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To think this is a perfectly fine evening meal?

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IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 17:46

Had porridge at about 7am this morning and have been busy all day. Have just made myself tea (see pic) and my aunt (who is staying with me for a few days) has made me feel really bad about it - apparently it's too much food and a "greedy meal"

Aibu to think it's fine as an evening meal?

It's four new potatoes, boiled and crisped in the pan with a little olive oil (not how I'd usually have them with a salad type tea, but they were still a bit hard!), two slices of cheese, a tablespoon of fat free cottage cheese/coleslaw, two slices of ham, and a bit of salad cream (plus the salad leaves)

To think this is a perfectly fine evening meal?
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godmum56 · 14/04/2024 20:29

Pineapplewaves · 14/04/2024 20:09

It's sounds like your Aunt was saying that you put too much food on her plate and she would have preferred a smaller portion? My MIL would have only eaten 1/4 of that.

that's not her plate its the OP's

godmum56 · 14/04/2024 20:29

I hope this is the last time you will have her to stay?

soupfiend · 14/04/2024 20:28

You are being unreasonable eating 'low fat cottage cheese' (shudder)

LONGLEY FARM

Im shouting because everyone seems to eat the abomination that is low fat cottage cheese these days.

In fact, if Im not mistaken, I think shops dont even label it low fat anymore, they take it as read that this is how it should be. NO, thats not how it should be.

Full fat please.

WhamBamThankU · 14/04/2024 20:28

If that will fill you it's absolutely fine!

StormingNorman · 14/04/2024 20:25

Competitive undereaters need to do one. Hope you enjoyed your tea. I love a salad dinner like that!

bridgetreilly · 14/04/2024 20:24

Perfectly normal, even if you had eaten both lunch and tea. Tell your aunt to mind her own business.

Whattheflipflap · 14/04/2024 20:23

IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 18:07

I have Coeliac disease so as much as I'd love a big wedge of crusty white bread, it wouldn't enjoy me back! The gluten free stuff just isn't the same. 😭

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Have you tried the promise gluten free bread from Sainsburys and the Sainsburys GF crusty cob. I’m not GF but my husband is coeliac and both of those are lovely.
your tea looks perfect by the way

Notjustabrunette · 14/04/2024 20:18

Your aunt sounds a bit rude. I think a bowl of porridge and your dinner isn’t much to eat all day. You

Dibbydoos · 14/04/2024 20:16

That's 500 cal at most, a very nutrious light meal imo.

You had a good low cal day then ;)

Pineapplewaves · 14/04/2024 20:09

It's sounds like your Aunt was saying that you put too much food on her plate and she would have preferred a smaller portion? My MIL would have only eaten 1/4 of that.

Namechangeforthis88 · 14/04/2024 20:08

If you've been sorting your allotment for most of the day then you have been outdoors and physically active, possibly strenuously, for hours.

Time auntie went home.

Purplecatshopaholic · 14/04/2024 20:07

Whatever you, a grown adult, are having is none of her business. She is rude to mention it, and likely has food issues herself..

coxesorangepippin · 14/04/2024 20:00

Looks lush

Berlinlover · 14/04/2024 19:55

It looks absolutely fine to me. I have a stoma and can’t eat coleslaw or lettuce leaves anymore 😭

BoudiccaOfSuburbia · 14/04/2024 19:50

I think that’s quite light for an evening meal, no lunch, given the amount of plate space for fat free cottage cheese and salad leaves.

Lackinginspecialskills · 14/04/2024 19:46

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 14/04/2024 17:48

Looks lovely! Your aunt is a rude woman and a bad guest. And also wrong.

Totally.

dreadisabaddog · 14/04/2024 19:44

Personally I'd want to eat a very small plate of one of those fictional roast chickens and massive salads that last most MNers a week 😂 Joking, that looks yummy and I know what I'm doing with the new potatoes in my fridge now!

EndoEnd · 14/04/2024 19:40

Wafflefudge · 14/04/2024 17:51

Doesn't seem like very much to me. I'd still be hungry.

Same

PamPamPamPam · 14/04/2024 19:37

Yeah I wouldn't take advice on portion size from someone who appears to have significant issues with food, carry on as you are OP.

ilovepixie · 14/04/2024 19:36

It wouidht be enough for me. I'd have to add some wheaten bread or something to bulk it out. But if you're happy with it that's all that matters. What did your Aunt have?

caringcarer · 14/04/2024 19:32

IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 17:59

A slice of brown toast I think! She once insisted that me and my cousins shared a single choc ice - between four of us!

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Is she anorexic? 1 choc ice between 4 is ridiculous. 2 lick each. 🤣

IvorTheEngineDriver · 14/04/2024 19:17

Your aunt is an idiot. Perfectly good evening meal.

CJDB · 14/04/2024 19:16

I'd have a pork pie, a boiled egg and a crusty bread roll to add with that 😂 looked delish. Put your aunt in the bin and enjoy your tea!

Anne635 · 14/04/2024 19:08

It sounds perfectly fine to me. I hope you enjoyed it

pelotonaddiction · 14/04/2024 19:02

Londonrach1 · 14/04/2024 18:46

Going against the grain .. sorry op..it's a lunch not a tea unless you switched them. Half that fit a lunch though but certainly not a tea. Sorry. I'd be ill over night if I had this....just cant believe people eat that much cold sauce before bed....my IBS would really hit badly and I'll be hungry...

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I don't have IBS and I imagine most people who don't have it would be absolutely fine eating that
It's not like you're eating and going straight to bed, it's hours away