What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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I'm the opposite. I love entree soups and salads (or I might have them together). How filling they are, IMO, depends on what you put in them. To me they aren't about filling up for few cals, as if I'm having soup or stew for lunch or dinner, or a giant salad, they are going to have the same cals as any other dinner or lunch I otherwise would have (and also fat and protein, of course).
Sandwiches, on the other hand, are something I rarely eat, since usually I think the stuff I'd put in the sandwich would taste as good or better without adding bread, and I tend to prefer to eat food with a fork rather than with my hands (I suppose that last should go in the food quirk).8 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Coconut water tastes like BO smells.
I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.1 -
jillybeansalad wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Coconut water tastes like BO smells.
I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.
I like the kind with pulp!0 -
x_stephisaur_x wrote: »My unpopular opinion is...
Soups and salads are not a meal. Salad is a side dish, at best, and I've yet to find a reason for soup to exist
I know both of these things are supposed to keep me full without spending too many calories, but I find the satiety short lived. I would rather have a sandwich (with some form of leafy goodness in there somewhere) than eat a soup or salad.
Salads definitely have their place, and I enjoy them with a wide variety of meals, but they are a side act to the main contender.
We just put the main contender on top - the greens are just one of the veggies for the meal. This week for lunch, my husband is having his standard salad base with left over tri tip. Last week, it was rotisserie chicken. I am alternating between goat cheese and smoked salmon because I can't do the same thing every day like he does (and there isn't enough tri tip for both of us). I have some blueberries that we aren't getting through quite quickly enough, so I have some of those on my salad, too. Part of his standard salad base is craisins, so he is sticking with his usual. Olives and/or avocado for fats. I also like to add some crunch, like sunflower seeds, but I ran out of all my crunchies. Ground flax seed might do its thing nutritionally, but I just don't notice it at all while eating. I also warm my toppings if I am eating a salad in the winter. Today, I broiled the goat cheese, olives and blueberries until the cheese started to brown, then put that on top the greens.7 -
x_stephisaur_x wrote: »My unpopular opinion is...
Soups and salads are not a meal. Salad is a side dish, at best, and I've yet to find a reason for soup to exist
I know both of these things are supposed to keep me full without spending too many calories, but I find the satiety short lived. I would rather have a sandwich (with some form of leafy goodness in there somewhere) than eat a soup or salad.
Salads definitely have their place, and I enjoy them with a wide variety of meals, but they are a side act to the main contender.
Most soups and salads are not low calorie unless you make then at home. I can make a meal out of a salad but I add meat and cheese most of the time.2 -
coconut milk yes water not so muchpancakerunner wrote: »jillybeansalad wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Coconut water tastes like BO smells.
I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.
I like the kind with pulp!0 -
I don't like chocolate, I hate tomatoes, and I think people put bacon into too many recipes. It doesn't always suit everything.1
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coconut milk yes water not so muchpancakerunner wrote: »jillybeansalad wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Coconut water tastes like BO smells.
I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.
I like the kind with pulp!
idk I find coconut water refreshing. especially after hot yoga.1 -
I love pancakes (lol, obvi) and waffles, but not for breakfast.4
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pancakerunner wrote: »I love pancakes (lol, obvi) and waffles, but not for breakfast.
I'll take them pretty much any time.1 -
pancakerunner wrote: »I love pancakes (lol, obvi) and waffles, but not for breakfast.
I'll take them pretty much any time.
I've been making pancakes the same way for 50 years and then I saw this video and thought I would try a crepe style pancake.
Actually very good.
at the :27 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjw4blm7M4&t=64s 1 -
x_stephisaur_x wrote: »My unpopular opinion is...
Soups and salads are not a meal. Salad is a side dish, at best, and I've yet to find a reason for soup to exist
Oh wow - hard disagree here! Soup is my absolute favorite food. Salad I can take or leave.4 -
pancakerunner wrote: »
coconut milk yes water not so muchpancakerunner wrote: »jillybeansalad wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Coconut water tastes like BO smells.
I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.
I like the kind with pulp!
idk I find coconut water refreshing. especially after hot yoga.
It tastes like liquid dirt to me.
I like coconut milk tho. 2 -
i think brown rice is disgusting.3
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Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli and bacon is absolutely revolting.0
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ninasnonsense wrote: »Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli and bacon is absolutely revolting.
*TURKEY bacon is revolting4 -
Lettuce definitely has a taste and that taste is terrible1
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Protein Drinks I would much rather eat my calories than drink them, but of course I am not attempting to gain either.1
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ninasnonsense wrote: »Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli
Broccoli and asparagus are both delicious, but don't taste alike at all.6 -
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In that I think eating a wide variety of different vegetables is important, and like to eat seasonally when possible (here anyway, broccoli and asparagus are in season at somewhat different times, although I grow broccoli and not asparagus typically), I guess I'm pleased they taste different to me, both good in their own ways (and to me asparagus tastes especially good in some dishes I associate with spring and early summer -- it's not quite in season yet, but I adore asparagus with Easter dinner, for example, or in an omelet with leeks).
Asparagus costs more here too, but neither exactly breaks the bank. Asparagus does tend to taste best in season and local, IME, although it can be good at other times, whereas broccoli (like cauliflower and zucchini, among other veg) tends to have less difference and to be easily available and just fine all year round (which is why I often find asparagus more exciting when good asparagus is available).3 -
pancakerunner wrote: »ninasnonsense wrote: »Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli and bacon is absolutely revolting.
*TURKEY bacon is revolting
I prefer turkey bacon to regular bacon because of less fat1 -
I don't like hot cross buns2
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I love pork bacon. I love turkey bacon. I love turkey bacon with pork chops. I love Turkey breast wrapped in pork bacon.
Bacon is good ❤️6 -
For weight loss it is eating less calories than you burn. To live a long life and be in optimal health what we eat makes a difference.
I also believe- backed by science, long term studies and cultures- health is about lifestyle, plant rich diet and active lifestyle.3 -
That fasting is beneficial4
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To live a long life and be in optimal health what we eat makes a difference.
On average, sure. Obviously we can all find people who apparently won the gene lottery and had an unhealthy lifestyle and lived long and healthy lives, vs others who ate well and exercised and were in good shape and yet died young or got some terrible disease, etc.I also believe- backed by science, long term studies and cultures- health is about lifestyle, plant rich diet and active lifestyle.
I don't think this -- if not taken to an extreme (such as a claim that only those training super hard or eating a very restrictive diet) -- is controversial or unpopular at all. I also would agree that overall diet and lifestyle and fitness matter for health, all else equal, and think the blue zones are relevant to that (and that lifestyle means more than food and exercise, of course).2 -
I am not eating a half plate of vegetables before I eat what I want. All that's going to happen then is I'm going to choke down the freaking vegetables in order to be able to eat the part of the meal I want.
Also if I want to eat all my calories in a plate of cheese fries or candy bars occasionally I am adult, I can do that and it will not have any particularly long term effects on my weight loss or health.6 -
Idontcareyoupick wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »ninasnonsense wrote: »Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli and bacon is absolutely revolting.
*TURKEY bacon is revolting
I prefer turkey bacon to regular bacon because of less fat
if I am going for less fat I go for canadian bacon. if I want turkey, I will go for sliced turkey breast5 -
To live a long life and be in optimal health what we eat makes a difference.
On average, sure. Obviously we can all find people who apparently won the gene lottery and had an unhealthy lifestyle and lived long and healthy lives, vs others who ate well and exercised and were in good shape and yet died young or got some terrible disease, etc.I also believe- backed by science, long term studies and cultures- health is about lifestyle, plant rich diet and active lifestyle.
I don't think this -- if not taken to an extreme (such as a claim that only those training super hard or eating a very restrictive diet) -- is controversial or unpopular at all. I also would agree that overall diet and lifestyle and fitness matter for health, all else equal, and think the blue zones are relevant to that (and that lifestyle means more than food and exercise, of course).
I am talking about the Blue Zones- NOT ANYTHING that is a "current" trend, fad, phase or some celerity propaganda. I am talking about elders of Okinawa, Japan, Parts of Costa Rica, Italy and Greece. It is not high fat and low carb. It is a vital way to live.1
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