how do I avoid processed food ?

[bhavv]

Please buy a cook book. Simple meals can be cooked from raw ingredients in as little as 30 minutes.

Pre-prepared meals may potentially avoid preservatives but may be high in fat, salt or sugar to get the "right taste".

Actually I found pre cooked meals to be no worse than what most people cook at home, and in a lot of cases they can be even healthier.

I'm a terrible cook, it would take me like 2 hours to make something thats meant to take 30 minutes. When I make cereal, I try to put the cereal back in fridge, and the milk in the cupboard and stand there totally dumbstruck and confused as to WTF am I doing wrong???

Hy would you want to use canned veg, total waste of time with no flavour or texture. No quicked than cooking fresh or frozen.

Not enough freezer space.

 

[HamZilla]

tonight i was going to have oven chips and a rustlers micro burger, or an oven meal.
what an earth can i have for tea thats not processed and full of preservatives and doesnt take 4 hours to cook and prepare ?
Overclockers please help me lol.

Microwave meals are probably one of the worst of the processed foods.

If you want a burger, but still a novice in the kitchen then buy the 'ready made' burgers from the meat counter. The ones that are raw minced meat shaped into burger patties, ready to be fried or grilled.

Frozen oven chips aren't too bad although the southern fried type are coated in oil and preservatives. Oven chips have a tendency to be very dry though. Potatoes are carbohydrates though so avoid them if you want to lose weight.

 

[Glaucus]

Not enough freezer space.

You have enough room for chips, you have enough room for veg and making meals.
One shelf should be enough you need 7 meals a week, say 6 as at least one meal always seems to be unplanned (either out or doing something). 2 or even 3 of them can be put in the fridge. Make 3 different dishes, 2 portions of each)

everyone can cook, it's just laziness and excuses. Just do some simple food, you will get the hang of it within a few weeks.

 

[Dave M]

1 tin stewed steak
1 tin new potatoes
1 tin carrots

Put in pot, cook while stirring until hot.

Well he said simple

 

[bhavv]

You have enough room for chips, you have enough room for veg and making meals.
One shelf should be enough you need 7 meals a week, say 6 as at least one meal always seems to be unplanned (either out or doing something). 2 or even 3 of them can be put in the fridge. Make 3 different dishes, 2 portions of each)

everyone can cook, it's just laziness and excuses. Just do some simple food, you will get the hang of it within a few weeks.

I share with other people so I only get like one shelf

I have to fully disagre that 'everyone can cook'. I cant, been there, tried it, many many times. I hate the food that I cook as well, something always goes wrong. And I get tempted to add too much junk like cheese to everythng.

The furthest Igo towards cooking is stir frying a pre packet of vegetables, boiling some pasta and adding in a jar of sauce, or sticking some frozen stuff in the grill.

 

[movingtables]

1 tin stewed steak
1 tin new potatoes
1 tin carrots

Put in pot, cook while stirring until hot.

Well he said simple

this is what imtalking about hehe

but someone else just said potatoes are bad ?

 

[Glaucus]

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I share with other people so I only get like one shelf

I have to fully disagre that 'everyone can cook'. I cant, been there, tried it, many many times. I hate the food that I cook as well, something always goes wrong. And I get tempted t add too much junk like cheese to everythng.

1 shelf is enough, everyone can cook. Don't go free form. Follow a recipe especially ones with step by step pictures. You can cook if you try it is not hard in the slightest.

 

[Dave M]

but someone else just said potatoes are bad ?

Only if your on atkins.

Think of meals like this:

Carbs - potatoes, bread, pasta, rice or cous cous.
Veggies - peas, carrots, green beans, parsnips, salad etc...
Protein - chicken, steak, burger, fish etc or the veggie option of beans and tofu.


Another example would be boil some rice, add some frozen peas a few mins from the end and some frozen prawns right at the end. Could eat that as is or fry in a litte oil and soy sauce for more flavour + texture.

 

[bhavv]

this is what imtalking about hehe

but someone else just said potatoes are bad ?

Saying potatoes are bad is ridiculous. Everyone needs carbohydrates, theres no need to listen to the Atkins dieters and exclude carbohydrates from a healthy diet or you would end up dead.

Even raw carrots and cucumbers contain lots of carbs. 60-70% of your daily intake should be from carbohydrates in any healthy diet, the only problem that occurs is if you eat too much.

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1 shelf is enough, everyone can cook. Don't go free form. Follow a recipe especially ones with step by step pictures. You can cook if you try it is not hard in the slightest.

I followed recipes when I did my food tech GCSE, and everything still turned out to be terrible .... Except for the term we spent making cakes!!!! Oh right, I can cook yummy cakes . I'll start living off those .

I have terrible cognitive dysfunction, it makes doing anything requiring concentration difficult. I used to need red bull on a daily basis, but now I'm not allowed to drink caffeine anymore .

 

[Malakite]

Start learning how to cook now op. Things can be made quickly and a lot healthier than just buying everything in tins.

Put some garlic and oil in a wok, throw some chopped veg (red onion, spring onion, peppers, mushrooms etc etc) in then add some fish sauce and some soya sauce. Boil some noodles then add to the wok once soft. 10 mins to cook and you have a healthy stir fry.

Buy some mince, add chopped onion and chopped chillies an egg to help it bind, make into burger shapes and grill. Simples

If you start learning now you will get quicker and learn new things to cook quickly. You can find loads of recipies online.

Bought myself a George Foreman grill for £20 off Amazon the other day, great for cooking things quickly, just chuck a salmon fillet, pork loins, homemade burgers etc on it, cooked in about 10 mins. Grill some veg and add some cous cous and your laughing.

 

[bruce]

George Foreman grills, great bit of kit...

First stick a couple of pitta breads on to brown slightly, remove and split, then

Thinly slice some chicken breast, season, olive oil, grill for about 3 minutes.

Use low fat mayo, spread thinly onto pitta, add some chopped chillies, bit of mixed salad, then add the cooked chicken, squeeze half a fresh lime over, gorgeous and healthy.

 

[touch]

tonight i was going to have oven chips and a rustlers micro burger

I made myself a burger tonight.
-Mince
-An egg
-Finely chopped onion
-salt + pepper

Mix it all up and make it into burger shapes. Slap it on a george forman style grill.
While that is cooking, toast a bun and make a quick salad.

Took less than 10 mins to make and was amazing

 

[utajoker]

u can cook meat and veg with minimal effort in about 15-20 mins, cut up some carrots put them in a steamer with peas and sweatcorn, stick a chicken breast in the oven.

can make fresh pasta from scratch in about 10 mins, a pasta sauce in the same amount of time. make enough for 3 or 4 days then you only have to microwave.

go to the butchers for meat, it is 100x better than supermarkets, my butchers chicken breasts are 3 times the size of them pathetic things in tesco. get friends with them and things start to get a bit cheaper.

find a local baker for your bread, it is so much better than hovis etc.

basicaly cook from fresh! it doesnt take as long as you think.

 

[Wiggins]

I agree with some in here.

Always buy meat straight from a butcher and not the supermarket pre-packed crap.

I'm always funny about how long it has actually been in the package plus a butcher's meat is the dogs cahoona's. A little more expensive but worth it tbh!

 

[Tefal]

George Foreman grills, great bit of kit...

First stick a couple of pitta breads on to brown slightly, remove and split, then

Thinly slice some chicken breast, season, olive oil, grill for about 3 minutes.

Use low fat mayo, spread thinly onto pitta, add some chopped chillies, bit of mixed salad, then add the cooked chicken, squeeze half a fresh lime over, gorgeous and healthy.

why not just use the grill in your cooker?

 

[Dogoid]

what makes you fat is eating more calories than your body can burn.

your basic metabolism is a formula based on your weight, age and level of fitness.

go over this and you will gain weight.


dietary fat and stored fat are different stuffs.

you need fat just as much as you nee protein and carb's


just dont go over your B.M.R

 

[Pestilence]

what makes you fat is eating more calories than your body can burn.

your basic metabolism is a formula based on your weight, age and level of fitness.

go over this and you will gain weight.


dietary fat and stored fat are different stuffs.

you need fat just as much as you nee protein and carb's


just dont go over your B.M.R

Your BMR is not so easily calculated however. In many cases it's as much of a failure to rely on the "official" calculation as it is with BMI in the case of weightlifters.

Your BMI can vary greatly depending on your diet and lifestyle. An overweight or slightly obese person with an excessively sedentary lifestyle can have an EXCEPTIONALLY low BMR, whereas the "official" calculator will tell them they maintain on 2700 kcal. That's just dangerous.

To the OP - you need to learn to cook, to begin with. It's one of life's pleasures. Good food, good flavours - tasting as you go, really putting something together and feeling proud when you and others appreciate it.

Get yourself some recipes for Spag Bol, Chilli, Stir-Fry, and by FRESH ingredients from your local butcher/greengrocer. Don't be afraid to buy supermarket if you need to - there's no shame in that - but keep the meat lean.

 

[-Exodus-]

a stir fry is a really easy meal:

- chop and fry some chicken
- throw in some pre-packed stir fry veg
- throw in a pack of sauce
- boil some noodles or rice, whatever you like tbh

 

[HAz]

time for you to eat grass and drink water from a well im afraid

 

[bruce]

why not just use the grill in your cooker?

1. Time - My grill on the cooker is nowhere near as fast cooking as the GF Grill.

2. Flavour - The GF cooks that quick all the flavour is sealed in, so its well done on the outside, and succulent inside.

3. Looks - Resultant cooked food looks more appealing than when cooked from a standard grill - nice bar marks on pittas and well, everything thats cooked on there really.