Comments on: Are my eating habits weird? http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-my-eating-habits-weird Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: GiGi http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-2563 GiGi Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:00:49 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-2563 I personally LOVE when I compare my foods to others because I am so much healthier than everyone else! I do not own ANY processed food... and I really truly mean it. I don't even have honeys, sugars, syrups, etc... the sweetest thing I have in my house is Stevia! Take PRIDE in being healthy!! :) I personally LOVE when I compare my foods to others because I am so much healthier than everyone else! I do not own ANY processed food… and I really truly mean it. I don’t even have honeys, sugars, syrups, etc… the sweetest thing I have in my house is Stevia!

Take PRIDE in being healthy!! :)

]]> By: Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:03:40 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1053 I hear ya. The other weekend one of my friends invited me to her sister's 4-H talent show thing. It went over lunch and she said she was getting fast food, I just told her I would pack a lunch. I have a life threatening food allergy which means I can just use that but sitting at the talent show with my packed lunch of leftover organic pasta, a small organic salad, stainless steel water bottle, cloth napkin, the food was in a lunchbot in my PVC-free lunch box. I got some weird looks while most others were eating Burger King. .-= Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green´s last blog ..<a href=\ =-. I hear ya. The other weekend one of my friends invited me to her sister’s 4-H talent show thing. It went over lunch and she said she was getting fast food, I just told her I would pack a lunch. I have a life threatening food allergy which means I can just use that but sitting at the talent show with my packed lunch of leftover organic pasta, a small organic salad, stainless steel water bottle, cloth napkin, the food was in a lunchbot in my PVC-free lunch box.

I got some weird looks while most others were eating Burger King.
.-= Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green´s last blog ..<a href=\ =-.

]]> By: holly http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 holly Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:23:24 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1038 wendy! first, great post. weird people who like actual Food in their food, unite! second, there IS a great made from scratch (and so much better because of it) version of hamburger helper. we use it on a regular basis, and sometimes i'll use sweet potatoes and venison breakfast sausage instead of reg potatoes and hamburger meat... among other variations. i'll send you the recipe as i just discovered that Eating Well Anywhere is no longer an active blog. blast! good thing i copied it down for my christmas cookbooks! wendy! first, great post. weird people who like actual Food in their food, unite!

second, there IS a great made from scratch (and so much better because of it) version of hamburger helper. we use it on a regular basis, and sometimes i’ll use sweet potatoes and venison breakfast sausage instead of reg potatoes and hamburger meat… among other variations.
i’ll send you the recipe as i just discovered that Eating Well Anywhere is no longer an active blog.
blast! good thing i copied it down for my christmas cookbooks!

]]> By: FitJerk - Fitness Blog http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 FitJerk - Fitness Blog Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:39:21 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1029 Weirdo? Screw that... this is why you're dropping the pounds weekly woman. As for eating out, if a new acquaintance recommends some bullshit to me and says "lets hit up McDonalds" Here's my tasteful response: "I think I almost puked in my mouth..." or "It's ok, not everyones creative, so lets hit up X place" or my favorite... "why do you want to kill me? Why? You hate me that much?!" ;) .-= FitJerk - Fitness Blog´s last blog ..<a href="http://flawlessfitnessbook.com/blog/just-change-already/">Just Change Already…</a> =-. Weirdo? Screw that… this is why you’re dropping the pounds weekly woman. As for eating out, if a new acquaintance recommends some bullshit to me and says “lets hit up McDonalds”

Here’s my tasteful response:

“I think I almost puked in my mouth…”
or
“It’s ok, not everyones creative, so lets hit up X place”
or my favorite…
“why do you want to kill me? Why? You hate me that much?!”

;)
.-= FitJerk – Fitness Blog´s last blog ..Just Change Already… =-.

]]> By: melissa http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 melissa Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:40:04 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1025 I have been feeling the same way lately. I've been cooking so much for myself and buying fresh ingredients almost exclusively from the farmer's market, that even when my mom comes to cook for me I feel really terrible when she buys supermarket chicken and frozen microwave-steam veggies and low-fat artificially sweetened yogurt and my response is "ughhh it's just NOT AS GOOD." And I feel really guilty for thinking that, because I am grateful that she's helping me out. I just have different standards when it comes to buying food than almost anyone I know and the price I pay is that absolutely nobody else understands it, not REALLY. I am lucky that we do have a few great (and growing) farmers' markets in Houston and that we have so many locally owned restaurants who use locally-sourced ingredients. And that my friends love those places, because I have the same reaction to chain restaurants as you do. It's kind of sad that truly, truly loving food and wanting to eat it at its very best has somehow made us into "food snobs" in the eyes of our fellow countrymen. And very, very frustrating. .-= melissa´s last blog ..<a href="http://the-wynk.net/?p=997">deep sleep and lazy soup</a> =-. I have been feeling the same way lately. I’ve been cooking so much for myself and buying fresh ingredients almost exclusively from the farmer’s market, that even when my mom comes to cook for me I feel really terrible when she buys supermarket chicken and frozen microwave-steam veggies and low-fat artificially sweetened yogurt and my response is “ughhh it’s just NOT AS GOOD.” And I feel really guilty for thinking that, because I am grateful that she’s helping me out. I just have different standards when it comes to buying food than almost anyone I know and the price I pay is that absolutely nobody else understands it, not REALLY.

I am lucky that we do have a few great (and growing) farmers’ markets in Houston and that we have so many locally owned restaurants who use locally-sourced ingredients. And that my friends love those places, because I have the same reaction to chain restaurants as you do.

It’s kind of sad that truly, truly loving food and wanting to eat it at its very best has somehow made us into “food snobs” in the eyes of our fellow countrymen. And very, very frustrating.
.-= melissa´s last blog ..deep sleep and lazy soup =-.

]]> By: The Local Cook http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 The Local Cook Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:28:27 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1024 I hear you! I've had a pound of ground venison in the refrigerator for about a week, fully intending to get to the store to buy tomatoes and beans to make chili. Finally DH used it for making a fattie in the smoker. Hamburger Helper would probably have made better use of it quicker, rather than me not getting the ingredients and instead of cooking at home go out for Thai food. Funny thing is, I have pasta on hand and probably could have made something like Hamburger Helper but that would have meant finding a recipe or experimenting. So there is a place for convenience foods, or maybe I just need to improve my ability to throw things together. I hear you! I’ve had a pound of ground venison in the refrigerator for about a week, fully intending to get to the store to buy tomatoes and beans to make chili. Finally DH used it for making a fattie in the smoker. Hamburger Helper would probably have made better use of it quicker, rather than me not getting the ingredients and instead of cooking at home go out for Thai food. Funny thing is, I have pasta on hand and probably could have made something like Hamburger Helper but that would have meant finding a recipe or experimenting. So there is a place for convenience foods, or maybe I just need to improve my ability to throw things together.

]]> By: Amy @ Cheerful Cookery http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Amy @ Cheerful Cookery Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:53:05 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1023 Sorry this is long, but clearly you've provoked a lot of thoughts from me! I don't think your eating habits are weird, because they're very similar to mine. I enjoy cooking from raw ingredients rather than boxes and cans, and I don't enjoy chain restaurants (I have certain family members who will only eat at chains, so I've had plenty of opportunity to confirm that preference). But I will say, it's not out of health or weight loss concerns, but only because I like the way "real" food tastes! However, these habits are out of sync with the majority of Americans, which I think has a lot to do with our busy lifestyles these days. I've recently returned to work after two and a half years at home with my kids, and I can tell you that as a full time working mother I find it very difficult to continue providing the meals I'd like to serve my family in the extremely limited time I have at home (which I also want to spend with my family, not entirely in the kitchen). Further, it's a lot more expensive to make fresh, home cooked meals than it is to serve hamburger helper five nights a week. All I have to say is thank goodness for my slow cooker, though I'm still learning how to make meals from there actually taste good - wish I'd seen your tip about injecting apple juice into a pork butt this morning! I have one going in my crock pot right now! .-= Amy @ Cheerful Cookery´s last blog ..<a href="http://cheerfulcookery.typepad.com/cheerful-cookery/2010/01/ham-and-mushroomstuffed-chicken-roulades.html">Ham and Mushroom-Stuffed Chicken Roulades</a> =-. Sorry this is long, but clearly you’ve provoked a lot of thoughts from me! I don’t think your eating habits are weird, because they’re very similar to mine. I enjoy cooking from raw ingredients rather than boxes and cans, and I don’t enjoy chain restaurants (I have certain family members who will only eat at chains, so I’ve had plenty of opportunity to confirm that preference). But I will say, it’s not out of health or weight loss concerns, but only because I like the way “real” food tastes!

However, these habits are out of sync with the majority of Americans, which I think has a lot to do with our busy lifestyles these days. I’ve recently returned to work after two and a half years at home with my kids, and I can tell you that as a full time working mother I find it very difficult to continue providing the meals I’d like to serve my family in the extremely limited time I have at home (which I also want to spend with my family, not entirely in the kitchen). Further, it’s a lot more expensive to make fresh, home cooked meals than it is to serve hamburger helper five nights a week. All I have to say is thank goodness for my slow cooker, though I’m still learning how to make meals from there actually taste good – wish I’d seen your tip about injecting apple juice into a pork butt this morning! I have one going in my crock pot right now!
.-= Amy @ Cheerful Cookery´s last blog ..Ham and Mushroom-Stuffed Chicken Roulades =-.

]]> By: TeacherPatti http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 TeacherPatti Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:16:17 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1021 I'm with you! I hate Applebees and all of those...have you seen the reports on Macaroni Grill and how fattening their crap is? YIKES! And personally, I can't stand buffets...they always seem dirty. Eew. I’m with you! I hate Applebees and all of those…have you seen the reports on Macaroni Grill and how fattening their crap is? YIKES!

And personally, I can’t stand buffets…they always seem dirty. Eew.

]]> By: Kathy http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Kathy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:11:10 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1018 I'm doing a 3 month group thing at my Y too. We are eating a limited diet for 9 days to cleanse. But it's not really that different from my normal one. Except for my weakness - sugar. I can't have any for the next 3 months. But we can have all the fruit and sweet potatoes we want, so I'm doing surprisingly well. I’m doing a 3 month group thing at my Y too. We are eating a limited diet for 9 days to cleanse. But it’s not really that different from my normal one. Except for my weakness – sugar. I can’t have any for the next 3 months. But we can have all the fruit and sweet potatoes we want, so I’m doing surprisingly well.

]]> By: Amanda http://thelocalcook.com/2010/01/28/are-my-eating-habits-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Amanda Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:51:40 +0000 http://thelocalcook.com/?p=907#comment-1017 Neat assignment! Good for you for not having sugary junk in your pantry. I am sure I have lots. .-= Amanda´s last blog ..<a href="http://beautifulblogdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/01/five-things-to-consider-before-you.html">Five things to consider BEFORE you start to work on your blog design</a> =-. Neat assignment! Good for you for not having sugary junk in your pantry. I am sure I have lots.
.-= Amanda´s last blog ..Five things to consider BEFORE you start to work on your blog design =-.

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