Is this too big a portion?

[fishfingergate]

Context that my dad said he couldn’t believe I was eating “all that”
don’t judge the oven food, it’s Thursday and I’m tired!

And it surely qualifies as an eggcorn because they are in fact ginger

Oh I’d comfortably eat six.

Thats still probably <200g of food.

My toddler can put away three fish fingers plus carb and veg.

Thinking about the "plate": if you needed a quick easy meal, I'd have airfried (or panfried) a couple of pieces of white fish, together with a sweet potato (cut into eight pieces) and steamed a huge amount of broccoli (around 300-400 grammes, with v low calories, high nutrient & satiety levels).

The white fish I have in the freezer (bags of it from Iceland), ditto the broccoli (again Iceland) plus a fresh sweet potato.

The plate would be twice the volume, but far better nutritionally.

A very quick meal - all out of the freezer or a quick purchase on the way home, cooked in 20 minutes in the air fryer& steamer, and far more nutritionally valuable, and much higher levels of satiety, and no UPFs. If I want the luxurious "mouth feel" that we get from fats, I add a heaped teaspoon of mayonnaise (full fat), mixed with seeded mustard. You could substitute a dollop of plain Greek yoghurt, or tomato sauce, or sweet chilli sauce.

I don’t think OP is looking to meal inspiration, she eats well. She had a specific question in response to her father’s comment on that meal.

Too busy looking at apple pie chai latte to even think about your portion size! Is it nice?! 😅

(Tell your dad to bog off btw!)

Frozen broccoli is horrible. IMO the only decent frozen vegetables are peas and sweetcorn. I just use fresh vegetables for everything else.

I can give a definitive answer about the correct number of fish fingers per serving. Nigella Lawson's recipe for fish finger bhorta (excellent, try it) specifies twelve fish fingers to serve two.

I could eat the 5 fish fingers and veg no problem but I’d probably not eat all the fries. I had similar last night. I don’t think it’s a huge portion that I’d feel the need to comment on, more a generous one. It depends on how many cals you need. If you work out or are taller / bigger that’s very different to being petite and sedentary.

It is!

I think the OP was quite happy with her meal.

I generally eat to enjoy my food, rather than seeing it as something necessary to sustain me. I can’t imagine many people would eat a meal of plain white fish, sweet potato, and broccoli with a view to enjoying it. That’s the sort of meal my mum cooked me whenever I went to see her when I was pregnant😆. Even with your added luxury of mayonnaise and mustard, I couldn’t bring myself to eat a meal like that - it sounds revolting.

Revolting really?

As revolting as vomit perhaps?

I do love broccoli and sweet potato but I would heavily season the sweet potato and air fry it and I don’t generally eat fish unless it’s in the form of fish fingers or tuna! Love broccoli roasted or in pasta

Ugh, the food police are so boring.

I'd personally eat more than that in one sitting OP - I don't snack so appreciate large portions at mealtimes. The whole family (inc. myself) are healthy weights and fit and active people.

I wouldn't dare comment on someone's portion size - it's really very rude indeed.

I also eat to enjoy my food- I love eating and I love cooking. I'd prefer the white fish and broccoli to something battered with chips, but that's just my preference.

Hopefully you feel the same about the food police who sneer at people with small appetites or someone that likes 'revolting' white fish and veg.

@soupyspoon Absolutely - i'd never judge anyone for portion size or their own appetite. It's entirely personal whether your portion size is big or small, or what foods you enjoy. Personally, I love fish and veg. In fact, thinking about it, I like pretty much all food 😂

Was that the OPs question? I must’ve missed it!

I thought the question was is this a large meal?

BTW sweet potato is 🤮, I know you’re not asking for opinions, but I thought like you do, I’d give mine anyway!

Yeah maybe 3 fish fingers and half the amount of potato for me. But that's purely because I wouldn't fancy it enough to eat a bigger portion and the reduced portion would be plenty. Now if you asked about my serving of spaghetti bolognese.............

Quite possibly, yes.

Yes same here, there are literally only 3 foods I dont like!!!

@soupyspoon Totally off topic, but I'm curious. Which 3 don't you like? I will eat almost anything although I have preferences, obviously. I think the one thing I won't bother with again is polenta. It's a faff to make it unlumpy, the washing up is a nightmare because it dries to concrete in 5 minutes, and it's totally tasteless!

MN loves to competitively under-eat so I wouldn’t take replies to heart.
We don’t really know what else you’ve eaten that day, or your activity levels, but running that dinner through Noom, it comes in around 600-650 calories. Pretty standard. Like you say, a highly processed meal wouldn’t be ideal everyday, but everything in moderation.

Your massive plates are distorting all sense of proportion. They're more like serving platters.

Tripe, liver and kidney

And in truth, trout and beetroot have a bit of an earthy taste that I dont like, same with eel but I will eat beetroot in vinegar and smoked trout and eel.