Hello Hello to everyone in the Hive
The weekend is fast approaching and I hope that you have been having a wonderful week.
Today I shall be giving my opinion on the Question of the Week from ecoTrain community
What should we be eating to be healthy and vibrant?
This question to me really raises many questions within a question.
Firstly what appears to me to be a healthy meal which I fancy, may well not make me feel vibrant. Whilst a traditionally deemed 'un'healthy meals fills me with vibrancy!
We typically think that in the UK vibrant means energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm.
I am feeling pretty vibrant and fired up after eating my lunch today. Can you guess what I had for lunch?
The answer is below!
Here in Scotland, there is a craze for Munchie Boxes, this one had doner meat, chips(fries), onion rings, chicken pakoras, lamb somasas, chicken wings, three sauces, pitta bread and salad. Noooo I did not eat it all myself, it was a box for two.
Did I feel healthy eating it? No I didn't!
So there we go, that is an example of eating something unhealthy that made me feel vibrant.
Now then, if I wanted to eat something healthy, I would plump for something like this.
This was a salad I made a couple of weeks ago. Every so often I make a salad as I feel like getting a dose of veggies. I don't feel particularly vibrant after eating it though!
So basically the main question is a 2 in 1, and my answers are generally completely different, in otherwords what I eat to be healthy does not necessarily make me vibrant.
My mother always said that there is nothing wrong with eating anything in moderation! Something that I wholeheartedly agree with.
So a balanced diet for me, will include meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables. The meat could be fish, lamb, pork, chicken or beef. I love to cook, and when I am shopping I will often look for what is on offer and then build my meal round that. I rarely decide oh I want such and such and then go and buy it!
I do however, love the taste of food and having tasty ingredients. Bizarrely I have found that since Brexit and the UK left Europe we (well here in Scotland anyway) are having more local ingredients in shops, and the taste is so much well tastier. Eggs are back to tasting so delicious like I remember they did when I was a child.
One thing that I feel that we should be doing, is eating to keep our planet healthy.
What do I mean by this?
Well first of all - shop locally!
I do not like buying food or anything else for that matter that has been flown thousands of miles!
This means that I tend to cook using foods that are more or less in season. I actively look for ingredients that are from my local region Fife, then in Scotland or the UK. IF possible I will buy organic produce.
When it comes to the eating habits of people, I do not judge what people eat. Personally I will eat virtually anything, I have lived in many countries and I relish tasting local foods, that is the fun to me, exploring different cultures.
I eat fish and I eat meat and that is my preference and my choice.
In addition to buying local ingredients, I will have my groceries delivered or I will walk to go and get them. At the start of the pandemic I sold my car, and have no intention of getting another one. If I can't walk somewhere, I will use public transport. This is my wee bit to help our planet keep healthy. Yes having no car is inconvenient at times, in fact at many times, but we need some inconvenience in our lives to try and regain the health of our planet.
I will also try to ensure that I am using ingredients that are sourced ethically, especially if these are ingredients that have come from overseas.
In the past I have had gardens and took delight in growing my own fruit and vegetables, you can't beat the taste of something that you have grown and nurtured!
I love meat and I will make a healthy salad less healthy and add some meats, but it does make more vibrant when I do this!
Do you remember when we all got grief for eating butter, and then it is now deemed not as healthy. It is back to what I said about everything in moderation!
On a personal note, I was told not to eat nightshades things like mushrooms and tomatoes and avoid dairy products to help with my arthritis. Well that was complete baloney. They now admit they have no adverse affects from eating them. Additionally when I had milk from soya I found out that I am intolerant to soya beans!
So a balanced diet to me is a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
Life is short, I will eat what I want, and I will try to eat using as many local ingredients as I can!
We are all different, but one that we should have in common and that is trying to keep our planet healthy!
Many thanks for reading this and feel free to drop your thoughts:)