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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 545607" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I guess it's me being used to "my personal adaptation" of being raised by a family full of southern cooks then trying to make that a tad bit more healthy and well-rounded for my son. The result is 1 meat, 2 vegies (1 starch, 1 green or a bean), and bread for dinner. Fruit is almost always in the house and there's a variety of things for breakfast and snacks. Occassionally we have fast food- pizza might be once a month, for instance. I can't see those type things going away completely for a while just due to working full time and E having to have a full dinner each night.</p><p></p><p>But hey, I grew up being taught that healthy foods were those that grew in a graden or were raised on a farm and/or made at home and eating healthy meant you ate at least one plate full and noone EVER left the table hungry. LOL! I rarely do deserts though, as was also a custom, but I don't make all my suaces homemade like my older family members did- I still feel guilty over it, too. I eat a LOT more white meat because E likes it better but I'm a beef person at heart. We do use a lot of ground beef just due to cost. Ie- one week I'll incorprate burgers on the grill in the menu, the next week might include spaghetti, and the following might include tacos made at home. I rarely buy frozen vegies and don't know that I've ever bought frozen fruit/berries. OK- my cholesterol is borderline and I'm not skinny- neither is E but in <em>my mind</em> we eat healthy. LOL!</p><p></p><p>So as not to hijack DJ's thread, I've had lunch with her and she didn't eat unhealthy by my standards. I don't know what the recommendations for diet are for her so I've witheld posting about this on her threads until now. I'm sure I'll have my day where I have to struggle with eating "healthier" foods too in the enar future so I just hope we can all get thru these 'changes in diet' without too much suffering!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 545607, member: 3699"] I guess it's me being used to "my personal adaptation" of being raised by a family full of southern cooks then trying to make that a tad bit more healthy and well-rounded for my son. The result is 1 meat, 2 vegies (1 starch, 1 green or a bean), and bread for dinner. Fruit is almost always in the house and there's a variety of things for breakfast and snacks. Occassionally we have fast food- pizza might be once a month, for instance. I can't see those type things going away completely for a while just due to working full time and E having to have a full dinner each night. But hey, I grew up being taught that healthy foods were those that grew in a graden or were raised on a farm and/or made at home and eating healthy meant you ate at least one plate full and noone EVER left the table hungry. LOL! I rarely do deserts though, as was also a custom, but I don't make all my suaces homemade like my older family members did- I still feel guilty over it, too. I eat a LOT more white meat because E likes it better but I'm a beef person at heart. We do use a lot of ground beef just due to cost. Ie- one week I'll incorprate burgers on the grill in the menu, the next week might include spaghetti, and the following might include tacos made at home. I rarely buy frozen vegies and don't know that I've ever bought frozen fruit/berries. OK- my cholesterol is borderline and I'm not skinny- neither is E but in [I]my mind[/I] we eat healthy. LOL! So as not to hijack DJ's thread, I've had lunch with her and she didn't eat unhealthy by my standards. I don't know what the recommendations for diet are for her so I've witheld posting about this on her threads until now. I'm sure I'll have my day where I have to struggle with eating "healthier" foods too in the enar future so I just hope we can all get thru these 'changes in diet' without too much suffering! [/QUOTE]
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