I agree completely Nicholas. Your dinner probably has as much saturated
fat and Na as the Big Mac & fries but a lot more flavor and more importantly
is nutritionally far ahead since you served vegetables (sorry Mickey D the
pickle doesn't count).
BTW what time is dinner tomorrow?
Charlie
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Nicholas Herndon <nherndon@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I have to agree with Moose here; the worst thing about processed foods
> isn't
> necessarily that it's unnatural or the way they are cooked (deep fried,
> high
> in sodium). It's that people eat them in massive quantities without
> consideration for other aspects of their diet. I'm a firm believer that
> how
> much you eat (caloric intake) is of equal importance as what you eat
> (nutrition).
>
> I'm pretty sure that what I made for dinner last night (cauliflower au
> gratin with organically grown cauliflower, thick sliced pork chops with a
> pear honey, Parmesan and fresh rosemary glaze, organically grown fresh
> field
> greens with goat cheese and raspberry vinaigrette dressing) was at least as
> unhealthy as a Big Mac and fries. (here's the recipe for the cauliflower
> in
> case anybody wants to try it:
>
> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/cauliflower-gratin-recipe/index.html
> )
> But it's all about portion control (admittedly, I didn't excercise much
> restraint).
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