I am not trying to tell anyone how to eat

I’m about to publish one other massive ol’ publish comprised of nothing however food-waste-fighting breakfast and lunch meals.

Final time I did this, a few of my social media followers type of bought the improper thought.

So earlier than I publish the following breakfast and lunch publish, here’s a little disclaimer publish that I can hyperlink to sooner or later:

The purpose of my breakfast and lunch meal posts is to not lay out any type of dietary suggestions.

The purpose is to share inspiration that can assist you all scale back the meals waste in your personal kitchens.

To elaborate a little bit extra:

1. It’s unattainable for me to eat to make everybody comfortable

One individual thinks I eat rather a lot. One other thinks I eat surprisingly little.

One individual thinks I eat a powerful quantity of produce. One other thinks I’m not consuming practically sufficient produce.

One individual thinks I ought to eat extra potatoes and rice. One other thinks I eat too many carbs.

One individual thinks I eat an excessive amount of sugar*. Or an excessive amount of meat. Or not sufficient meat.

*the most recent sugar remark was in response to me consuming a banana with Nutella for dessert. Which truthfully might be certainly one of my least problematic desserts. Ha.

So. I’m not consuming to make anybody comfortable. That might be loopy, to not point out unattainable.

It might be like making an attempt to go on the identical time!

2. I eat to gasoline my physique and to get pleasure from life

I attempt to put loads of good things into my physique.

I additionally wish to get pleasure from chocolate. And home made bread. 

I do know what works for me and what makes me really feel good, physique and soul. I really feel wholesome, and by each bodily metric my medical doctors use, my physique is in fine condition.

BUT…..

3. I can’t inform YOU what it is best to eat!

I’m not certified to provide dietary recommendation.

And even individuals who are certified to provide dietary recommendation (akin to dietitians) usually refuse to provide particular suggestions to folks over the web.

Dietary suggestions are such a person factor, relying on physique make-up, allergic reactions, price range, time availability, meals availability, private preferences, and so forth.

So, if I eat dried fruit in my oatmeal, that doesn’t imply I’m saying folks with diabetes ought to snack on dates.

Carrot cake oatmeal

If I fry my eggs in bacon grease, that doesn’t imply I’m saying it is best to do this too! 

(Though I’ll inform you {that a} scorching pan with bacon grease makes for very tasty eggs and veggies.)

4. Chew up the meat, spit out the bones

Hopefully, while you see the breakfast and lunches I eat, you’ll have the ability to glean some takeaways that enable you dissipate the meals in your fridge and pantry.

My opinion: a fried egg or two makes a meal of virtually something!

Possibly you received’t eat the precise meals that I eat, however you possibly can in all probability study some meals waste preventing ideas that may apply to what you eat.

Or possibly your takeaway will simply be a recent dose of motivation that comes from watching another person, identical to I is likely to be impressed to color a room after I see another person do it.

Take what applies to you, and depart what doesn’t.

And that’s really simply good recommendation for just about something you learn on the web.