Your Personal Food Philosophy

[rosarugosa]

Rogar: So from my own biased worldview, I always assumed you included some fish in your diet because it is so delicious and irresistible, lol.

Flowers: You are absolutely exemplary!

I suspect we are like most folks, falling somewhere in the middle, and trying to move more towards a healthier diet.

[just_a_yak]

I 'eat to live', but I interpret that to mean that to mean that eating is not one of my main priorities/focuses in life (NOT that my diet is particularly healthy/nutritious). I will indulge in a restaurant meal every week or two (and that is a highlight/luxury to me, not taken for granted), but the staple of my diet right now is eggs on some type of bread (english muffins at the moment). I'll usually have that once per day. My second meal varies a little. And I supplement with sweet snacks.
I would like to have a more nutritious, healthy, and varied diet but for now this is working (keeping me fed, fueled, and out of the fast food joints). And for me it avoids a lot of food waste -- sometimes I have gotten inspired and bought different ingredients that I don't normally use and then I'll try the new dish once, not make it again and have to throw out the ingredient two weeks later!

[HappyHiker]

I 'eat to live', but I interpret that to mean that to mean that eating is not one of my main priorities/focuses in life (NOT that my diet is particularly healthy/nutritious). I will indulge in a restaurant meal every week or two (and that is a highlight/luxury to me, not taken for granted), but the staple of my diet right now is eggs on some type of bread (english muffins at the moment). I'll usually have that once per day. My second meal varies a little. And I supplement with sweet snacks.
I would like to have a more nutritious, healthy, and varied diet but for now this is working (keeping me fed, fueled, and out of the fast food joints). And for me it avoids a lot of food waste -- sometimes I have gotten inspired and bought different ingredients that I don't normally use and then I'll try the new dish once, not make it again and have to throw out the ingredient two weeks later!

Yep, I hear ya! Hate food waste, too--it's too expensive to waste, isn't it? I try to keep certain pantry/frig essentials in stock that I can use them to create lots of simple & nutritious meals from. Everyone has their own essentials. Once I've developed about a dozen or so dishes in our rotation, it's become easier to shop and have less waste...

I like exotic dishes but not when they require too many pricey or wasteful items...