My beloved has decided to go on this GI Diet thing. It's all the rage down at the pub :? So he's cut out bread, cereals, pasta, pastry, potatoes and parsnips, virtually cut out all other root veg, cut down drastically on his formerly large fruit intake and now seems to be living on grease supplemented with a few greens and non-alcoholic beer and wine. Everything I wash is greasy – his plate, his pans / baking tray, dishes etc. It's very annoying.
He's cooking his own grease while I cook the reasonable bits of the meal. Bacon, eggs and cheese seem to figure highly in his meals. I'm trying to encourage him to do beans, legumes etc too but he's not keen. Tonight he's doing that thing where you take a very healthy chicken fillet then stuff it with cheese grease and wrap it in bacon grease. He'll serve it with mashed cauliflower cheese and maybe a daring carrot. I might have the remains of yesterday's lovely bean and many-veg casserole or I might chuck some veggies in with rice or pasta. No frying will be involved. I can't remember the last time I fried anything.
Did someone mention Jack Spratt and his wife?
“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.” H.L. Mencken
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When I read the title of your post I wondered if my ex had moved in. He used to believe that you didnt need to wash the outside of a pan or cup/ underside of a plate because it hadn't had anything on it :roll:, inevitably, everything was greasy and I spent my days rewashing things. Consequently, I really dislike that greasy feel so I really do pity you and I'm afraid I probably wouldn't be able to tolerate it all. I'd happily join you for your dinner though, sounds delicious!
I have to own up here - I do still like, very, very occasionally, a perfectly fried egg.
Barbara
I like eggs but not so much fried ones.
Yes, mine's not the best washer-upper in the world - and has a knack of putting things away in inaccessible (to me) places.
I can understand cutting down on the starchy foods but I thought root veg and fruit were good foods?
Elizabeth
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He's cracking a little. He had his scrambled eggs on toast yesterday. And he's eating root veg but not spuds or parsnips.
I love my veggies so couldn't do it. Men eh? Always looking for the easy solution :roll:
Toni xxx
God bless Mr SW arteries is all I can say :shock:
Hope he manages to lose the weight he wants to.
Love,
'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
Legs, I'm sure you're right but see above. As for 'more exercise' I believe he has some cat genes. He is either 'exercising' to a ridiculous degree (“You're 71!” “So?”) or asleep in an armchair.
I'm fighting back. Yesterday he had a large salmon salad and today he will have a chicken and veg lasagne without the pasta at his end of it.