Real Food Lovers
ToriMalt
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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!
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I only eat real food.
Sometimes I imagine I'm eating food, but that's only in really dire, low calorie circumstances.19 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I only eat real food.
Sometimes I imagine I'm eating food, but that's only in really dire, low calorie circumstances.
It worked for the lost boys. BANGARANG!
Anywho, i developed a lot of intolerances over the years, so I am on the Autoimmune protocol. My family always ate decently, but it wasn't until i went on this diet to recognize the variety of produce around me. Homemade foods and seasoning mixes taste so much better, and i dont miss sweets like i thought i would. I hope to eventually transition to a more flexible woe, but i love the experimentation along the way.
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I love food, for real
Or is it just primarily cooking from single food ingredients that can be found in ordinary grocery stores? I'm already doing that. I don't use a lot of recipes, but when I need one, I'll google it. 3 -
What's 'unreal' food?6
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Didn't realize I would need to specify. The real food movement is just moving away from processed food with additives and such. Real food refers to food in its more natural, whole state. Example: a diet based on organic fruits & veggies, organic and/or grassfed meats, dairy products that are processed as little as possible, etc. If your intention is to mock or ridicule please keep your comments to yourself. I'm looking for people with a like interest in this lifestyle; if it's not your deal that's cool, just don't be rude.9
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It would be helpful for you to articulate what you mean by "real food", labels like that or "eating clean" often are polarizing statements as they are ambiguous and not clear to everyone what you are looking for. Similarly, these threads tend to get pretty heated since often what someone is suggesting is that anything that doesn't fit in whatever their definition of "real food" or "clean eating" is somehow less desirable, or "bad".
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I am unclear, if the meat is not grass-fed and the fruit and veggies are not organic they are not real?7
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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!
Didn't know there was a "real food movement." I am aware of the slow food movement and know someone into it, and I know a lot of people (including myself) who mostly cook with whole foods. There seems to be a reasonable overlap between both these groups and enjoying good restaurants, however.
Do you find it unusual for people to enjoy cooking and eating whole foods, in season produce, and so on? Because that's not how it is for me, and I am always surprised when people seem to think this is a special diet or lifestyle some such. It's pretty much how I grew up and how I've mostly cooked (although I went through a period in my 20s where I did not cook much).
It could be that you are being way more restrictive than I would (some days I can't cook as I would like, and I live with that -- yesterday I was traveling for work and got home late, for example), but I tend to think maybe it's just that I think of it as normal (and so do a lot of us) and not some kind of special lifestyle.
Anyway, I love to cook and try to do with local, in-season ingredients when possible (although I love my salmon and am not giving up broccoli in the winter). I'd be happy to share ideas, although I rarely use recipes. I do love cookbooks and use them for ideas and food porn, and can share recommendations on those too.4 -
Didn't realize I would need to specify. The real food movement is just moving away from processed food with additives and such. Real food refers to food in its more natural, whole state. Example: a diet based on organic fruits & veggies, organic and/or grassfed meats, dairy products that are processed as little as possible, etc. If your intention is to mock or ridicule please keep your comments to yourself. I'm looking for people with a like interest in this lifestyle; if it's not your deal that's cool, just don't be rude.
I feel like it's kind of rude to tell a large group of people that their food is "fake."
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Definitely not me... I could happily live off fast food and doritos. But those annoying "minerals" and "vitamins" are important enough to suffer through some veggies now and again.
But in all seriousness... I don't buy organic or grassfed stuff. I buy whatever is cheapest at the grocery store because I'd rather spend my money elsewhere. No criticism towards those who avoid additives, but it's just not something I concern myself with.8 -
Based upon your above definition, I guess my answer is no. I don't really care about marketing buzz words in the foods I buy like "organic" "non-processed" "non-GMO" or whatever the hell else some focus group comes up with next month.
Ironically enough, I work at an advertising agency, and there are plenty of people in this industry that spend copious amounts of time going after people just like you (highly successfully, I might add). At the end of the day, we are after your money charging you 200%+ markup. The cool thing? The American public as a general rule lines up like lambs to the slaughter to empty their wallets. Consumerism culture at it's finest.9 -
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.8
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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.
Yes and the same thing can be done with posts within a thread. If a response to your post doesn't interest you or you think it is silly, you can just move on.10 -
We can ask questions though. You did not answer mine so I'll ask it again.
I am unclear, if the meat is not grass-fed and the fruit and veggies are not organic they are not real?7 -
I eat a lot of vegetables I grew organically, chicken I've raised, and other local grassfed meats. I have my own orchard and laying hens. I also eat sugar free jello and fiber one bars. I'm an abomination.9
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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.
See my post above... these sorts of threads rarely go well.
If you had opened saying 'I'm looking for some new recipes, and I prefer to eat organic, and I like to cook with whole foods" I think you'd have had far less push back.
As @lemurcat12 pointed out, the perception that this is an exception and deserves some sort of "named movement" is where people take a bit of offense, and similarly, any suggestion that people who choose to incorporate processed foods (many of which can contribute positively toward nutritional goals) into their diet, somehow don't care about health and nutrition (not saying you suggested that but it's often underlying these sort of threads) is where people take issue.
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As responses to this are coming in quicker than I can reply to, I'll just make one last clarification. I was in no way insulting, criticizing, or preaching to anyone. Simply looking for other like minded people. In fact, I was simply excited that I learned to make some awesome homemade flavored coffee creamer this morning without all the additives found in the store bought kind and I was looking for people to share that kind of thing with and who would share recipes and "hacks" like that with me. I never said I didn't eat anything processed. In fact I love diet mt dew and Cheetos, two of the worst foods there are. I just try to outweigh the bad choices with what I feel are better ones. And I did not coin the phrase "real food movement". I thought that anyone who watched food network or reads food blogs would be familiar with that phrase. It's just what it's called. Best wishes to everyone on their health journey, whatever that may look like.5
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@JustRobby1 I do not base my lifestyle based on clever marketing. I don't pay top dollar for things with fancy labels. I know there are loop holes for being considered "organic" "free range" "grass fed" etc. Instead I raise my own chickens for organic eggs and meat (yes, I butcher them myself). I raise a garden for my own veggies. The things I can't produce myself I carefully research and make the best decision based on what's available to me. And yes, sometimes I even eat junk food.3
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As responses to this are coming in quicker than I can reply to, I'll just make one last clarification. I was in no way insulting, criticizing, or preaching to anyone. Simply looking for other like minded people. In fact, I was simply excited that I learned to make some awesome homemade flavored coffee creamer this morning without all the additives found in the store bought kind and I was looking for people to share that kind of thing with and who would share recipes and "hacks" like that with me. I never said I didn't eat anything processed. In fact I love diet mt dew and Cheetos, two of the worst foods there are. I just try to outweigh the bad choices with what I feel are better ones. And I did not coin the phrase "real food movement". I thought that anyone who watched food network or reads food blogs would be familiar with that phrase. It's just what it's called. Best wishes to everyone on their health journey, whatever that may look like.
What's wrong with diet soda and cheetos? I eat cheetos regularly (the puffs are the best, IMO) and have yet to see any ill effects other than that damn cheese powder getting everywhere.3 -
As responses to this are coming in quicker than I can reply to, I'll just make one last clarification. I was in no way insulting, criticizing, or preaching to anyone. Simply looking for other like minded people. In fact, I was simply excited that I learned to make some awesome homemade flavored coffee creamer this morning without all the additives found in the store bought kind and I was looking for people to share that kind of thing with and who would share recipes and "hacks" like that with me. I never said I didn't eat anything processed. In fact I love diet mt dew and Cheetos, two of the worst foods there are. I just try to outweigh the bad choices with what I feel are better ones. And I did not coin the phrase "real food movement". I thought that anyone who watched food network or reads food blogs would be familiar with that phrase. It's just what it's called. Best wishes to everyone on their health journey, whatever that may look like.
Unfortunately you've stumbled onto a hot button topic that's been discussed many times on these forums, so people can be a bit trigger-happy with their responses. @WinoGelato is right - these threads rarely go well. I hope you'll stick around, read the forums, and search past threads for inspiration.4 -
@ToriMalt no one is picking on you. Some topics just have a tendency to turn into heated arguments from both sides, and this is one of them. Don't take it personally, but historically, these things don't go well. That's all the longtime posters are saying.
That being said, I'd love to hear more about your coffee creamer. I've tried creating a bunch of variations, and none of the ones that tasted good came in at fewer calories than half and half.2 -
Don't eat bad food.3
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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.10 -
OK, here's a hack, since you have chickens. Every fall, my old, moulting hens turn into pints of delicious, rich chicken stock that I use all year for quick soups and stews. I hatch my own, so extra roosters have a similar fate as the base for soups and stews. If you don't have a pressure canner, you will want to get one.0
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Strawblackcat 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.
Really? I've mostly found that people, rather than being defensive, are trying to dispel the notion that you need to eat "clean" or "real" or "non processed" foods to lose weight or be healthy. Many people are relieved when they learn they can still enjoy treats in moderation and have an overall healthy diet and lose weight.
But maybe that's just me.7 -
Strawblackcat wrote: »People are defensive about their Oreos and Pop Tarts.
Well that sounds pretty elitist...11 -
Strawblackcat 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.
I'll defend my non-organic vegetables. I'm not made of money!7 -
I tried eating imaginary food for a while, but it got mixed with the real food. Things got complex.7
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Strawblackcat 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.
I'm not. I don't think anything is wrong with those foods, but I haven't eaten a pop tart for decades, and have oreos maybe once a year (same when I was fat).
I AM puzzled by the idea that cooking from whole foods is a "movement" or "lifestyle" rather than just normal, so I wanted to clarify what was meant. If the real idea behind this thread is that it would be fun to talk about things we like to cook (and not worry about the fact that we might buy premade stuff occasionally), then I'm up for that.
I would never had thought that "creamer" was something you needed a recipe for, maybe because I am a black coffee fan, but even back in the day when I was not I would add plain old dairy, like cream or milk. I didn't realize some would find this unusual.
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.)8
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