheap family dish used to use oily tinned fish and cheese as the supplemental protein with steamed veg on the side.
I figured I have lived thru so many food fads ( husband’s family are pretty insane in this regard adopting every fad without question ) , that I am so now over and have very little patience for it all.
I have an especial lack of patience for people thinking “ethnic” foods are by default better or that anything from a health food shop is healthier.
Someone asked Red Symons once what the first superfood was, expecting him to say spirulina or some such. His answer: wheat. And I think he actually nailed it.
It’s been genetically modified!!
( over millennia through selective farming )
Yass!
Studies have shown the best diet to adopt is the Mediterranean diet because of the inclusion of fresh fruit & veg, fish, lean meat, oil, yogurt, nuts, seeds & grains. Less red meat and processed food.
The second is Japanese because of fish, fermented food and green tea.
You don’t need anything else.
Our family’s meals are generally fresh meat and veggies with fruit as snacks. Yes we have some processed stuff in the fridge (condiments and sauces) and pantry (crackers, biscuits etc).
Our kids’ friends are generally surprised how fresh we eat, when they come over for dinners.
My daughter did a food survey with her friends. What you eat and what you don’t. Some of them had never tried certain foods including some vegetables. She ticked off everything except spring onion and coriander. Made me proud.
No spring onion? That’s a staple in scrambled eggs and fried rice.
I know. I still put it in dishes like quiche and stuff. Pick it out. I don’t care.
Do potato cakes make the list?
I heard something about you could live on potatoes and milk for vitamin D. They’re a very nutritious food in terms of being calorie dense I reckon
Has to be spuds with the skin still on (vitamin C lives just under the skin and usually gets peeled off), whole raw milk (vitamins A & some Bs and some protein and a lot of fat) OR butter, and a supplemental protein source - such as oily fish (vitamin D) or meat or cheese. If you peel the spuds, you’ll need a supplement such as fruit. The classic Irish diet that the potato famine of 1840s pretty much wiped out and triggered mass migration to USA and here.
Yeah. I wouldn’t be game for raw milk… a cheap family dish used to use oily tinned fish and cheese as the supplemental protein with steamed veg on the side.
Edit: There was also butter and milk in the mash
Comfort food - and nourishing. The high fat level is useful in cold weather.
potatoes are excellent foods for vitamins
Boil em… mash em… stick em in a stew
(microwave them)
No but I wish they did.