I shallot the sheriff....but I did not shoot the celery - 10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

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Just popped in to say thats one cool thread title.

yes sweet potatoes count

I really am going now

Ahem, may I draw your attention to this comment which I cannot believe in a hall / yurt full of veggies has gone unnoticed!

'I have been veggie for 15 days. I would like a steak now please as a prize, or just a badge.'

LR - sympathies for the teeth, mine do the same thing... They make a bid for freedom then sink back down again, then repeat. Maybe I'm a wisdom tooth vampire thingy?

I also love this title btw

TooT - you are certifiable. midnight baking? Now midnight floorboard sanding, that's where it's at.

pineapple
melon
raisins
apple
avocado
chickpeas
cucumber
swede
sweet potato
corn

= 10

we had roast sweet potatoes, roast swede, yorkshires, veg sausages, onion and mushroom gravy

mmmmmmm

and had no dairy so far today! more in a toying with it kind of way rather than any commitment
his face and neck are worse again
i have reconciled myself to using steroid cream but i would like it to actually WORK

(As I am not one the real veggers)

Ok will look for clove oil.
Is it foul?

Just tender, Fran.

OB i have been veggie for

fuck me

23 years

[pissing on bonfire]

well if you can bear it, or when it calms down, rach, brush HARD on the flappy bit, kind of pushing it away from gum, and it will go eventually
meanwhile be extra careful - bits of food get stuck under and then infection

I'm addictd to roasted celery now. I use it as a base in all my soups and pasta sauces or grain/bean salads

Good work! I have never even considered going veggie for

29 years

natty you're doing well
sweet potatoes do count (another of our perennial arguments )

i would think it is harder to do now ob
old habits and all that

mt tell me of roasted celery please

veggie for 17 years

at that idea fran.

off to bed. Dh is away so have hot water bottle and book

Night all.

mixed bean soup, a bamnana and apple. Tomato omellette with massive salad and some oj.

It hasn't been too bad - being on an economy drive kinda takes the decision away from you when decent / responsibly sourced stuff costs £££££

I won't start on a global food resources rant.

Is the skin thing DS1 or 2 Fran? DD has horrific excema atm... I have been using the steroid cream so much recently it is starting to freak me out. Poor little thing.

am i the oldest veggie in town?

oh, rofpmsl already....sorry

anyway, may I add to previous pathetic f&v count stuffed peppers...which add another 4 portions all in all....so a pathetic 6

oh ds2 ob
on his face mostly which is dodgy - well, dodgiER for steroids of course
i was hoping it would just go and then we could start afresh
not so it seems
it is stressing ds1 who is worrywart

right
why does toot have a tummy ache?
at least she is going to bed

Not impressed though. Meat is GOOD.

I would like an award for eating dinner

I thought about my posts when I went to bed last night - I think I was stroppy and stampy last night - sorry!

What do you want to know. I buy tons of it. Our local supermarket is asda and it's 50p a bunch at the mo.

I chop it up, maybe add roughly chopped carrots, some onion - maybe a sprinkle of veggie stock (I use swiss marigold - you can get low salt) - toss it with some extra virgin oilve oil (so it's all coated but not swimming. Cover. Roast for - well, we have a v crap electic oven where you need to cook everything at 150 degrees. I check it after an hour and depending just how much there is. For cous cous or quinoa salad I'f stop cooking then, while it still had a little bite in it, but so it didn't crunch. For soup base it might need another hour. Check it and when it is basically mashable (that's just the way I like it - no hard lumps in soup for DS too) mash it up and just add it to whatever soup you are making if the tastes are compatible. It's a good thickener too. I freeze a lot of it also.

any tips to getting my count up? ive started adding fruit to my breakfast ceral, does musli(sp?) count as an extra one ??