Any Foodies out there?

fallenangelloves

Although not new to MFP I mainly use to just use my phone app to keep track of my calories. Now I have found a whole new world of like minded people!

My question is... Are there any Foodies out there? I'm like totally addicted to Food Network and cooking EVERY meal from scratch! My favorite movie is "Julie and Julia" and I swear I am the healthy version of Julie! (although I do own Julia Childs Cookbooks too!)

I plan my entire week's worth of food and LOVE shopping for it! When a new Cooking Lighht or Food Network Magazine shows up it's almost like Christmas to me! I look forward to trying every recipe! Most of my friends can't believe I have lost this much weight eating like I do. (I usually post my meal pictures on my Facebook)

Usually my "Cheat Day" revolves around a new recipe I just have to try that won't fit into my calories for the day....

Anyone else this obsessed with cooking?

ChristineMarie89

i loveeee cooking
i loveeee baking with my daughters too although of course ive had to find some low cal things to bake/cook now :P

sjtreely

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is most definitely addicted to Food Network. Can't get enough of Chopped and love all the girls. The guys aren't bad either. It's my porn.

MochaMixAZ

Me me me!!!!

I even tried out for the Next Food Network Star! Oh, and I also led a MFP Chopped challenge. What a blast!

Part of the reason I think I've had weight loss success is because I've learned to enjoy renovating recipes to make them more healthy. We are also salt conscious in my house, so that adds a whole 'nother layer of difficulty. But it makes it more of a challenge and fun - I try to one-up myself each week my faking out my regular-chow friends with a low-cal, lower-fat, low-sodium swap. Sometimes I'm successful, sometimes I flop - but it keeps it interesting!

Monica_has_a_goal

Foodie here!.. I make my own recipes now :laugh: I love eating, talking, shopping for food! Oh and my new recipes... my family loves them and thats all im concerned about! :drinker:

MissD89

I LOVEto cook tooo! And LOVE to watch the Food Network. I love looking at all the food I know I can't eat! lol. but then as you do, I turn them into a healthy version.

KayaSamantha

ME! Food Network is pretty much the only channel that's ever on in this house!!!!! LOVE searching for DDD's in Victoria :S

Mommawarrior

If you lived near Fort Bragg NC I would pay you to cook for us. I HATE COOKING.
I am glad that you love it though, it is so cool to know people really enjoy things.

MissMaryMac33

I am addicted! Chopped, Top Chef, Diners Drive-ins, Aarti Party, Crave, Best Thing -- pretty much anything (except I hate the Neeleys!)

I find ways to make all sorts of recipes I see on those shows using alternate ingredients so I don't really need a cheat day. Love love love it! Oddly, I can watch them and they don't make me hungry -- just give me inspiration.

poustotah

TOTAL foodie here!!! As I type this I am waiting for my whole grain, gourmet pizza dough to rise!!! I also made the sauce myself as well. I roast my own coffee beans, make my own salsa, jams, jellies, EVERYTHING!!!

pavlinm

Me loves cooking and that's honestly what got me into trouble. I thought I needed to cook a different dish for every meal and that caused me to gain weight to be honest. Since I cook for myself most of the time I have to deal with leftovers or too much food sometimes.
now I like to experiment with healthy ''dieting recipes'', the only difference is that I know what approximate serving sizes for one person/one meal are. I learned how to skinny up some recipes by following some of Change One recipes and trimming down sugar and fat from recipes. I also cook half of the recipes( when it says it's for 4 people, I cook half of the portion and I stilll have about 4 meals from it) and cut my dishes into right serving sizes. For the rest of the week I eat already prepared serving sizes right out my freezer. it helps a lot

jaramae

Food is my life. I love watching cooking shows, reading cooking books, cooking for family/friends, doing cooking classes and writing my own food blog.

Being part of this has changed my whole outlook on food and the kinds of things I look for in recipes and meals. It's been such a learning experience but no matter what, the bottom line is a I love food and cooking

fallenangelloves

Omg I want to add you all!!! I have been so alone with this! Everyone I know, especially the friends I have got to join MFP with me think a can of tuna and whole wheat crackers is what this is all about while I'm over here fixing Peppery Shrimp and Lingne with Ciabatta and olive oil!

So before I send out a bunch of friend requests... Add me if you like to brag about what healthy meals are making you skinny!!,

garlic7girl

I actually had to curtail all the magazines I used to get....Cooking Light, Clean Eating, Better Homes & Garden, Vegetarian Times (not a vegetarian but loved the recipes)...and any cookbook. I love going to the library and checking out new cookbooks just to read!!!!!!!! I watch the cooking networks daily. I love to cook..sadly bc my job changed locations I have to commute so I do what I call 'flash cooking'. Still healthy but just not long and drawn out like I used to. I usually have to cook on the weekend so I don't have to during the week. put me as a friend if you wish.

sneezles

While I don't watch Foodnetwork, I am a Foodie and have been for decades.

garlic7girl

Omg I want to add you all!!! I have been so alone with this! Everyone I know, especially the friends I have got to join MFP with me think a can of tuna and whole wheat crackers is what this is all about while I'm over here fixing Peppery Shrimp and Lingne with Ciabatta and olive oil!

So before I send out a bunch of friend requests... Add me if you like to brag about what healthy meals are making you skinny!!,

I so understand most of my friends don't like to cook at all!!!!!!!!!! Not even hook up a 'store bought' food.

Justkf

I am a foodie except I don't do a lot of TV. I love Julia and Jacque and pretty much feel like butter is my middle name and wine being my 2nd middle name! When I started MFP my vintage gas range had just died and the one I wanted was an 8 week wait No cookin made takin the wiehgt off helpful. So now that it is finally here... it is in my kitchen, my lovely Fivestar gas range and I have to get my cookin' back on without gaining weight back! Sounds like Cooking light is a good magazine, I will look for it.

NoAdditives

My obsession is more with baking than cooking, but I definitely love it all. I'm going to be entering into the baking program at my local community college (since my state has no real culinary school) and I'm planning on starting my own catering business. Eventually I'd love to open a restaurant!

fallenangelloves

Me me me!!!!

I even tried out for the Next Food Network Star! Oh, and I also led a MFP Chopped challenge. What a blast!

My family is trying to get me to do this too.... Don't think I'm quite there! LOL

garlic7girl

My obsession is more with baking than cooking, but I definitely love it all. I'm going to be entering into the baking program at my local community college (since my state has no real culinary school) and I'm planning on starting my own catering business. Eventually I'd love to open a restaurant!

Wow!!!!!!!! Excited for you!!!!!!!

rsparks38

I love food network! I can always find something to watch. Their magazine is my favorite magazine ever.

shabydonner

I have always enjoyed cooking (and yes watching my fav Food network shows) but I have really started getting into it even more since I started up on here. I discovered SkinnyTaste.com because of this site and have been going crazy ever since. I've made Gina's (yes, we are on a first name basis now, even if she doesn't know it baked mac and cheese, spinach artichoke dip (well, a combination of her hot spinach dip and her artichoke dip), chocolate zucchini bread (made into muffins), and most recently I tried her chocolate chip cookies which have been putting my will power to the test because while they are light, they are small and incredible making me want like 10 of them at once. All around I have really been enjoying the cooking aspect of things this time around, it helps control what I am eating being able to know what is going into it. No more basing my serving size on a package, I base it on how many calories I want to devote to that item and if I want more for less, I just find ways to lighten it up myself.

chorgi

I'm a foodie, to. Went to culinary school about ten years ago and worked as a chef for several years before moving on to do other things. Still love to cook, watch The Food Network, and read culinary magazines.

Jade_Butterfly

Yes food network rules. . . Giada is one of my favorite to watch!

healthybabs

You betcha! You ladies are living proof that it is possible to love to cook, reengineer some of our old favorites and still be able to have success at weight loss. I think I just found me a bunch of new friends......

Nikkie_too

I'm a foodie too! I'm a huge fan of Cook's Illustrated and trust their recipes and techniques implicitly. I try to make a new recipe or try a new food every week - it's the best way to find new "favorites" IMHO. I also minimize processed foods. I love, love, love my local-farms produce delivery service. It keeps me eating heaps of fruits and veggies and brings new things to my attention.

This week's new stuff? I lightened up chicken salad in a way I actually liked (not a fan of FF or lite mayo - blech!), experimented with a cliantro-lime chicken salad (jury's still out on that - it's for lunch tomorrow), and finally got into the steel-cut oats everyone's been raving about (I know, I'm behind the times on this one). Hehehe. I keep trying to like oatmeal... and I'm getting there.

Always glad to find other foodies on MFP. You're a source of inspiration!

Nikkie

Iwillshyne

I love to cook and I love to eat!! Ha! My favs are the great Paula Dean and Rachael Ray! But since I started working out and eating better I'm finding it hard to watch Food Network at all. I never realized it before but watching food network makes me wanna eat bad things!! And dont get me started on Diners, Driver in and dives... After watching it I would be a burger /pizza chase for days!! :sad:

Aross83

Absolutly a foodie.. always looking up recipes and making changes to them according to my taste...
Food Network is always on in my house! love Anthony Bourdain and watching him eat all that crazy **** that i would never touch!

fallenangelloves

Paula Deen... No... Love her but the woman wouldn't know healthy if it hit her in the face! But Rachel Ray actually has some very healthy meals!

jbeauchamp1

Yes yes yes!!! I love cooking from scratch and I LOVE Food Network...watch it all the time! We literally eat 2-4 new recipes a week. I also plan out all of my meals for the week and sometimes for a month at a time and often do once a month cooking. Feel free to add me and we can exchange some ideas.

sarahmaryfearnley

In a pinch I will eat a tuna salad sandwich for dinner but I like to play with what goes in it, spices, different veggies, some interesting cheese and always a pickle.

I really like to cook and have very much enjoyed this new healthy approach to planning. I'm a flavor fanatic and have always been an adventurous eater. Luckily I married a man who is also adventurous. I recently rediscovered tofu and have been experimenting. I was totally bummed yesterday, I posted a topic in Recipies about what to marinate the tofu with and got ideas such as wrap it in meat, I have no idea what tofu is, and a couple decent suggestions I had already thought of from my husband.

For us, we went went wrong with the weight when I was working 60hr weeks and barely cooking and no planning. I also find the, "how can I eat healthy for cheap" threads a combination of horrifying and ridiculous. The easiest, cheapest, and yummyest way is to make it yourself.