This is some really solid advice. I would also recommend making a meal plan and sticking to it. My housemates and I sit down at the end of every week, plan our meals for the next 6 days (the 7th...
This is some really solid advice. I would also recommend making a meal plan and sticking to it. My housemates and I sit down at the end of every week, plan our meals for the next 6 days (the 7th is always leftovers/sort yourself out day) and then construct our shopping list from that. It keeps things balanced ("oh we're having meat a few days in a row, I'll do something vegetarian for Thursday and Friday then") and cuts down on waste ("there'll be chicken thighs left over, so I'll make a stew with them"). I've never felt healthier, and my budget has rarely been more grateful either!
Decently solid advice, not anything particularly new to me. But, I will say, I don't get peoples obsession with bashing people who buy coffee in the mornings from their given shop of choice. I...
Decently solid advice, not anything particularly new to me. But, I will say, I don't get peoples obsession with bashing people who buy coffee in the mornings from their given shop of choice. I make basically all of mine at home because I have the luxury to do so, but also it can be a nice treat. Like maybe people like having this one thing, leave it alone, it's not going to destroy their bank account (however it might sabotage their calorie allotment for the day).
Like I get that they're trying to promote eating cheaply while trying to be nutritionaly aware, but being poor fucking sucks lol. And sometimes it doesn't pan out like this especially with fresh fruits and veggies. Those don't last nearly as long as canned and frozen foods so those might not be a priority. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned, as OP talked about it with the legumes.
I will also say that there's a balance of time and will power that might not be a luxury for some people. Like I used to work 60+ hour weeks as a postal carriet. I was focusing on surviving day by day and ate a lot of pre-made, processed stuff. I know that's not the point but like, don't half talk shit to people because they like to peruse the chip aisle and grab some extra flamin hot cheetos because it's their chill time food, man.
These kind of posts are always a little weird because half of the time they're talking in a tone of absolute surety while also berating the reader?? It reminds me of those "BUCKLE UP MOTHER FUCKERS WE'RE GOING FOR A CRAZY FUCKING RIDE" Tumblr posts lol.
I agree. Would have agreed before and even more so now. Before the lockdowns I honestly underestimated how much good it did me mentally to sit down at a random coffee place and have any sort of...
I don't get peoples obsession with bashing people who buy coffee in the mornings from their given shop of choice.
I agree. Would have agreed before and even more so now. Before the lockdowns I honestly underestimated how much good it did me mentally to sit down at a random coffee place and have any sort of caffeinated drink, even alone.
Something tells me this list isn't for me because I couldn't, for the life of me, think of another way to buy potatoes? Generally, though, this is good basic advice but it's ultimately a bit...
POTATOES: Buy them unprocessed, in a sack.
Something tells me this list isn't for me because I couldn't, for the life of me, think of another way to buy potatoes?
Generally, though, this is good basic advice but it's ultimately a bit /r/restofthefuckingowl, the real challenge is sticking to it, learning the nuances of how to actually cook all this and adjusting a significant part of your lifestyle around it. I just know that I'll never commit to making turnip recipes a major part of my diet.
Nutrition advice, even from licensed nutritionists, is all over the place; you might as well read from /dev/urandom. A chef is indeed focused on making their food taste good but that doesn't mean...
I'd much rather read "FROM A LICENSED NUTRITIONIST TO YOU...."
Nutrition advice, even from licensed nutritionists, is all over the place; you might as well read from /dev/urandom. A chef is indeed focused on making their food taste good but that doesn't mean they don't know basic nutrition. They have a LOT more field experience than most nutritionists.
And yeah a lot is obvious but it's good to repeat it. For example his advice on rice is obvious, but I personally hadn't quite put together that some of the physical fatigue I experienced a week ago was probably due to nutrition until I had really thought about it.
Also, I'm a little peeved here because, while I'm personally familiar with most of the advice outlined in the post, I still thought this was good quality content and thought it worth sharing. And a throwaway comment like this:
I wonder what percentage of people this is helpful for? It mostly looks like pretty good advice [...] but exactly none of it is news to me.
… just screams "Look at how smart I am, already knowing about this" and is exactly two steps removed from complaining about a repost you've already seen six months ago.
I bring this up not to attack you or pick a fight, but rather make you ask yourself if your reply here was useful.
Sorry you took it that way. I was genuinely asking for people to comment on what they got out of this to better understand others' experiences. I really don't know whether I'm unusual in this...
just screams "Look at how smart I am, already knowing about this" and is exactly two steps removed from complaining about a repost you've already seen six months ago.
Sorry you took it that way. I was genuinely asking for people to comment on what they got out of this to better understand others' experiences. I really don't know whether I'm unusual in this particular circumstance. How am I supposed to find out other than by asking?
A chef is indeed focused on making their food taste good but that doesn't mean they don't know basic nutrition.
It doesn't mean they do either. I did work as a cook for a bit. In my experience, I would say asking a random chef for nutrition advice is no more likely to produce better results than asking a random person on the street.
I was as short order cook a long time ago, and my mother was a dietician. Granted this was in middle America, but the only nutrition information anyone at the restaurant knew was "grandma said you...
I was as short order cook a long time ago, and my mother was a dietician. Granted this was in middle America, but the only nutrition information anyone at the restaurant knew was "grandma said you should have a big hunk of meat and a big pile of starch" (nothing you should really follow). But these were locals cooking for locals and I wouldn't call anyone there an actual chef
One of the best ways to eat cheap, healthy and delicious food (the holy trifecta!) is to just make sure your plate is half vegetable. My wife and I do this with our dinners where half the plate is...
One of the best ways to eat cheap, healthy and delicious food (the holy trifecta!) is to just make sure your plate is half vegetable. My wife and I do this with our dinners where half the plate is salad or roasted veggies, one quarter starch and one quarter protein. You can be a lot more liberal with your recipe choices if you portion them correctly.
Too lazy to make a salad tonight? Here is my fast go to:
Fill a salad bowl with arugula
Mince 1-2 cloves of garlic onto it
Drizzle some olive oil
Grate some fresh parmesan
Add some fresh ground salt and pepper
Toss
Done! You can experiment with adding a little balsamic vinegar, honey, lemon rind/juice etc. but that's a fast and tasty way to put some green on your plate. I won't claim its the most nutritional salad ever but it will stop you from filling up on that cheesy pasta you just baked. :)
Honestly, I think that your advice is better that OP's advice. So much of the advice on that sub completely ignores people's individual tastes. But every piece of advice basically boils down to...
Honestly, I think that your advice is better that OP's advice. So much of the advice on that sub completely ignores people's individual tastes. But every piece of advice basically boils down to "eat more vegitables" and "avoid eating expensive ingredients". As a result, I always think it's more productive to come up with alternatives to the things that people like, and that's where recipes are more useful.
My current favorite cheap and healthy meal is a cabbage omlette served over rice with kimchi. But I have become spoiled by an expensive brand of kimchi, so it isn't actually that cheap for me anymore. :P
Definitely great advice. I also like that it doubles as a "build a food stockpile" as well, because that helps prevent supply shock problems like "The Great TP crisis of 2020". I will say the one...
Definitely great advice. I also like that it doubles as a "build a food stockpile" as well, because that helps prevent supply shock problems like "The Great TP crisis of 2020". I will say the one exception to "meat is a luxury" bit that I've noticed that when losing blood (see: menstration), eating a medium-rare steak helps a lot.
I'll toss in a great weight-loss tip as well: Only eat in a ~10 hour window (but making sure to eat enough calories). It's mild intermittent-fasting which tends to curb the worst of bad eating habits. IIRC after 10ish hours without eating, our body also goes into ketosis, providing some of those keto-diet benefits without having to eat a keto diet.
Reddit cross-post from my random bookmarks. I appreciated quite a lot of those tips!
This is some really solid advice. I would also recommend making a meal plan and sticking to it. My housemates and I sit down at the end of every week, plan our meals for the next 6 days (the 7th is always leftovers/sort yourself out day) and then construct our shopping list from that. It keeps things balanced ("oh we're having meat a few days in a row, I'll do something vegetarian for Thursday and Friday then") and cuts down on waste ("there'll be chicken thighs left over, so I'll make a stew with them"). I've never felt healthier, and my budget has rarely been more grateful either!
Decently solid advice, not anything particularly new to me. But, I will say, I don't get peoples obsession with bashing people who buy coffee in the mornings from their given shop of choice. I make basically all of mine at home because I have the luxury to do so, but also it can be a nice treat. Like maybe people like having this one thing, leave it alone, it's not going to destroy their bank account (however it might sabotage their calorie allotment for the day).
Like I get that they're trying to promote eating cheaply while trying to be nutritionaly aware, but being poor fucking sucks lol. And sometimes it doesn't pan out like this especially with fresh fruits and veggies. Those don't last nearly as long as canned and frozen foods so those might not be a priority. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned, as OP talked about it with the legumes.
I will also say that there's a balance of time and will power that might not be a luxury for some people. Like I used to work 60+ hour weeks as a postal carriet. I was focusing on surviving day by day and ate a lot of pre-made, processed stuff. I know that's not the point but like, don't half talk shit to people because they like to peruse the chip aisle and grab some extra flamin hot cheetos because it's their chill time food, man.
These kind of posts are always a little weird because half of the time they're talking in a tone of absolute surety while also berating the reader?? It reminds me of those "BUCKLE UP MOTHER FUCKERS WE'RE GOING FOR A CRAZY FUCKING RIDE" Tumblr posts lol.
I agree. Would have agreed before and even more so now. Before the lockdowns I honestly underestimated how much good it did me mentally to sit down at a random coffee place and have any sort of caffeinated drink, even alone.
I really miss that.
Something tells me this list isn't for me because I couldn't, for the life of me, think of another way to buy potatoes?
Generally, though, this is good basic advice but it's ultimately a bit /r/restofthefuckingowl, the real challenge is sticking to it, learning the nuances of how to actually cook all this and adjusting a significant part of your lifestyle around it. I just know that I'll never commit to making turnip recipes a major part of my diet.
Canned potatoes, instant mashed, frozen preparations. None of which are even as good as just cooking fresh, and cost more per pound.
Nutrition advice, even from licensed nutritionists, is all over the place; you might as well read from
/dev/urandom. A chef is indeed focused on making their food taste good but that doesn't mean they don't know basic nutrition. They have a LOT more field experience than most nutritionists.And yeah a lot is obvious but it's good to repeat it. For example his advice on rice is obvious, but I personally hadn't quite put together that some of the physical fatigue I experienced a week ago was probably due to nutrition until I had really thought about it.
Also, I'm a little peeved here because, while I'm personally familiar with most of the advice outlined in the post, I still thought this was good quality content and thought it worth sharing. And a throwaway comment like this:
… just screams "Look at how smart I am, already knowing about this" and is exactly two steps removed from complaining about a repost you've already seen six months ago.
I bring this up not to attack you or pick a fight, but rather make you ask yourself if your reply here was useful.
Sorry you took it that way. I was genuinely asking for people to comment on what they got out of this to better understand others' experiences. I really don't know whether I'm unusual in this particular circumstance. How am I supposed to find out other than by asking?
It doesn't mean they do either. I did work as a cook for a bit. In my experience, I would say asking a random chef for nutrition advice is no more likely to produce better results than asking a random person on the street.
I was as short order cook a long time ago, and my mother was a dietician. Granted this was in middle America, but the only nutrition information anyone at the restaurant knew was "grandma said you should have a big hunk of meat and a big pile of starch" (nothing you should really follow). But these were locals cooking for locals and I wouldn't call anyone there an actual chef
One of the best ways to eat cheap, healthy and delicious food (the holy trifecta!) is to just make sure your plate is half vegetable. My wife and I do this with our dinners where half the plate is salad or roasted veggies, one quarter starch and one quarter protein. You can be a lot more liberal with your recipe choices if you portion them correctly.
Too lazy to make a salad tonight? Here is my fast go to:
Done! You can experiment with adding a little balsamic vinegar, honey, lemon rind/juice etc. but that's a fast and tasty way to put some green on your plate. I won't claim its the most nutritional salad ever but it will stop you from filling up on that cheesy pasta you just baked. :)
Honestly, I think that your advice is better that OP's advice. So much of the advice on that sub completely ignores people's individual tastes. But every piece of advice basically boils down to "eat more vegitables" and "avoid eating expensive ingredients". As a result, I always think it's more productive to come up with alternatives to the things that people like, and that's where recipes are more useful.
My current favorite cheap and healthy meal is a cabbage omlette served over rice with kimchi. But I have become spoiled by an expensive brand of kimchi, so it isn't actually that cheap for me anymore. :P
Definitely great advice. I also like that it doubles as a "build a food stockpile" as well, because that helps prevent supply shock problems like "The Great TP crisis of 2020". I will say the one exception to "meat is a luxury" bit that I've noticed that when losing blood (see: menstration), eating a medium-rare steak helps a lot.
I'll toss in a great weight-loss tip as well: Only eat in a ~10 hour window (but making sure to eat enough calories). It's mild intermittent-fasting which tends to curb the worst of bad eating habits. IIRC after 10ish hours without eating, our body also goes into ketosis, providing some of those keto-diet benefits without having to eat a keto diet.