Practice what I preach

After posting about how we should eat real food rather than “edible food-like substances”, I thought it worthwhile to talk about what I ate for dinner and what it contained.

Tonight’s dinner was lasagne, and not that crappy packet kind, I made this myself. The primary ingredients were beef mince, cheese, butter, flour, milk and pasta, all wholesome real foods. In fact even the pasta listed surprisingly few ingredients, always a good sign.

To make the meat sauce I added an onion, a carrot, some garlic, a can of tomato paste and oregano. All but the tomato paste are fresh and single ingredient foods, in fact oregano contains forty times more anti-oxidants than apples. Checking the can of tomato paste I found that it contains nothing more than concentrated tomatoes, tomato juice, salt, sugar and citric acid, nothing sinister there.

The taste verdict on the lasagne was a good one, with Jess declaring it to be “delicious” and “the best ever” while I have to say I really enjoyed it, tasty and filling.

Further practicing the basic rules, I served myself up about two thirds of what I would normally eat and I resisted the temptation to have seconds. However it means I’ll have plenty for lunch tomorrow or we could reheat it for dinner tomorrow night.

Either way, I think this meal nails all three of the basic rules, so I’m very happy with it. Roll on tomorrow.

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