Eating “healthily” over Christmas

Thank you for saying "healthily" and not "eating healthy". ( I'm a bit fussy - some might say pedantic - about adverbs}.

...yes I did notice my full stop.

I love sprouts. I have been known to get up in the middle of the night and cook a small bowl of sprouts and eat them with a knob of butter.

I didn’t like sprouts as a child but my grandad convinced me they were lovely if I added a drop of vinegar to each one. I now love sprouts but only with the vinegar which causes raised eyebrows when eating away from home. I always cook too many to add to leftover mash and other veg for perfect bubble and squeak

Mmmm ....sprouts with bubble and squeak, including chopped up sage and onion stuffing, with a bit of halloumi and pickles. My veggie Boxing Day favourite.

I love sprouts but they need to be cooked properly, yesterday we went to the local pub for a Christmas lunch, the sprouts were undercooked and horrid.
One day a year you can give yourself a treat and relax the diet, just don’t overdo it and remember each alcoholic drink can be 200 calories.

Did anyone see Celebrity MasterChef yesterday? Judi Love put a whole scotch bonnet in with her sprout stir fry and nearly blew Greg and John's heads off!

Not a great sprout fan, I know the effect they have on me and it's not pretty. Nuff said!

Calistemon

A sprout is for life, not just for Christmas

It all sounds rather Abigail's Party ?

Sounds more like a wartime idea to make food go further?
I bet the result tastes like something the dog coughed up.?

rockgran

Thank you for saying "healthily" and not "eating healthy". ( I'm a bit fussy - some might say pedantic - about adverbs}.

Or worse....eat healthy!

As someone with zero self discipline, Christmas is very bad for me. I can eat well on the 2 days but im not able to go back to sensible eating after boxing day. I just cannot throw away boxes of bicuits , boxes of chocs, tins of meat, crisps etc that i buy in case i have a visitor. I love baking but hate cooking meals, prepping veg is soo boring so i pick on a crisp sarnie with pickles etc. No way can i eat healthily at christmas

The sprouts are probably made from a mash of oats and grass, on the basis that if it is round and green you can kid yourself it is a real sprout.

The real sprouts are being used to make barrage balloons.

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Back to sprouts. I love them and can eat them anytime, in spite of the little wind problem. I like just a bit of butter and pepper on them.

That’s reminds me - must get mine on to cook. Usually start 1st August, so they’ll be ready for the big day!

Actually, I love them, especially cold leftovers.

Calistamon- i have a christmas jumper with that on..?i love sprouts.anytime.one of my dd's does and her dd too.But none of the others in family ? I might try the sprout & parmesan thing.?

Just an aside but do think it is too early to put my sprouts on now for Christmas Day?

Healthy eating at Christmas?

The main thing I want to avoid is indigestion because I thought I was going to explode one year as I overdid it so much. I find it helps to sadly decline anything with pastry, so no mince pies or cheese straws.

I don't like sprouts. I've heard them referred to as 'devil's testicles'.

Nooooooooooo!
Too early for the C word!
PS the thread was ironic

I love sprouts, I roast them in my airfryer with some balsamic and parmesan. Lovely and crispy. Wouldn't want them on sticks though. At Christmas or any other time.

It was ironic [digh]

[sigh]

Just don't want to see the 'C' word until November!

Just seen this resurrected thread. I've noticed sprouts in the supermarket recently. This thread has made my mouth water. So off I go to buy sprouts to roast in my airfrier