What is MNs ideal, perfectly nutritional and balanced meal?

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MN is a bit harsh about people's meals choices.
Just say someone said, we had lasagne and garlic bread. People jump on and say things like "double carbs?? Shocking!!"

Or if you say you had a smoothie and some toast for breakfast, a fair amount would go "a smoothie? You may as well just eat a tablespoon of sugar and wash it down with syrup"

You get the gist.

So what's a "perfect" meal?

:)

On MN?

A plate of vegetables with some humous. Perhaps some nuts as well.
Fruit (berries only because of carbs)
A small square of very expensive high-cocoa chocolate.
😆

Any meal that's made using the classic "mumsnet chicken"

A waft of delicate aroma from a single rocket leaf, with a drizzle of good olive oil.

Still haven't recovered from when I asked what DD could take to school for lunch, some of the things that other MN children seem to eat WOW!

and the MN "chicken" sounds rank.

Lentils I think. With vegetables and a drink of tap water.

@sadpapercourtesan

A waft of delicate aroma from a single rocket leaf, with a drizzle of good olive oil.

Do you actually need the rocket leaf?

A “massive salad”

Weird Shit
I'm being serious sometimes I've never heard of the shit some people eat on here.

Sometimes at lunchtime, I've been known to give dd a jam piece on thick white bread or a roll n sausage followed by a chocolate doughnut.

A ‘massive salad’ or anything ‘bulked out with lentils’

@oneglassandpuzzled

On MN?

A plate of vegetables with some humous. Perhaps some nuts as well.
Fruit (berries only because of carbs)
A small square of very expensive high-cocoa chocolate.
😆

But Fruit is just sugar....

A huge pile of stir fried vegetables with a red chilli’s, a squeeze of lime and grilled salmon responsibly sourced by a local fisherman.

Oh @ParkheadParadise why don't you love your dd? A chocolate doughnut...

Two puffs of mountain air and a sprinkle of moon dust. Everyone I know has this, even the toddlers.

Prosecco, olives, marinated feta cubes and pretzels

A chicken noodle soup (made with homemade stock from the bones of the (free-range organic) MN chicken) with shredded leftover meat and seasonal veg and herbs grown on your windowsill. Strictly no bread (you had noodles!)

Water to drink, perhaps with a squeeze of lemon juice.

An apple (whole) if you’re absolutely starving afterwards.

@AuntieStella

Prosecco, olives, marinated feta cubes and pretzels

Oh now I want to eat this! With marinated artichokes and tiny fresh anchovies.

Ok so I don’t pretend it’s perfectly balanced nutrition wise - BUT it’s the healthiest meal (in my opinion) that my 3 year old DS will happily wolf down.
Tuna rice salad:
Can of tuna steak - drained obviously,
Rice (can be brown if you’re feeling virtuous)
A tablespoon of light mayo,
Any veg that’s in the fridge/ freezer (tomatoes,cucumber,peas, sweetcorn, grated carrot, radishes, spring onion, frozen brocoli etc - anything works really and the more the merrier)
Stir it all together, and it’s lovely when the rice is warm or it’s equally nice cold from the fridge/ in lunchboxes etc.

Rice = carbs.
Sorry, please try again.

On Mumsnet nothing will pass the test. Absolutely nothing.

Even a rocket leaf is sheer gluttony here.

On MN? Probably a big leafy green salad with some feta, olives and walnuts.

A chicken that makes a weeks worth of meals

5:2 diet, intermittent fasting 16:8, low carb, no sugar diet.

A glass of water. Don't even think about food! Perhaps a small tumbler of gin once a year on your birthday OR a tot of sherry on Christmas day. Not both - that would make you an alcoholic.

Beans on toast with cheese.

Bread (carbs)
Beans (protein)
Cheese (dairy)

Honestly the most balanced meal one could have.

Beans also one of your 5 a day! See, perfect.