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JSB

POSTED: Sat, 07/25/2009 - 9:14am

Pleasurable Eating

Further to our discussions in other threads...I pledge that TODAY I will only eat what is fresh,tastes good and I will eat slowly,with pleasure.And I won't eat in front of the computer.I am off to have a pleasurable,leisurly breakfast.Jean

JensieFrench

POSTED: Fri, 03/15/2013 - 9:54pm Jean, That sounds perfect. I know that was an old post but me too, from today I will only eat what is fresh,tastes good and I will eat slowly,with pleasure.And I won't eat in front of the computer. Wonderful, just what I need to get back to french.

JSB	POSTED: Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:32pm JensieFrench You have encouraged me to recommit to that.Now if I could just get the TV shut off during meals here.Please,keep in touch and let me know how you are doing.oxo

Celtic Owl

POSTED: Tue, 02/05/2013 - 7:17pm watching weight I have put my foot down on my weight gain. So I am following Weight Watchers, but with the idea of incorporating the French Woman's Way. After 5 Days I can say I am enjoying my food, eating it slowly, savoring it, lots of veggies, and fruit, water, exercise...and I am in control. This is a wonderful feeling. So as I can know daily, weekly that I am on a steady path of gradual healthy weight loss, and finding my self-confidence, just thought I'd share what is going on for me. It's pleasurable eating!

jas	POSTED: Sat, 01/12/2013 - 1:03pm stevia maccaroons I just made maccarroons with stevia , carob chips, and quinoa. They are good and helping me feel pleasure.

snorklee

POSTED: Sat, 11/17/2012 - 12:33am Wandering back... I know that there are no dead-ends, only detours, but how far off the road has my detour gone? Trying valiantly to get back on the road. I'm trying to remember to drink my water, and also need to use the 50% solution, the way it was meant to be used. Take half of what I think I will eat, and then wait after eating, to see if I really need, or want, anymore. Baby steps... baby steps.

moodymcliv

POSTED: Sat, 11/17/2012 - 3:29am I felt the same way....I I felt the same way....I really had to take a step back..maybe go to a bit of therapy..and really journal.

JSB	POSTED: Mon, 11/12/2012 - 9:48am Hi Testing testing resting...having trouble posting

JSB	POSTED: Mon, 11/12/2012 - 9:49am Hurrah Problem solved I hope,oxo

Naja

POSTED: Fri, 11/09/2012 - 5:13am Anti-Nigella blast... Well, some of you girls are the first people I've ever heard talking about her a while ago. Then Mollie sent me a picture of hers opposite Gillian McKeith's one where Nigella looked stunning. And that's as far as my good opinion goes for her... Because then I noticed there actually was a TV show of hers on greek tv as well...So, I sat there several times to see what she had to say and show. And what I noticed was the following: 1. She doesn't bother with anything made from scratch...She even goes as far as using lime cream out of a filthy bottle for a recipe despite the fact that, after a while, in the same meal, she presents a salad where she used fresh lime that could have very well been used for the dish prepared previously. 2. She uses white flour wherever flour is needed (and even wherever it's not actually needed). 3. She uses a tone of sugar in one single slice of (again, white) super-market bread that was emmersed in another tone of butter and fruit jelly from a tube and then has the nerve to call this a french toast... 4. She advocates (at the end of her shows) that it is soooooo nice to get up at 1.00 am, open the fridge and prepare something as caloric as the aforementioned "french toast" just to be able to sleep afterwards... 5. She supports her daughter for her exams in french language by preparing a chicken "pie" where the chicken pieces are bought from the super-market, are then covered with white flour, cooked with lard or something as heavy as that, put in a ceramic bowl that is afterwards covered with ready-made white puff dough. And she calls THIS healthy eating... I could go on here for hours, but I guess you get the picture. I absolutely hate this kind of eating that I believe brings a disguised temporary pleasure (since it rises blood-sugar up into the sky) and also loath the fact that, in 2012, with so much nutritional info in our hands, she advocates a style of living that piles up the kilos in practically zero time. Convenience? Perhaps. But at what (real) cost? I heard that herself had the size of a whale in the past and then decided to have a stomach surgery. What kind of example is that? She's definately thumbs down to me because she manages to take even fresh ingredients and turn them into heart-threatening offenders...I'll stick to Jamie as far as anglo-saxon chefs are concerned: he's a true Mediterranean at heart!

MA	POSTED: Sun, 01/13/2013 - 9:43am Oops! A SIMPLE STORY Not endorsing Nigella's cooking methods / ingredients

Marilyn

POSTED: Sun, 11/11/2012 - 3:04pm Antidote As an antidote to the lucious Nigella try Nigel Slater. I love him.

Naja	POSTED: Mon, 11/12/2012 - 5:43am Thanks, Marilyn! I'm on it! He seems interesting!

Naja

POSTED: Sun, 11/11/2012 - 2:30am Ava mou and Jean mou! Hey, Ava, so glad we 're on the same page here! You're right about Jamie's love for butter and when he says "a littl' bi' o' olive oil" it's a cue for my husband and me to laugh out loud (his notion of "little" is a lot different to ours) , and, yes, he does seem a bit chunky lately as he's getting older but he's still a cute guy who seems quite sincere! Jean, if you ever notice Nigella more, I'm sure you'll agree with me! Anyway, I have nothing against good old butter. It's just the image of sinking low quality food in tones of it that I find repulsive, especially when I'm supposed to eat something like that in the first am hours....

Ava

POSTED: Sun, 11/11/2012 - 11:10am Spot on Naja! Jamie is the cool kid on the block. He's "pukka" (as he'd like to say!) and a good all round chef. His food is tasty, easy to prepare and best of all - doesn't cost the earth, as he uses good quality basic ingredients but has a way to bring out some amazing flavours! If you can - watch 'The Naked Chef'. This was his first venture into TV ... and no, he's not naked LOL just his food is (i.e. not covered in rubbish). Here's an episode to get you started (hope you can view it) XX Happy Sunday! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPDe08yUXs0

Naja

POSTED: Sun, 11/11/2012 - 12:13pm Thanks, Ava! I 've been a fan of his for more than a decade now (I think) as he's really really popular on Greek tv. We first loved him in the Naked Chef series and book and then watched many others like his "30' meals", or his "Food escapes" or the series where he cooks in his cottage somewhere in England gbtw, i've got everything in my dvd collection). One my favorite books of his is "Jamie's Italy". As you can see, I just love this guy, but thank you for the link anyway! oh, and do I really need to repeat how much I LLLLove your blog?

Ava

POSTED: Sun, 11/11/2012 - 4:44pm Hey Naja! Jamie is a National Treasure ... It's good to see that he's appreciated across the globe :) I'm glad you like my blog ... I need to spend time updating it though ... we've had some seriously yummy meals recently that I've not taken pics of. I'm going to have to make more of an effort :) Keep yourself well, keep eating well and keep on loving life Naja - you do it to perfection and are a breath of fresh air!

Naja	POSTED: Mon, 11/12/2012 - 5:46am Hey, Ava! Look who's talking!!! You're a breath-taking French (or not - it doesn't matter anyway) perfume!!! Bisous!!!

JSB	POSTED: Sun, 11/11/2012 - 10:36am Kali mera Naja mou Her cooking style is rather like putting lipstick on a pig.Does nothing for the pig and ruins the lipstick.Jamie ,at least,truly loves and respects food,even if his portions are over the top.I smile too every time he says "little bit..." oxo

Naja	POSTED: Sun, 11/11/2012 - 12:22pm Jeanaki mou! That pig-lipstick thing really got me laughing out loud!!!just thinking of her like this, well...she does remind me of a pig juuuuust a little bit....ha-ha-ha-ha.... Oops!!! I'm being mean here, so I'm cutting it fast! Ta-ta!

JSB	POSTED: Sat, 11/10/2012 - 7:07pm Well said Naja mou I am glad to know these facts.Never got into her style of cooking,but didn't give her much thought. oxo

Ava

POSTED: Sat, 11/10/2012 - 3:46pm Nice rant Naja! LOL I love your rant. I'm not a Nigella fan either (except for the flower which is a lovely blue colour!). I've been using 'The Hairy Bikers' or rather 'The Hairy Dieters' book recently, and so far, haven't had a single failure on their tasty, healthy recipes. Jamie is pretty good too - though he does love his butter, salt and lashings of olive oil :) He's also a tad chunky at the moment! Too much of his own food perhaps?!

Ava	POSTED: Sat, 11/10/2012 - 3:51pm P.S. OH and I have recently discovered we have a food channel on our TV! Well, what can I say other than we're hooked on 'Diners, Drive-ins & Dives'. OMG! The whole programme is a 'Dive' but we're fascinated by the fact that all the food seems to be beige.

snorklee

POSTED: Sat, 11/17/2012 - 12:27am LOL! Ava, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives is on TV non-stop here. And you are absolutely right! All the food is beige, or various shades of deep-fried. Not a salad or vegetable in sight. I never noticed that before, but I will think of it now, every time I watch it. :)

MA

POSTED: Fri, 09/07/2012 - 7:30am Wild Alaskan Salmon is in season I am cooking my way thru french Chef Alain Braux's book "How to Lower Your Chloresterol with French Gourmet Cooking" yesterday I bought 4oz of authentic Wild Alaskan salmon, which is now in season. "less is more" . It was delicious grilled and great with a spinach and beet salad with a little crumbled roquefort, chopped walnuts and then red grapes for a dessert.

Sheri

POSTED: Fri, 09/07/2012 - 4:06pm Yum! Have you tried salmon from Vital Choice? I order mine from there (flash-frozen) - it seems to be almost as good as fresh.

Sheri

POSTED: Thu, 09/06/2012 - 8:13pm Dessert pleasure I really had some pleasure eating with dessert tonight. I took a fancy dessert stemmed glass, layered plain organic greek yogurt with unsweetened apple sauce, slivered almonds, cinnamon, etc. It was so beautiful and tasty without being super-sweet. I savored every fancy bite!

kit	POSTED: Thu, 09/06/2012 - 10:11pm Hmmm.. A healthy parfait! Thanks Sheri:)

JSB	POSTED: Thu, 09/06/2012 - 8:51pm Scrummy I am so going to steal your idea.oxo

Sheri

POSTED: Fri, 09/07/2012 - 10:49am Please do... it was yummy

moodymcliv

POSTED: Tue, 09/04/2012 - 5:06am with the full moon and other with the full moon and other crazy life events...I've lost my path!..need to get back to slowing down and enjoying my food

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