my Nachos are not junk food

[resetusername]

So yesterday I was talking to another mum, was saying what we were having for dinner and explained all the ingredients in my nachos and she replied "wow, you hit the junk food hard on a saturday night, I couldn't do that"

I thought my nachos were relatively healthy.

They contain:

Corn tortillas (just made of corn, salt and sunflower oil - no nasties and the corn counts as 1 of 5 a day) a great source of carbs
Fresh guacamole (avacadoes , lemon juice, coriander, garlic) 3 of your 5
Fresh salsa (tomatoes, onion and vinegar) 2 of 5 a day
Full fat sour creme and cheese, only a small amount but a great source of vitamin d, calcium and protein.

That's not junk right?

[minipie]

PS Disclaimer: I love nachos so I may be a teeny bit biased

[NoLongerJustAShopGirl]

Nachos to us are a full meal - but tend to be called "dirrrrrrrty nachos" here -

Big bag of Doritos (cool) topped with chilli (beef, kidney beans etc) then salsa, soured cream, grated cheese and guacamole with refried beans on the side....

oh - and of course it's healthy because we have shredded lettuce with it

[writtenguarantee]

The only dodgy part of your computation is the tortilla chips = 1 of 5 a day. Otherwise, sounds fine to me.

we put some spiced beans on them too so they become a meal.

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

I would say a bigger reason for an obesity crisis is the amount of people who would class a meal sized portion of what the op served as a snack.

[bigbluestars]

Nachos made with Doritos? Yuch.

[RonaldMcDonald]

Nothing is junk in the right amount

why do you care what another person thinks about your food?

[RonaldMcDonald]

Also still disagree they we have an obesity 'epidemic' as it is not bloody contagious and is too hard to quantify what does or doesn't constitute an epidemic in any reasonable terms

[andsmileitschristmas]

Ok then rising number of fat people and fat related diseases then

[RonaldMcDonald]

yeah that'll do

[GreenPetal94]

its not fair to call it junk but they would be calorific (which is why they sound yummy)

[PrimalLass]

so that you are eating at least half an onion, one tomato and half to one whole avocado EACH) then it most certainly doesn't count as 3 of your 5, I'd personally not even count it as one

I wouldn't put onion in guacamole, but if I make it I would certainly expect to have at least half an avocado's worth.

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

But would you put it in salsa? Because that's what the op did

[PrimalLass]

But maybe I should. Will try it this week.

[PrimalLass]

Oops yes, definitely in salsa. Tomatoes, onion, something chilli-ish, coriander, lime ...


Will definitely try onion in guac next time. Sometimes I lob a bit of chipotle at it too.

[Siennasun]

I would say a bigger reason for an obesity crisis is the amount of people who would class a meal sized portion of what the op served as a snack.

I was going to say can't believe anyone is arguing it's not a healthy meal but fine as a snack.

Also, too many people here calling nachos junk.
They are not junk. They are lovely.

[TinklyLittleLaugh]

I make a salsa/guacamole hybrid, consisting of a couple of small red onions, 4 or so tomatoes, a couple of avocados, coriander lime, fresh chillies and salt. Serves 4, (the two youngest kids aren't keen). I would assume that was 2 portions of my five a day.

I think some people have it in their heads that dips come in small tubs and are doled out with a teaspoon.

[ChippingInAutumnLover]

I'd call that 'a quick meal'. Sort of somewhere between 'a proper meal' and 'junk food' (junk food I would call chips, basic pizza, kfc, McD's etc - takeaway food really).

However, who gives a toss what A N Other woman thinks of what you eat on a Saturday night - and given you haven't bothered to come back, I expect it's a wind up anyway.

[StillSquirrelling]

PrimalLass No, the tomato/onion mention was for the salsa - sorry for the confusion. I'm just saying, that to get the equivalent of a portion of fruit/veg from what is effectively a condiment then you'd have to be eating vast quantities of it!

[Artandco]

I wouldn't say 1 avocado each is 'vast quanities', for same meal I. Would use x3 avocados between x2 adults and x2 children. Salsa would be a whole vine of tomatoes ( about 8 large ones)

[MaidOfStars]

People who think eating 1/2-1 avocado's worth of guac is implausible simply aren't making their guac right. I use 3 avocados for 2 adults and it's gone. This is not puréed mush, this is chunky deliciousness.

[PrimalLass]

I do add tomatoes to guac though. confused

And again, I am a bit greedy, so would think nothing of having a huge heap of guac and a huge heap of salsa, plus lettuce etc. I do think that when we have tacos it's pretty ok, health-wise.

[SelfconfessedSpoonyFucker]

I live about 15 miles from the Mexican border, it is probably the most popular cuisine here and my city has plenty of restaurants where most of the staff speak very limited english and the menu is all in spanish etc so pretty authentic. If you go to a restaurant you would pretty much never get ½ an avocados worth of guac even though we grow avocados here. It is usually made by making pico de gallo and then adding chopped/mashed avocado it in. It usually has onion, fresh chili, coriander (we call it cilantro) and plenty of tomato in it. If I make it for my family of four a generous amount (and my sons are 14 and 18 so hungry) is two avocados worth once mixed with the other ingredients. And as we live near the part of Mexico that grows wheat the freshly made tortilla chips at a restaurant are usually flour based.

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

Well I like round nachos with slices of avocado a great big spoonful of onion salad and spicy gherkin salsa and sometimes I like to eat them after hot and sour soup.

And I'm quite comfortable with that

[SelfconfessedSpoonyFucker]

NeedsA, they are very good with chicken posole too!

[Bulbasaur]

Every food is fine in moderation. The problem is people over indulge.