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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    My diet is largely whole food...I don't get too wrapped up in organic and whatnot though. I also like pizza and I was in a rush this morning and ate a frozen burrito for breakfast...it was processed, but it was also organic...
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    AlabasterVerve wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    AlabasterVerve wrote: »
    ToriMalt wrote: »
    Anyone else on here a lover of the real food movement? Not crazy obsessed, just trying to eat whole, healthy, real food. Looking for real food buddies to share tips and recipes. Add me if this is you or if you're curious to know more about it!

    The main forums aren't receptive to the notion that eating an exclusivelya whole food based diet is best a requirement - as long as it won't kill you fits in your calories and you eat a primarily nutrient dense diet it's good food! lol

    Have you checked out the groups on MFP? There's a clean eating group you might like: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/133-clean-eating-group

    FIFY

    That's what you say but that's clearly not the consensus. If it was a post as innocuous as this one looking for like minded people who aren't "crazy obsessed, just trying to eat whole, healthy, real food" wouldn't bring out the worst in people. But it does every single time.

    Many of us said we do eat whole foods, home cooked based diets, but don't think of it as some kind of special lifestyle or movement. (I also mentioned that I am aware of the slow foods movement and, I think, asked if that was what she was getting at.)

    Rather than being disfavored, I think most of us think that eating diets based on whole foods and nutrient dense foods and home cooking is pretty normal, so find it odd that people act like it's some big special thing that needs a special name and group. It's like saying I have a walking lifestyle because I regularly walk to the store and to the L or bus.

    That said, I made it very clear that if what OP is interested in is sharing ideas for meals and so on, and talking about what's in season now and stuff like that, I'm up for it. I got no response.

    My impression is that people who start threads like this think what they are doing is much rarer than it is (at least on MFP, and among the people I know offline), and think that people who don't call their way of eating by some special name never give any thought to what they eat and eat all packaged junk (a diet of mostly fast food or things I've never eaten in my life, like boxed mashed potatoes and whatever), and I think that's a really false and unfair assumption.

    Sure, most of us also don't avoid all processed stuff or junk food (I buy Chocolove 88% and Talenti and Jeni's sometimes), but that doesn't make us unable to share healthy meal ideas or not into cooking.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
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    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Strawblackcat wrote: »
    ToriMalt wrote: »
    Lord help me. This post in no way ridiculed anyone else's lifestyle or told anyone else how to eat. I was simply looking for other like minded people to exchange recipes, tips, info with. If anyone took offense to that then it's on you. I'm not sure if people know this or not, but if you read something that doesn't interest you or that you think is silly, you can simply keep scrolling and you are not required to comment.

    I've learned that's it's better to just not mention stuff like this on the MFP forums. People are defensive about their Oreos and Pop Tarts.


    That's actually why I asked about perceptions, because sometimes I think the OP in these threads thinks that in cooking with whole foods she is doing something far more unusual than it is. (Rather than something that I think a large portion of regulars in the MFP comment section do.)

    Depending on where you are, it sometimes can be. In the area i grew up, fixing a box of Kraft Mac and cheese was considered to qualify as having made a home-cooked meal. I still astonish people when I tell them that you can make microwave popcorn by just putting plain popcorn kernels in a paper bag and microwaving it.

    Some areas are just a lot more foodie-oriented than others, I've found that cooking whole foods from scratch tends to be a lot more commonplace than in other areas.
  • kayak4water
    kayak4water Posts: 155 Member
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    I eat simple foods nowadays. I prepare everything, nothing more complicated than a blended squash soup or a curry stir fry. Quinoa bean salads. Spinach or Romaine salads with beets, red onions, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, Yukon gold potatoes, and simple dressings of oil and vinegar and a few spices. Mrs. Dash has a place at my table. I make my own sourdough bread using at least 1/3 whole wheat flour. I often make my own pizzas, small ones. DIY in the kitchen gets me what I want: less calories, less sodium, more potassium (so I can swim laps without cramping), a greater variety of food. I read nutrition labels when I'm buying things like pickles or potato chips.

    I used to buy pizza at Pizza Hut or Little Caesars and swallow huge chunks like there was no tomorrow. I know why I eat when I'm eating now--I have to be hungry or I know that I'm going for protein, potassium or iron. I log everything, even though studies show that eating "healthy" food cooked at home from scratch more than suffices to keep one's weight under control.

    It's much easier to do this if you're retired and the kids have left the house. If you're working and supporting kids, pets and have a screen habit, it is nearly impossible without major help. Done here. Gotta go get 1.5 ounces of Kirkland mixed nuts--mmmm.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    i dont watch TV or read food blogs (looking at/for recipes is another thing entirely).

    everything i make is real food. i dont eat plastic apples, you know.

    meat, fruits, veg, breads.

    i dont buy/eat a huge amount of overly processed foods (which for me means things from a box or a mix or premade and frozen). i drink diet coke with reckless abandon however ;) lol

    but i also dont log my food regularly, so those facts wouldnt be of much use to anyone.

    and cool ranch doritos are the bomb.

    lololol

    and if you try and take my coffee creamer away from me .... i will cut you. :P
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
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    The only time I don't eat real food is when I'm sleeping & dreaming about eating food.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    I guess I don't understand what the OP is looking for. There are recipes all over for food made from scratch or almost from scratch depending on your definition. Maybe you want homemade versions of products you used to buy like the creamer? If you give a better idea of what you are looking for you might get some suggestions.

    I made this flatbread today.
    http://www.theafricangourmet.com/2015/09/simple-egyptian-bread-recipe.html
    It is easy, tasty and few ingredients.

    I find a lot of recipe ideas through pinterest.
    http://www.budgetbytes.com
    http://www.skinnytaste.com
    http://www.allrecipes.com
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
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    I do try to stay away from overly processed food. For most baked goods, I make them myself so I know what is in them. I don't like the idea of eating a bunch of preservatives.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I guess I don't understand what the OP is looking for. There are recipes all over for food made from scratch or almost from scratch depending on your definition. Maybe you want homemade versions of products you used to buy like the creamer? If you give a better idea of what you are looking for you might get some suggestions.

    I made this flatbread today.
    http://www.theafricangourmet.com/2015/09/simple-egyptian-bread-recipe.html
    It is easy, tasty and few ingredients.

    I find a lot of recipe ideas through pinterest.
    http://www.budgetbytes.com
    http://www.skinnytaste.com
    http://www.allrecipes.com

    This thread is ten months old and it looks like the OP wasn't a fan of the responses and ragequit
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,403 Member
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    I could not because I live in an area generally too cold to grow enough fruit and veggies. So basically everything gets shipped in, and needs to be prepared for shipping and for a long enough shelf life. Depending on season I could have 1-3 types of veggies and 0-2 types of fruit, most of which cannot be grown organically. Fish cannot be caught organically all through the year, and you know, fishing quotas. Might just be that the area closest to my home has been sold to Portuguese fishermen while my fish comes from elsewhere and is not fresh. You can't butcher all organic animals all through the year either. That's not a lot for a varied diet to be honest. I just eat food I like, varied, usually fresh produce. But I do avoid any food dogmas.
  • jdubois5351
    jdubois5351 Posts: 460 Member
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    I don't know what it's like in the States, but here in Germany, it's pretty much impossible to live off organic fruit and vegetables and grass-fed or free-range meat unless you make very good money. In the supermarket, 1 kg of apples is between 0.99 and 1.79 €. On the farmer's market, I'd pay easily triple that. It's even worse for meat. Yes, I often feel guilty eating factory farmed meat, but my budget just doesn't allow me anything else.

    Otherwise, I usually cook from scratch with the ingredients I can afford. I rarely eat processed food.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
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    This is a little bit confusing to me: how are recipes made with organic foods different from those made with non-organic foods? Is it just the use of buzzwords before ingredient names?
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    This is a little bit confusing to me: how are recipes made with organic foods different from those made with non-organic foods? Is it just the use of buzzwords before ingredient names?

    You have to add a dash of superiority and pretentiousness if you’re following exclusively organic ingredient recipes.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I guess I don't understand what the OP is looking for. There are recipes all over for food made from scratch or almost from scratch depending on your definition. Maybe you want homemade versions of products you used to buy like the creamer? If you give a better idea of what you are looking for you might get some suggestions.

    I made this flatbread today.
    http://www.theafricangourmet.com/2015/09/simple-egyptian-bread-recipe.html
    It is easy, tasty and few ingredients.

    I find a lot of recipe ideas through pinterest.
    http://www.budgetbytes.com
    http://www.skinnytaste.com
    http://www.allrecipes.com

    Pinterest is exactly the kind of place that I think fosters the kind of mentality that OP had (seems like she’s gone now which is a shame)... that you need “hacks” to adapt scratch foods to resemble your favorite convenience foods. I used to be really obsessed with Pinterest and quickly got tired of it for that reason - too many infographics and sanctimommy blogs raving about their hacks and offering recipes that frankly, just didn’t need to be a recipe. Sautéing chicken with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and fresh herbs and then serving with a vegetable on the side and maybe some rice (cauli-rice if you’re watching carbs!) for a quick weeknight dinner? But it’s 3 pages of words about how busy life is since school started and kids are in soccer but how important it is to get a healthy meal on the table but mommy just really wants to watch the Bachelor. My guess is it’s posts like that that give people like the OP the impression that cooking this way is a novelty or a “movement”.

    I found a few sites I like to follow for recipes, like skinnytaste.com and pressureluckcooking for Instant Pot ideas and just go directly to their sites now.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,874 Member
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    WinoGelato wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I guess I don't understand what the OP is looking for. There are recipes all over for food made from scratch or almost from scratch depending on your definition. Maybe you want homemade versions of products you used to buy like the creamer? If you give a better idea of what you are looking for you might get some suggestions.

    I made this flatbread today.
    http://www.theafricangourmet.com/2015/09/simple-egyptian-bread-recipe.html
    It is easy, tasty and few ingredients.

    I find a lot of recipe ideas through pinterest.
    http://www.budgetbytes.com
    http://www.skinnytaste.com
    http://www.allrecipes.com

    Pinterest is exactly the kind of place that I think fosters the kind of mentality that OP had (seems like she’s gone now which is a shame)... that you need “hacks” to adapt scratch foods to resemble your favorite convenience foods. I used to be really obsessed with Pinterest and quickly got tired of it for that reason - too many infographics and sanctimommy blogs raving about their hacks and offering recipes that frankly, just didn’t need to be a recipe. Sautéing chicken with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and fresh herbs and then serving with a vegetable on the side and maybe some rice (cauli-rice if you’re watching carbs!) for a quick weeknight dinner? But it’s 3 pages of words about how busy life is since school started and kids are in soccer but how important it is to get a healthy meal on the table but mommy just really wants to watch the Bachelor. My guess is it’s posts like that that give people like the OP the impression that cooking this way is a novelty or a “movement”.

    I found a few sites I like to follow for recipes, like skinnytaste.com and pressureluckcooking for Instant Pot ideas and just go directly to their sites now.

    I really wish the words hack, lifestyle, and movement would just go away. They can take baby bump with them while they're at it!

    Thanks for the pressureluckcooking site! Off to peruse new ideas for my fake, non-organic, non-non-gmo foods :smiley:

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