Eat Well for Less

Well, the program makers obviously know that it appeals to YOU .... and presumably a great many other viewers

Well, the last three minutes, as we turned over for something else and accidentally saw the end of it.

I was flicking through programmes, in between watching the recording of Le Tour highlights and The Titfield  Thunderbolt on BBC4, I saw a bit of it. Did this family volunteer to take part? Do they really never cook from scratch, and cannot even slice mushrooms? 

I saw one or two editions of this programme last time it was aired and was gobsmacked at what some folks spend on food as well as how little they seem to know about cooking or what they are actually spending.

Sign of the times I'm afraid, like most on here it shocks the living daylights out of me what they spend on food. There are some families that only have that amount to  live on a month, they must feel sick watching the waste this programm shows.

Probably right TG.  

The art of cooking will be lost to some young people as they don't see it happening at home because some families just live on takeaways or ready meals.

I used cooking as a fun activity with my children and grand children; we had flour from here to next week most times and quite weird shaped pizzas or fairy buns but they learned as we made stuff.

I think a lot of people are frightened of cooking ,one because it wont look like the recipe and two ,they think it will take ages to do ,

i love cooking and am always experimenting with different recipe's ,some work some don't, the problem is my wife as i tend to use a lot of pots and pans and she says i make a mess , but she always eats it

But to be fair ,if you have the money you will spend it on what you feel you want to , some spend a lot on going out and some spend a lot on food ,we are all different

Its the lazy way that some cook though that gets me, like the family in that programm. All veg cut,sliced and diced, I don't do that but I used to buy a wok mix now and again. The veg in it was awful, dried edges to the greens, carrots drying up, bean sprouts going slimy and musty smelling etc. I should imagine its the same with the mushrooms/carrots/diced onions that she bought. They will have been prepared days before and then sat in the shop for a few days. All goodness gone and more than likely tasteless. It doesn't take 2 mins to chop a few mushrooms, carrots are far nicer when you have just scraped/peeled them then pop them in the steamer/pot, nice and juicey sweet and crisp, not floppy dried up and rubbery.

I don't see my Gkids as often as others as they live 300 and 480 miles away from us, but when I do have them staying with me we have great fun in the kitchen. Just doing simple things like letting them make their own sandwich (the younger ones) the older ones like JillwithaJay make pizza, lasagne and stuff like that, as did my boys who are both pretty good in the kitchen unlike their Dad

Teaching what to do with food starts young. We have a photo of our eldest, at about age two, making a cake with his maternal great grandmother. They were having a lovely messy together time and got something good to eat at the end. The family tradition continues, our other son is a chef and we all enjoy food preparation as much as eating

Ok I'm 51 years old next month, and have only just learnt about food. I say this because I have lost 2 stone 7lbs since new years day, and learning how to cook and when to eat was actually the main part of my weight loss the secondary part was excersise. Treadmill, dumbells, weights, boxers speed ball.

OK so now I'm toned, my wife and grown up very health aware and excersise nut children all agree my eldest actually chastises her husband using me as an example, it's very flattering as he is 22 years my junior, that my body is not representing the age it should be, so yes eating less but more importantly balancing protein and calories really is the key.