EAT WELL FOR LESS - thur bbc1 8pm

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Hope this is a new series

Let’s see if each family does the usual of no no no that’s horrible and their usual brand 😂😂😂

The moussaka looked good, not sure about the croquettes though!!
I used to feed the kids first at 5ish when they were younger as dh wasn’t home until 7, plus they would t have eaten what we ate. As they got older they could wait and we all ate the same thing. They were in bed when we ate!

I just despaired at how 2 professional women- one a teacher the other a physio, couldn't get a decent dinner on the table each day. No one mentioned the risks of bowel cancer with all that processed meat, they only focused on the fat content.

You'd think a physio who only worked 3 days a week would have more of an inkling about healthy eating and be able to organise herself to cook.

Sometimes I wonder if the progs exaggerate stuff to make good viewing. Or are people really that stupid?

I don't think you really need a recipe for the croquettes - just grate up any veg you have in the fridge, bung in a couple of eggs and a handful of breadcrumbs, shape into croquettes and bake.

Or make them into discs and call them burgers.

I was more shocked by the fact that the woman who was at home more came from a family where cooking was obviously important - her own mum clearly knew what she was doing in a kitchen.

I thought the dynamics of their relationship was rather odd. They each came over as quite immature, with neither taking responsibility for the food or meals. As someone else pointed out, it's not that hard to make food which the whole family could eat, but cook it in batches over the evening. When my 2 were that age, I'd make shepherds pie , pasta sauce (or whatever) one for the kids and one for us (to be cooked later in the evening or reheated.) Or when the kids get a bit older you can bring the parents' mealtimes forward and all eat together. I think it's important to have kids eat adult food and eat together if possible.

Somehow this didn’t record so downloading now

I’ve checked for next week and it’s ready to record

Or why didn’t one cook a meal and the other bath and put to bed and then swap next night

But agree if kids ate well just make a bigger portion and cook later or reheat

I've never got the whole "kids dinner" and "adult dinner" thing - who has the time to faff about making two separate meals each night? It's much cheaper and much quicker to make something like a large chilli con carne and if you like it with a lot of chilli, add it after you've served the kids.

The only time kids eat separately in this house is if we're having people over for dinner, going out for dinner with friends or sometimes if they are having to eat super-early to leave for activities.

I did wonder how much that pair would stick to the new regime or whether it would be back to the deli meats and salad as soon as the cameras were gone.

"I've never got the whole "kids dinner" and "adult dinner" thing" no me neither! As soon as i started weaning dd she just had what we had. Then certainly as a single mum I could neither afford nor have the energy for cooking 2 meals every night! Ridiculous! I've never cooked with lots of salt in my dishes anyway and I have for years made my own cooking sauces etc so it was easy enough to do.

Maybe we naturally eat foods suited to a weaning baby/toddler just be happenstance? I don't think so though? Just the usual pasta, mild curries, stews and casseroles, possible exception being if we had a "beige" meal on a busy day (something breaded, chips and baked beans) in which case I'd give dd instead something like a small portion of mash, baked beans and perhaps some tinned fish or a little chicken breast. Although more usually there'd be some sort of leftovers frozen from a previous meal, a weaning baby/toddler is great for using small amounts of leftovers!

Where I WAS very lucky was in having a child that loved veggies weird kid who also hates chips and chocolate and was munching quite happily on raw carrot and broccoli and cucumber and pepper sticks from quite early on, If I'm making a meal with that type of thing I still have to chop twice as much as half gets nicked before it's got chance to see the pan!

Tonight’s is in Ireland. Wonder how many Euro’s they will save

Family want to lose weight and save money

Aanyone watching with me

Yep me

I love this programme - I'm nosey interested in what people buy and keep in their fridges.

Lovely family tonight! Glad they have the bloke cooking at last!

DH didn’t grow up in the UK and is always amazed at how little people cook from fresh here.

We’ve nicked a couple of the meal ideas from tonight to try out next week, as we’re trying to cut down on meat consumption.

I love seeing their fridges as well

Ans love tonight’s accents

I liked and totally agreed with what the dietitian said. Faddy diets and cutting out food groups is unhealthy. All foods are nutritious in some way, possible exception of boiled sweets made from sugar and water and nowt else!

Wonder how many of the "no carbs" mners who do so in an attempt to reduce calorie consumption were watching? Double the calories in fat as in carbs.

BUT Still all food groups part of a healthy diet.

Good episode and lovely family and nice kids

But )22 at her bottle of gin. And I love gin !!!

I liked how the focus was on cutting down portion sizes instead of cutting out food groups. In terms of losing weight, improving health and saving money, reducing portion sizes is the way to go, and still allows you to eat in moderation.

Just seeing their shock at how small their portions were, that really resonated with me - I come from an overweight/obese family and I am the only one with a normal BMI. It’s something that I struggle to get across to them, that I make a conscious choice to keep track of portion sizes using the hand trick.

I am overweight. I come from a family where on both sides there are very slim members who eat large portions.

I used to be one of them!

Too late I realised it was after giving birth this seemed to change for the female members. Regardless of age of mother when having first child so not a 'middle age' thing either.

I'd love to know if there's any scientific evidence of pregnancy/childbirth altering metabolism. Because there's also female relatives that are childless and they've remained slim.

I never used to need to worry about portion size. I lost the pregnancy weight just a few months after having dd and was back to my previous size 6/8 but about 2 years after I noticed I'd really started gaining even though I was eating the same and if anything activity was increased!

I reduced portions anyway and added an extra gym visit - was still gaining weight.

long story short I ended up at a size 18 and went ww and discovered my portion sizes were too big and I did massively reduce them and changed some high cal foods for lower cal ones, but I didn't lose loads.

Few years ago I decided I was going to eat what I wanted when I wanted BUT listen to my body, eat what it was asking for and stop when full. I've since lost a little more weight but am still overweight but made my peace with it - it's at this point partly due to meds in any case which are KNOWN to slow metabolism.

In my family I've honestly when staying with people observed what and how much they eat and there are definitely overweight members that barely eat, and slim ones that not only eat big portions but high calorie density foods too. In addition the slim members are not always the most active ones either.

Yes, generally speaking weight = calories in vs calories out but I do think there's other factors too.

I made the veggie mousakka from last week - it was a right faff and not even nice!! Last time I make any EWFL recipes!!

The filo pies looked nice

Can anyone remember what that marinade was for the fish parcels.
Chilli, lemon juice, pesto?

No sorry but prob on demand

I’m now convinced all families on this are on a pisstake on the family shop. They can barely keep straight faces?

I would bankrupt myself shopping like this lot!

Can be bothered to make own chips... can’t be bothered to make mashed potato? Eh?

It was in NI. I'm English but have family there, and was interested to see they didn't try and change the butter. Lots of people in NI are fussy about dairy and meat, they like their local stuff and they think it's the best. So you don't try and fuck with their butter, or they just wouldn't have it! And they're more likely to buy from a butcher than elsewhere in the UK iirc, so wasn't surprised to see them do it.

Liked the focus on portion size too. The recommended portion size of cereal is really fuck all for the calories you get.