Suddenly Everything Is Healthy

Maybe I'm just a complainer about it no matter what, but like a lot of you, I can't stand a lot of the medical ads that try to be light instead of grim (there's a real rock and a hard place). My roommate watches GSN religiously, and one person on those host segments is Debra Wilson, who's not only very entertaining but someone I've always had a real crush on. So what do I see one second afterwards - that woman on the airport P. A. system saying "All right - how many of you have constipation?!"

I'm not a fan or a hater of the Sham-Wow guy, but the Slap-Chop ad always gets me laughing. He's obviously making a joke out of the fact that if you put in a one liner about it being healthy, people will flock to it.

I mean, "We're going to make America skinny again, one chop at a time!" How is a food chopper going to make people quit being unhealthy fat asses?

Thor wrote: No doubt there's some healthy version of pizza out there.  But that's all it is or could ever be---a version.

My mom's a huge fan of Gillian McKeith from BBC/BBCA's You Are What You Eat.  One of her recipes is a sweet-potato pizza crust.  We had to make a few modifications (as originally written it came out a bit too dry for our tastes), but it's not bad as a base.

Ad nauseous wrote: Now at Stop and Shop KID FRIENDLY CHECKOUTS!!! ones with no tabloids (yay!!!) but also they lack candy (boooooooooooooooooo) at least they're clearly specified and don't pertain to every single line, but still I don't think it would that freaking hard to tell your kid whats unhealthy, geeez stop relying on companies and the government like a crutch to do your job, take the responsibility for crying out loud!!!!! I didn't suffer for not having these extra things specified, so why do they think it's necessary for the store to mark out areas for parents to tell where there they can avoid the least bit of exposure from DEADLY candy and EYE PARALYZING tabloids? THINK for once! You're a parent not an escort service.

Speaking of pizza, my s/o told me that pizza is a vegetable in the US or something along the lines of that because of the tomato paste, I don't really know how that works .

I do not know how most of my friends could just eat a boxed meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner ALL THE TIME. Also they believe that just because the words "Healthy" or "Natural" are on the box that it does them justice. I just couldn't do it, I don't know if it's just me, but it just tastes like glorified salt. Most of the meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)I eat are homemade by me. My friends say "oh but that's too much work" when at the very least it takes 30 min out of your day, plus there are leftovers (I guess the way I was raised comes into play too, cooking away just feels like a natural routine).

I know some of them haven't got the time (and I would not advise to be like me if you know that is not really your thing), but sheesh at least try and make a meal once or twice a week.

I must admit...I guess it also doesn't help that I'm picky in how my food is prepared which is why I usually choose to cook whatever I want myself.

The one's that really annoy me are those who use substitutes to make a sweet more healthy, let's say cake. It's CAKE! It's suppose to have eggs, butter, and sugar! Just don't be a pig! Taste your food, not breathe it.

EugenesAxe wrote: Speaking of pizza, my s/o told me that pizza is a vegetable in the US or something along the lines of that because of the tomato paste, I don't really know how that works .

Thor wrote: EugenesAxe wrote: Speaking of pizza, my s/o told me that pizza is a vegetable in the US or something along the lines of that because of the tomato paste, I don't really know how that works .   No, pizza's not considered a vegetable, but the paste is (nevermind that tomatoes are fruits).  I think there needs to be a certain amount of paste (not sauce) on the pizza.   But this is what you get when you put parental responsibility upon the government.

Okay, I almost had a freak out there I was like "You can't be serious?!?"

...or the shrimp.