Okrahoma! where the wind comes sweeping down the plains - 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.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

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Stop the freakin bus!

Bunny posted this list:

"Salad (it reeked of chlorine)
raisins
green beens
veg thing in cheese stuff with chunks of something"

and then she posted:

"Nine in total today, I think."

Are we all innumerate here? Nine?!

lol at stop the bus

she may have eaten several portions of the greenery?

re dairy-free. I am aware it does work for some people and so we are following it avidly. (well, dd2 is but the rest of us sneak in the odd bit of cheese sauce or pesto.)

However, it doesn't work for many and I know I am a huge cynic and I shouldn't be, it's just I've had years of people looking squnity-ways at me and asking slowly if I have tried x,y,z or p and looking non-plussed if I jhaven't.

But we are doing it all more thoroughly than I imagine most people do and we are doing it for 6 weeks regardless of the curren tpoor state of dd2's skin

3 or 4 dessert bowls ofd salad (I have read that liost and now no one will ever forget it)?

C'mon

ahem, my list:

sultana bran (ok, I realise now that bran doesn't count but there were at least 10 sultanas in there)
banana
peas
tomatoes in much pasta sauce

I would say 8 portions

Orange
Peaches
Veggie/noodle/chilli soup.

chickpeas
Spinach
Onions
Red onions
Mushrooms
Red pepper
Sweet potato
Green beans

Off I fuck.

oh, sorry the trip is off, boco

the trip conjured images of collarless grey jackets and Kraftwerk. No idea why as I have no clue about that part of the world

lol.

This might be crucial: "veg thing in cheese stuff with chunks of something"

Those chunks Pointy, they're about 2 portions. As for the veg thing, well clearly a veg thing is about 5 portions.

it all makes perfect sense to me

I have got about 16

apple
half an orange thing
chunks of those
veg thing in salad stuff

lol @ mol

and lol @ 100 too. That's the sort of list I like.

pieces of this
slivers of the other
segments of lovely
a veritable broth of veggerness

I was in absolute agony watching Kraftwerk once, bent double with trapped wind and four months pregnant at a dance festival. Strange view through people's legs. Good though.

Homemade coleslaw x 2
greek salad x 2
oak leaf
apple x 2
grapes x12
orange juice
spinach
mushrooms
blueberries

Oh no. I'm disappointed about Riga

Does anyone have a dairy free cookie recipe (that doesn't use vegan marg instead of butter)?

Olive
red pepper
3 bean salad
onion
Juice
Raisin

maybe 5

I thought you were going to say you were in pain from laughing, guada. They were an odd bunch.

I love greek salad, heavy on the feta and olives

Why did you eat an oak leaf?

(I am also highly sceptical of 'onion' but will zip it)

oo I missed the oak leaf

Pointy, yesterdays nine was that list PLUS my earlier list. 4 + 5 = 9 So there.

why no marge in the cookies, bunny?

I thought you were going to query

Raisin

aaahhhh, ok. Let you off.

oh yes! olive, raisin, in the singular. Is that an American thing?

There was not a whole portion of onion, nor of olives but more than 1 of red pepper. So, I counted those 3 things as 2 portions. Plus the 3 others. It makes 5.

SB has done her math Pointy.

ok, bunny, you have proved how thoroughly you think all this through. I apologise for ever doubting you. Next time I will know better.