To think a portion of fruit and veg isn't that big

[Rufusgy]

Constantly people say how the portion of fruit or veg needed is big and people don't often get one in a meal. I've just created a dish with at least four portions with my tomato pasta lunch.

200g of tomatoes
2 large onions
80g button mushrooms
100 mung bean fettuccine

Then also but not enough for a portion
2 cloves of garlic
Bunch of basil
1 tbps tumeric
1 TSP Kayne pepper
A pinch off kelp
Handful of k olives

Onions were saluted in water too, no fat here. All this fits in one bowl and was just right for my lunch.

Congratulations.

I hope you live forever. It looks minging.

You ate two large onions for lunch? Also, where is the basil?

Two onions?

Good for you. Looks and sounds bloody horrible

What exactly is the point of this post?

That is a huge portion of food though, and 2 onions, hope you work alone

What on earth is mung bean fettuccine?

I'd rather not eat pasta than eat fake pasta made from mung beans.

I am laughing at 2 onions for lunch . I'm sure it tastes very nice, OP, in fact its right up my street in terms of lunch that I can't be arsed to make but aspire to but 2 onions? REally?

Well it was delicious.

What can I say I love onions. I use no packets for flavour and these often use lots on onion.

I didn't think it was that big, calorie wise its not huge.

What is 'mung bean fettuccine'? Is that pasta made from mung beans and does it count as one of your 7-10 a day?

It looks lovely, no idea why people are picking on the onions - they don't smell once they're cooked

I eat most things but I'm afraid I'd rather go hungry than eat that.
What's with the " no fat here"?
If you're concerned about weight gain its the carbs you need to worry about.

Fart-astic.

Why the hell do you have mung bean "fettucini", olives and turmeric in the same dish. Sounds pretty confused (and indigestible)

no idea why people are picking on the onions

Two!

Large ones!

Onions.

You'll be farting like a fire cracker after eating two boiled onions with your lunch.

I have to say though, it doesn't look great.

You might as well just make (or 'create') a nice salad, surely?

Tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, peppers, maybe a few olives and feta and herbs, and some pasta/cous cous mixed in if you need filling up? It'd taste nice too.

A portion of fruit or veg is 80g, which isn't really that big, but plenty of people still don't manage to eat much, for various reasons.

I eat hardly any fruit (one or two portions a week, max) but do probably have 400 g of veg of various types on most days.

That portion sounds quite large though, and would be more than I could eat in one go.

Stand by for queries about the protein content OP. Although I admit that I have no idea what mung bean fettucine is and guess that it could have lots of protein in?

And a teaspoon of cayenne pepper?

Mother of god, I can handle spicy food, but a whole teaspoon in a single bowl of food? I'm not sure you have any tastebuds OP

Why did you salute the onions?

I normally just cook mine. Are they better for you if you honor their sacrifice in some way before you eat them?

Onions were saluted in water

Sorry but this made me giggle.

Gwyneth, is that you??

I'd give it a go. Just a Googled mung bean fettuccine and am intrigued.

Well I suppose onions must be fairly important to you if you have 2 in every meal...maybe you would salute them?

You must proper stink. Two large onions!!!

Mung bean f is just made from mung beans and water. Its amazing stuff, great for clean eaters.

43g of protein in a 100g serving + all the protein from the other stuff makes it a very protein rich meal.

Ha for the typos!

Onions make others toot? Not moi

The turmeric in it sounds weird

I presume the saluted is meant to be sauteed. Well you can't sauté anything without fat.