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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?
OP posts:
Sierra26 · 14/04/2024 21:56

wouldnt be enough for me!

PyongyangKipperbang · 14/04/2024 21:54

KvotheTheBloodless · 14/04/2024 20:47

I know MN is mad for competitive undereating, but this thread is wild! Posters saying "that would be too much for me", give your head a wobble. 2 slices of ham is about 50kcal, a tbsp of cottage cheese also 50kcal. 4 new potatoes with olive oil = 270kcal. 1 tbsp coleslaw = 80kcal. Cheese = 85kcal. Salad = 15kcal. Total calories 550.

That's on top of a bowl of porridge at a maximum of 250kcal. So 800kcal for the entire day is too much for you? Oh do fuck off, and while you're at it get help for your incessant need to wang on about how little you eat/how virtuous you are. It's harmful to other women - I say that as a (mostly) recovered anorexic.

Yes but although calorifically its not much, I have a very small stomach capacity. due to an eating disorder. I physically wouldnt be able to eat that in one go. Like I have to eat a sandwich over about an hour because I couldnt eat both halves in one go. I try to eat a normal amount of calories but its difficult to do with three meals a day, I have to graze.

DreamTheMoors · 14/04/2024 21:54

“Beggars can’t be choosers, ma’am.”

PyongyangKipperbang · 14/04/2024 21:49

ladymalfoy45 · 14/04/2024 20:30

@soupfiend YES ! The best Cottage Cheese.
I like it with pineapple. Then chop a bit of pickled beetroot in for good measure.

NO!!!!

Pineapple does not belong in cottage cheese or on pizza! DD vehemently disagrees!

I once ordered pizza a street food place and said "One meat feast, and a contraversial choice...." and before I could finish she said "Oh ham and pineapple then?" !

WhereYouLeftIt · 14/04/2024 21:48

Your aunt's eating is disordered and her opinions on food aren't worth a rat's fart.

DappledThings · 14/04/2024 21:44

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...

Edited

You can't really be surprised to know that most people don't have IBS and any quantity of "cold sauce" wouldn't cause an issue. With every sympathy for your condition you must realise it isn't a universal one.

OfficerChurlish · 14/04/2024 21:43

Why would she even comment? Unless she somehow means "greedy" as a compliment - good for you for indulging/pleasing yourself by eating exactly what and how much you want - it's super rude. And irrelevant; you're not wasting food or taking food away from someone else who would otherwise eat it.

FrogTheWarrior · 14/04/2024 21:36

Wrong thread, sorry.

GoodAfternoonGoodEveningAndGoodnight · 14/04/2024 21:34

Woohoomoo · 14/04/2024 17:49

Your aunt has food issues & should not be policing what you, as an adult, eats. It looks absolutely fine.

This.
Inwardly roll your eyes and ignore her.

OneBadKitty · 14/04/2024 21:31

If you're a healthy weight, and considering you had no lunch, then it looks fine.

Longsight2019 · 14/04/2024 21:30

Why does she feel the need to even comment the entitled old bag

Orangewine · 14/04/2024 21:25

That looks so good. And definitely not too much!

willWillSmithsmith · 14/04/2024 21:23

LoveSkaMusic · 14/04/2024 17:52

It looks fine to me, if a little odd to have hot potatoes and cold meat!

Nooo that’s a great combination.

MyFirstLittlePony · 14/04/2024 21:22

To me that is a small modest meal

your aunt is a rude guest and unappreciative

ignore her

Original poster
IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 21:22

countdowntonap · 14/04/2024 21:14

Looks so good. Whats for pud?

I made a chocolate mug cake and added a lot of custard!

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IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 21:21

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.

I know! I usually get the dark blue Longley Farm cottage cheese but it was substituted for the low fat stuff!

OP posts:
cheeseandketchupsandwich · 14/04/2024 21:14

Looks soooo yum!

countdowntonap · 14/04/2024 21:14

Looks so good. Whats for pud?

startingagain202 · 14/04/2024 21:12

If we are including serving suggestions I would have ditched the ham and added boiled egg and those tiny pickled gherkins.

It looks a proper retro supper and I'm so jealous!

CharlotteBog · 14/04/2024 21:12

If it's going to fill you up then it's fine.
Humans are quite adaptable, we don't have to have breakfast, lunch and dinner, we can have what the hell we like as long as over the course of time our needs are met.

If I don't need to cook a feast meal for 15 yo DS I rarely bother with an evening meal. I'll eat and be sated, and maybe have a late lunch after a long bike ride and then just some grazing later on.

startingagain202 · 14/04/2024 21:09

The amount of food you need Varys from person to person on a huge amount of factors. But unless you are bed-ridden and do absolutely no activity that is not too much food! I swear my toddler has eaten about that much for their tea tonight as they kept asking for more food. They weigh less than 13kg, and not overweight, so surely an adult can eat a simple plate of food like the one shown?!?

GingerPirate · 14/04/2024 21:01

It's good! (Too much salad for me) but I'm a Junkie!
😁

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 14/04/2024 20:59

It looks absolutely fine. I’d eat something like this and then dessert. Tell your aunt to mind her own business.

TotHappy · 14/04/2024 20:59

It looks amazing. I had a chocolate croissant and half a pain au raisin for breakfast, then a full roast chicken dinner, then seconds of dinner, then thirds (just potatoes). Then some Crisps and a bite of homemade sausage roll this afternoon and finally a huge piece of homemade lemon sponge with raspberries. And I might warm up some leftover spaghetti in a minute. You haven't had a greedy meal!!

BruceAndNosh · 14/04/2024 20:54

The plate looks full but a third is salad leaves and low fat coleslaw. It's bulky but not overly calorific.
I love reheated potatoes with anything!

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