jacket potato for lunch. saint or sinner?
Sid1988
Posts: 170 Member
I'm sitting here at my desk pondering what to have for lunch today from our canteen as i've stupidly left my lovely fresh home made salad at home (that i will now have for dinner).
How good/bad for you are jacket potatos for lunch? i will eliminate the butter but have it with beans and a small amount of grated cheese. all i hear is they are loaded with carbs, but are they really that bad?
How good/bad for you are jacket potatos for lunch? i will eliminate the butter but have it with beans and a small amount of grated cheese. all i hear is they are loaded with carbs, but are they really that bad?
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Have the potato and see if you can get a side salad. Carbs aren't the enemy.0
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It's only 1 potato, it's really not gonna kill you. As the other poster said, carbs are not the enemy.0
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Carbs aren't a problem unless you have a medical condition that prevents you from eating them. Barring that, you'll be fine.
Potatoes are filling and tasty, IMO.
Enjoy your lunch.0 -
I could eat a potato every day.0
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Eat it and enjoy every BITE!0
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what is a jacket potato???0
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Sounds good to me - I eat potatoes most days, I like potato with tuna, chopped tomato, sometimes a bit of cheese. Saint!0
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potatoes are good for you, especially if you eat the skin as well, enjoy!!0
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what is a jacket potato???
a baked potato with toppings/fillings0 -
Oh, so like a loaded potato? Why do you have to get all the bad toppings? Just get the potato, topped with maybe some salsa or chili. It will be filling, and potatoes aren't the devil. Just don't eat 12 of them a day.0
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what is a jacket potato???
It's British for "baked potato with stuff in it".0 -
YESSSS, have it! fill it with beans or tuna, peppers, cucumber etc! I either have mines for lunch and a chichen salad for dinner or the other way about - really filling also :-)0
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Potatoes are wonderful. I love adding broccoli, butter and cheese, but it puts me STRAIGHT to sleep.0
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Yes have it. Go easy on the cheese, butter, and sour cream, and heavy on broccoli or other veggies available for it. It's a balanced, nutritious lunch.0
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Eat the skin too! (jacket)0
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Potatoes are wonderful. I love adding broccoli, butter and cheese, but it puts me STRAIGHT to sleep.
THIS.
So. Heavy.
Do they offer baked sweet potatoes? I think I'm going to make one of them for lunch now that I'm thinking about baked potatoes...0 -
I also enjoy sweet potatoes baked in the microwave, top them with black beans and salsa0
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If you are going to have your potato with beans and a little bit of cheese, go for it. Sounds yummy, filling, and nutritious.0
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Jacket sweet potato..... now there is a thought, very adventurous for us Brits.0
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You'll be fine.
You'll be better with butter.0
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