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

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Rufusgy · 14/09/2015 14:09

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.

To think a portion of fruit and veg isn't that big
OP posts:
Icouldbesogoodforyou · 14/09/2015 16:46

You're a hero.

What would all these stupid fat and/or unhealthy people do without you to educate them?.

Ta1kinPeace · 14/09/2015 16:47

If the OP is eating that much for lunch, they must be very tall or are probably well padded

BiddyPop · 14/09/2015 17:01

Frequency, part of it is my own (DH and DD make their own, different, lunches, for example, and I hate to eat in the mornings so make the smoothie the night before while they both start slower and eat cereal for breakfast).

But the stir fry dinners is family food. Part of it is because I grow some veg, and usually only have small amounts of a few things at a time to use. Or I'm using bits of things from the fridge. And as DD is fussy, she will eat some of a mix but may not eat anything if it's a single veg dinner. I usually slice and dice the next type of veg to throw in while the first one is cooking in the pan/pot, so it doesnt' take much extra time really.

And I do a big bag of medditteranean veggies on occasion - courgette, onions, garlic, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, maybe beans (aubergines if only me to eat it) - all diced up and seasoned, and then thrown into the oven to roast (or skewered for BBQs in summer) or frozen raw. Leftovers freeze well and make a great base for tomato sauce and pasta dinners, or reheated as a side dish. Add some chicken, bacon pieces, chopped sausages or prawns - and dinner is done. Or leave out the meat/fish for veggie nights/guests. I started that by accident when I had a couple of courgettes and peppers looking past their best, to avoid just throwing them out - and now that's a staple in my repertoire.

The smoothie, I know, is a first world solution.

But I get a LOT of my veg either from the garden, the local greengrocer (cheap one - the posh one's veg is not that nice!), or Lidl, so it's not as expensive as it seems. Fruit is greengrocer or Lidl mostly (except for work stuff for me - I go into M&S near the office for that rather than carrying so much on the train along with lunchbox, laptop and work papers etc). So can be a lot cheaper than meat a lot of the time.

MaidOfStars · 14/09/2015 17:06

Biddy It is difficult to achieve portion sizes when you grow your own and only have four sugar snap peas

tabulahrasa · 14/09/2015 17:08

"which means your lunch is more than my total calorie needs for a day."

I think the OP's lunch is kind of OTT, but given the portion size it isn't high calorie food.

If the fettuccine is the holland and Barrett one, it's about 500 calories for the whole meal.

Ta1kinPeace · 14/09/2015 17:17

tabul
Nah, sorry, I count 500 calorie meals regularly.

The fettucine are 173 calories for half a pack
The tomatoes are 36 calories
The onions and garlic are 100 calories
The mushrooms are 38 calories
The olives are 200 calories

BUT
that portion is enormous - look at the size of the cutlery.
That is 100g of noodles and I'm a dutchman : its the whole pack

JeanneDeMontbaston · 14/09/2015 17:21

I agree - it does look huge - but I think that must be her serving dish with the spoon in, not her portion. Otherwise it doesn't make sense?

JeanneDeMontbaston · 14/09/2015 17:22

(Plus she says the olives are not enough for a portion, but there's more than a handful just on the top of that dish, unless I have oddly small hands.)

Whoknewitcouldbeso · 14/09/2015 17:31

Call me a freak but I think that looks yummy!! I'd definitely give that a go.

tabulahrasa · 14/09/2015 17:33

In fairness, I forgot the olives, lol...I added up the meal and thought, I can't be arsed working out a bit of kelp and spices, but the olives were in there too.

Still - it's not that high if she's no reason to be watching her calorie intake.

Frequency · 14/09/2015 17:34

I'm gonna be really cheeky and ask all of you foodies to pop over here a second and explain to me what is unhealthy about eating porridge, 2 slices of bread a 9 bar in one day and milk and feta also in the same day, assuming you are eating for health not weight loss.

Am I right in thinking it is fine or is slimming world right?

I always thought I was fairly clued up on nutrition, I get that porridge, bread, pasta and a cereal bar (though I am not convinced a 9bar is a cereal bar, it's mainly nuts and seeds) might be too much, but SW says you can eat pasta, just not bread Confused

CatMilkMan · 14/09/2015 17:34

This is the third stupid thread I have seen from OP today, if mumsnet don't want troll hunting they need to do something.

00100001 · 14/09/2015 17:35

This was just one big STEALTH BOAST

who the fuck uses "mung bean fettucine"?

Is it even a thing?????

Inkanta · 14/09/2015 17:36

Mmm looks yummy to me Smile

tabulahrasa · 14/09/2015 17:42

"but SW says you can eat pasta, just not bread"

Because it's for weight loss and pasta fills you up more than the same calories of bread - partly because of the portion size to calories and partly because you'd usually eat pasta as part of a meal and bread either by itself or with other high calorie foods.

Once you're training to maintain your weight on SW, you can add in more grains again.

tabulahrasa · 14/09/2015 17:42

Trying not training, lol

Dolallytats · 14/09/2015 17:50

As an IBS sufferer, if I had that for lunch I'd be stuck on the toilet for days!! I'm afraid I can rarely have 5 a day and have to eat white bread/pasta and rice because anything else has the same affect as that would.

Bit of a bugger, but hey ho!!

Frequency · 14/09/2015 17:53

Ah, she must have assumed I asked her for recipes because I want to lose weight.

I would hazard a guess, that if lower my Greggs intake and up the veg that I will lose weight regardless of how much bread I eat, but weight loss isn't my goal atm. I just want enough energy to get through the day without spending every day from 8am waiting for bedtime.

Thanks Tabulahrasa. I was beginning to wonder if bread had some kind of health draining properties that only SW knew about Grin

Stillwishihadabs · 14/09/2015 17:54

Goodness this again. Yes some people (including me and all of mine) really do eat for example(me today) 2 pieces of fruit at breakfast (banana and satsuma) a salad containing 1 little gem lettuce, 5 cherry tomatoes, 1/4 of a cucumber and an avocado for lunch with another 2 pieces of fruit (apple and satsuma), I have just had another apple (we have a tree) with a cup of tea and will have spinach and ricotta lasagne tonight with more salad. I generally poo once a day and get constipated if I have too many meals without enough f&V. People are different. I have always eaten this way as has my dh and my dcs. It's fine, it suits us and I don't do it because the govment tell me to.

squoosh · 14/09/2015 17:56

I generally poo once a day and get constipated if I have too many meals without enough f&V.

Lovely bit of detail!

Hobbes8 · 14/09/2015 18:03

How many portions is in a Mr Kipling lemon slice?

Ta1kinPeace · 14/09/2015 18:07

DS gets all his portions in the form of Ketchup

I like my grapes pulverised and stored in a bottle for some time before I enjoy them

Frequency · 14/09/2015 18:09

Just one Hobbes, even if you eat all of them Sad

It has to be different veg or fruit to count.

Black forest cheesecake is topped with mixed berries, so I figure it's good for at least 3 portions as long as you eat the whole cake Grin Wink

ArendelleQueen · 14/09/2015 18:15

I keep giggling at Kayne pepper. Grin Does it rap?

squoosh · 14/09/2015 18:17

It doesn't rap but it has the most overinflated ego on the spice rack.