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Have you ever tried clean eating?
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
I don't know what is meant by "main common cookbooks" but my point was that a lot of people cook with ingredients that aren't single ingredient ingredients and wouldn't normally be considered clean. Cookbooks such as those from churches and schools are compiled from recipes parents, members and students regularly make.
Bittman, Julia Child, stuff like that.
Those product-based recipes are typically from the back of the product, not a standard cookbook.
Maybe I'm naive, but most people I know primarily cook using whole ingredients, not Ritz crackers. They will also use convenience foods on occasion (or even regularly for lunch), sure, but I find it odd that some seem to think that normal cooking, cooking from whole foods, is something special and different that needs a self-congratulatory name. I just think of it as cooking.5 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »
Bittman, Julia Child, stuff like that.
Those product-based recipes are typically from the back of the product, not a standard cookbook.
Maybe I'm naive, but most people I know primarily cook using whole ingredients, not Ritz crackers. They will also use convenience foods on occasion (or even regularly for lunch), sure, but I find it odd that some seem to think that normal cooking, cooking from whole foods, is something special and different that needs a self-congratulatory name. I just think of it as cooking.
Aww, this threw me back to when my grandfather would make his "famous" stuffed mushrooms. Ritz crackers were an important ingredient in the stuffing, and it had to be Ritz, no off-brand would do.
I get what you're saying. I think there's probably a (small) subset of people that cook using convenience foods or non-one ingredient ingredients. Same as there is a (smaller) subset of people that don't really cook at all and just go out to eat all the time or just eat pre-packaged foods. I don't think cooking from "whole" ingredients needs a special name either - it's just cooking from scratch.2 -
I eat/drink anything that fits my macros daily and have excellent result if I'm bulking or on a cut. Ice cream, pastries, burgers, whiskey it's all clean in my book.3
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Heartisalonelyhunter wrote: »
Number one its not an 'argument'. Number two who mentioned 'processed foods'? I said you cannot create margarine at home. You can make chips at home (slice potatoes, fry in lard). No you cannot replicate gummi Bears therefore I do not eat them. I make my own bread from my own starter. I'm not sure why your arguing with me about this as yes, I can replicate a lot of things at home. But I can't make Oreos in my kitchen from the listed ingredients so I don't eat them. It's actually a pretty standard definition of 'clean' eating even though you don't understand it.
It's not really though. TBH, it is the first time I've heard "clean eating" described like that. The problem with "clean" eating is there is no standard definition.
As I mentioned, I used to follow the Tosco Reno version. Lean protein, brown rice, quinoa, veggies, dairy etc. Paleo is protein, not necessarily lean, no grains, no dairy, low fruit, lots of veg, certain oils and nuts. I think Dr Furhman (but can't recall for sure) has a vegetarian version where clean is no meant, lots of grains, veggies, etc.
All of those are contradictory and none of them mention anything about only eating what you can make at home.1 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »
Bittman, Julia Child, stuff like that.
Those product-based recipes are typically from the back of the product, not a standard cookbook.
Maybe I'm naive, but most people I know primarily cook using whole ingredients, not Ritz crackers. They will also use convenience foods on occasion (or even regularly for lunch), sure, but I find it odd that some seem to think that normal cooking, cooking from whole foods, is something special and different that needs a self-congratulatory name. I just think of it as cooking.
Speaking of that Ritz cracker thing ... there's a pie that is, apparently, made from Ritz crackers.
Evidently it is apple flavoured and I've heard you buy a pie shell, a package of the cheapest Ritz crackers (or look-alikes) that you can find, and the cheapest sugar laden apple beverage that you can find. You soak the Ritz crackers in the apple beverage, then plop the whole mess into the pie shell, and maybe add some more sugar and cinnamon and bake it.
It's supposed to taste just like apple pie ... without all the hassle of cutting up fresh apples.
Even though I've heard about this pie from several people, and I'm told it is a poor person's alternative to buying fresh produce, I can't get the word "WHY???" out of my head.
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Speaking of that Ritz cracker thing ... there's a pie that is, apparently, made from Ritz crackers.
Evidently it is apple flavoured and I've heard you buy a pie shell, a package of the cheapest Ritz crackers (or look-alikes) that you can find, and the cheapest sugar laden apple beverage that you can find. You soak the Ritz crackers in the apple beverage, then plop the whole mess into the pie shell, and maybe add some more sugar and cinnamon and bake it.
It's supposed to taste just like apple pie ... without all the hassle of cutting up fresh apples.
Even though I've heard about this pie from several people, and I'm told it is a poor person's alternative to buying fresh produce, I can't get the word "WHY???" out of my head.
Heh, that's actually one of the things I was thinking of. Mock apple pie. It was on the back of the Ritz box at times during my childhood: http://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/recipe-ritz-mock-apple-pie-8212-an-old-time-favorite/
We never made that, but we did make rice crispy treats, of course, and back then you had to make them yourself, they weren't sold as a separate product, but a recipe on the back of the cereal box.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »
Heh, that's actually one of the things I was thinking of. Mock apple pie. It was on the back of the Ritz box at times during my childhood: http://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/recipe-ritz-mock-apple-pie-8212-an-old-time-favorite/
We never made that, but we did make rice crispy treats, of course, and back then you had to make them yourself, they weren't sold as a separate product, but a recipe on the back of the cereal box.
That's the pie ... however, the people I know who made it did it with the apple juice instead of lemon juice, although there might have been a bit of lemon in it.
Yep, I've made rice crispy squares too. Those were the days!!
Oh dear ... now I've got an urge to make some again.
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The real mock apple pie uses no apple-based ingredients at all, just Ritz crackers, sugar and cream of tartar (tartaric acid). Apparently it's terrifyingly convincing. One of these days I'll try it.
I'm still not sold on any of these clean eating rules of thumb. First I have to eat toilet rolls and booze, then I'm not allowed to eat bouillabaisse or aioli, and now I'm not allowed to cook with soy sauce or smoked mackerel because they have several ingredients in them already, but I AM allowed to eat things I cooked which have lots of ingredients, provided none of the ingredients have ingredients.
I just feel like there are simpler and less half-baked ways to approach the idea of eating well than all these patently daft rules.6 -
That's how I feel. Why not just try to eat a nutritious diet. If you want to avoid lots of preservatives or additives or products that have lots of calories from added sugar or fat, read labels.
Like I said upthread, stuff like only shop the perimeter or don't eat what you can't pronounce make me feel like I'm assumed to be stupid and dysfunctional and unable to see something in the grocery store and understand what it is.4 -
When a universal definition finally manifests I'll let you know...3
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Lovee_Dove7 wrote: »I'll do it for a period of time as a metabolic reset.
Ok I'll play along. What is a "metabolic reset"?
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lemurcat12 wrote: »
Bittman, Julia Child, stuff like that.
Those product-based recipes are typically from the back of the product, not a standard cookbook.
Maybe I'm naive, but most people I know primarily cook using whole ingredients, not Ritz crackers. They will also use convenience foods on occasion (or even regularly for lunch), sure, but I find it odd that some seem to think that normal cooking, cooking from whole foods, is something special and different that needs a self-congratulatory name. I just think of it as cooking.
Maybe it's a regional thing. Ritz crackers, boxed pudding mix, processed cheese, canned cream of something soups, etc. are very common ingredients in my neck of the woods.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Maybe it's a regional thing. Ritz crackers, boxed pudding mix, processed cheese, canned cream of something soups, etc. are very common ingredients in my neck of the woods.
Not where I am. They are considered retro. I was recently laughing with friends about the horrors of those cream of mushroom soup casseroles that used to show up everywhere when I was a kid. I'd be shocked if someone brought one to a potluck now (where I am, anyway). And I even go to church potlucks.0 -
I wish church potlucks even existed here, they sound like a hoot. We have family potlucks, which are great, but the pool is too small. I want to sample a spread of whatever random offerings a bunch of total strangers think are reasonable for a public function. I'm not even joking. It's absolutely my idea of a good time.
The closest we ever came was the annual ceilidh* at my folks' church, which boasted a few gems, mainly involving vegetables in aspic. We felt like we had travelled back to the 50s, and we loved it. Tragically it suffered from declining interest and went to the wall this year. Our hearts are broken.
(*it's a kind of dance. And no, you are not allowed to eat it.)1 -
LindaGraziano1 wrote: »Totally clean. No processed stuff. Like they say, when you read the ingredients. "If you can't read it, don't eat it".
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I think it's pretty clear that this is an extremely poor example of what the poster meant. Nobody picks up a banana at the store and sees the individual components listed as ingredients that were added to it.cwolfman13 wrote: »2 -
ForecasterJason wrote: »I think it's pretty clear that this is an extremely poor example of what the poster meant. Nobody picks up a banana at the store and sees the individual components listed as ingredients that were added to it.
maybe a bit extreme but proves the point about not being able to pronounce the ingredients...
Clean eating based on various definitions is silly...just eat whole, nutritious, yummy foods.5 -
The point is that most of these "scary chemicals" are also present in natural foods, and that the degree to which something looks scary or complicated or difficult to pronounce has nothing whatever to do with whether it is safe to eat.5
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Clean eater here with Organic and non GMO foods. Including my protein supp.
Great results, I feel good all the time and I am hardly sick.
My recovery is so much quicker and with lots of energy and strength in work-outs.
I find that lean muscle growth is slower though, so be warned. I think its due to growth hormones they put in foods today. I could be wrong. Theirs a lot of other factors that obviously effect muscle growth.
One other note, I am able to tweak my macros and see results within a week by eating this way.
It works for me, so I stick with it.
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tdicarlo667 wrote: »Clean eater here with Organic and non GMO foods. Including my protein supp.
Great results, I feel good all the time and I am hardly sick.
My recovery is so much quicker and with lots of energy and strength in work-outs.
I find that lean muscle growth is slower though, so be warned. I think its due to growth hormones they put in foods today. I could be wrong. Theirs a lot of other factors that obviously effect muscle growth.
One other note, I am able to tweak my macros and see results within a week by eating this way.
It works for me, so I stick with it.
You use a 'clean' protein supplement? Blended chicken??? :laugh:5 -
ForecasterJason wrote: »I think it's pretty clear that this is an extremely poor example of what the poster meant. Nobody picks up a banana at the store and sees the individual components listed as ingredients that were added to it.
Exactly. Chemical makeup and ingredients aren't the same thing.0 -
CattOfTheGarage wrote: »I wish church potlucks even existed here, they sound like a hoot. We have family potlucks, which are great, but the pool is too small. I want to sample a spread of whatever random offerings a bunch of total strangers think are reasonable for a public function. I'm not even joking. It's absolutely my idea of a good time.
The closest we ever came was the annual ceilidh* at my folks' church, which boasted a few gems, mainly involving vegetables in aspic. We felt like we had travelled back to the 50s, and we loved it. Tragically it suffered from declining interest and went to the wall this year. Our hearts are broken.
(*it's a kind of dance. And no, you are not allowed to eat it.)
Churches in my area still have potlucks regularly. And you are correct. They are a hoot.0 -
For the most part, I eat clean. I quit eating processed foods completely at the beginning of this year. I don't eat raw though. But I cook everything I eat. It's all fresh or frozen veggies...steamed, baked, broiled or grilled.
I am also weaning myself off of the microwave. Hope to get that out by the end of this year.1 -
Natural whey Isolate supp - I am defining that as Natural- grass fed cows, that's clean to me people!
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Ok sorry - protein - not SUPP - gosh the critics are tough in here3
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Speaking of that Ritz cracker thing ... there's a pie that is, apparently, made from Ritz crackers.
Evidently it is apple flavoured and I've heard you buy a pie shell, a package of the cheapest Ritz crackers (or look-alikes) that you can find, and the cheapest sugar laden apple beverage that you can find. You soak the Ritz crackers in the apple beverage, then plop the whole mess into the pie shell, and maybe add some more sugar and cinnamon and bake it.
It's supposed to taste just like apple pie ... without all the hassle of cutting up fresh apples.
Even though I've heard about this pie from several people, and I'm told it is a poor person's alternative to buying fresh produce, I can't get the word "WHY???" out of my head.
Oh yeah, that recipe used to be on every Ritz cracker box (maybe still is). I've never known anyone that actually made it though.0 -
I'll pass on that recipe lol
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Annamarie3404 wrote: »For the most part, I eat clean. I quit eating processed foods completely at the beginning of this year. I don't eat raw though. But I cook everything I eat. It's all fresh or frozen veggies...steamed, baked, broiled or grilled.
I am also weaning myself off of the microwave. Hope to get that out by the end of this year.
I don't understand. And I say that genuinely, I feel like people aren't communicating. Just looking at today and yesterday, how are bread products, jelly, and a WW's frozen meal not processed?
My breakfast was a vegetable omelet with feta cheese plus cottage cheese on the side, and IMO both the cheeses are obviously processed. Last night I had pasta with a homemade sauce. Again, the pasta is obviously processed, as is the olive oil I used.2 -
Annamarie3404 wrote: »For the most part, I eat clean. I quit eating processed foods completely at the beginning of this year. I don't eat raw though. But I cook everything I eat. It's all fresh or frozen veggies...steamed, baked, broiled or grilled.
I am also weaning myself off of the microwave. Hope to get that out by the end of this year.
I don't own a microwave myself but you make me curious what's the reason you want to avoid them?0 -
ForecasterJason wrote: »I think it's pretty clear that this is an extremely poor example of what the poster meant. Nobody picks up a banana at the store and sees the individual components listed as ingredients that were added to it.
And by the by...most people would describe my diet as relatively clean...it consists largely of whole foods...but demonizing things like pasta or some food for which you can't describe the ingredient is just effing stupid...11
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