Me, I get a little tired of food types banging on about their amazing eating habits. I mean, I MUST really annoy some of you with all my “sprout this”, “slow cook” that rants. So perhaps I should mention, I also eat in food courts. And at 7-Eleven. Because I get really hungry and I move about a bit and just have to eat and not be too precious sometimes.
I approached some of the food types who contribute on this blog and asked if they’d come clean with their on-the-run eating tricks. We all do it. Eat crap and live to see another day!
Mine are thus,
* I avoid Thai (the coconut cream is great, but it’s full of palm sugar). Greek is great. Pubs are my favourite. Indian is OK (coconut cream with less sugar!)
* At food courts, I eat meat. Kebab joints – the straight up meat (with their salady stuff). The beef stew. etc. These stews are likely to have homely ingredients (my experience dating chefs is that Mum makes these dishes and keeps it pretty unadulterated). I avoid anything with sauce, or bready stuff and steer wellllllll clear of salad bars with dressing.
* If you eat sandwiches, ask for it to be made up with your ingredients – pre-made ones are full of gunky sauces. Ask for mustard. Full fat cheese and tuna, toasted, is pretty safe.
* At corner shops/ 7-elevens: I like Kat’s advice below – just buy the dark chocolate and be done with it.
* Soup is always a good option. Again, often made simply and sometimes by a Mum.
* I’ve written about what I eat when I’m traveling here.
But over to the others now…do add your ideas below!
Thai
Lee Holmes is author of Supercharged Food: I usually order a chicken and cashew nut dish and ask for no sauce. I say I’d just like to have it stir fried with garlic. If you’re ordering a curry you can ask for it without sugar too and most Thai restaurants are happy to accommodate you.