Lunch
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Rice is a godsend, particularly on a college campus in the USA.<br />
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I've got one of those magnificent microwaveable rice cookers that you can put the rice and water into, then put into a microwave for 15 minutes. <br />
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For variety, I often just mix in a few various spices - some chilli powder, turmeric, cloves and such, and then let the flavours get absorbed during the cooking process. Very good and quite healthy too.<br />
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Food though is a real problem here - campus food is atrocious American fare, usually too greasy or deep fried - only the plain grilled chicken burgers in the caf are anything near decent. I can cook adequately, but time is an issue when cooking - as is cleaning up, and quite often it's just not possible to take 30 mins to cook a decent dinner, eat and then wash the dishes up later on. I can do it maybe 2-3 times a week at max, but not much more often.<br />
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Soups, btw, are excellent. There are a lot of low-cal ones you can just mix in with boiling water so preparation isn't an issue, plus it also fills you up at the beginning of a meal. -
[quote]Are two minute noodles bad for you? The ones I have at work have 8 grams of saturated fat, whatever that means[/quote]<br />
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The thing to watch with instant noodles is the salt content can be quite high. Check out the sodium levels on the nutrition panel and find the ones with the lowest salt and fat content.<br />
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8 grams of fat seems quite high in regards to noodles to me.<br />
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As an aside be careful you don't replace low fat foods with high sugar foods. Some people make the mistake of going as fat free as possible but don't actually realise that they have replaced the fat with sugar. Not good.<br />
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A bit of the topic of lunch but a few other tips fro eating in general:<br />
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Try and get some fish in your diet regularly. Great source of protein and good fatty acids which your brain needs. I like to have fish at least twice a week, although it does often come in the form of canned tuna.<br />
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As for red meat, well I love it as I'm sure most of you on here do. But look for alternative options aside from chops, sausages etc. Stick with the lean varieties as much as possible. <br />
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I'm a bit fan of Kangaroo! a part from the novelty of eating the national emblem of Australia it is also has the lowest fat content of any red meat. Kangaroo and ostrich are great if yo ucan get hold of them. Not sure if you can in NZ? -
I've had coat-of-arms pizza - kanga and emu - at a pub here in Sydney <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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Cmon rice has to be the easiest thing to cook. Put rice in pot, cover with water to a figers depth (hand flat so about 1cm) above the rice. Covwer with tight fitting lid. Bring to boil. Take off heat as soon as it starts to boil. Leave for 15 mins (giving you plenty of time to do other shit). Serve. The rice will have absorbed all the water and will not be sticky although I agree with TLB plain rice is just carbo loading. My problem is the curry that will go all over the rice mmmmmm
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I make a salad most days for lunch, but when I am more lazy and still want to be healthy I go for one of these options (probably in order from most to least healthiest IMO):<br />
<br />- a salad sambo from sandwich shop<br />
- a healthy subway roll (although they have some real bad stuff too)<br />
- a tin of baked beans<br />
- sushis rolls (provided you get something grilled or raw meat only - not the fried chick, prawn, pork ones)<br />
- a clear asian soup with steamed wontons<br />
- fruit salad with yoghurt<br />
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Making myself hungry typing this, can tell I am not eating as much as usual.<br />
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BTW - is only takes me a bout 10mins a day to make salad for lunch now that I have a routine going.
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Salads are the go for lunch along with low fat yoghurt and muesli bars (without coconut). Also a few raw peanuts, cashews and almonds - maybe a small handful of one or two types wil keep you going for snacks. Dried fruit, such as apricots are good as long as you don't eat too many......constipation beckons if you do. :nta<br />
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For the reason that it contains a lot of sugar diet books say to stay away from eating too much fruit. -
Yeah, I used to eat those Coles salads heaps, adding ham or cheese or whatever to the garden salad thing. But lettuce is really shitting me at the moment. <br />
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Mark_s raised sushi; good idea. Anyone want to recommend somewhere cheap and good in the Sydney CBD? I know they're on nearly every second corner... -
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But lettuce is really shitting me at the moment. [/quote]<br />
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:shifty: I used to add extra tomato and cheese and pretend the lettuce was part of the plate <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
I am a self confessed sushi snob, I only get mine at the fish and chip place in the MLC Centre (you have to walk past the fried food). They make them fresh on site each day and they are bigger than normal.<br />
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The vast majority of sushi places get their rolls from the same place (a dude in China town makes most of them) so the quality is very similar. Its all good but if you want really good stuff, go for a place that makes their own rolls or even try a sushi train.Â
