[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
In this forum I read extensive posts about preparing “yummy” bodybuilding cuisine, shakes and treats, and people are using stuff like graham cracker crusts, vanilla extract and “ovens” to combine taste with nutrition.
If that’s your thing, cool, but I am not one of those people.
I want to hear from those of you who, while perhaps enjoying a great dinner at a nice restaurant occasionally, do not give a flying crap about taste on a daily basis, and simply eat to supply the body with nutrients. I can’t be alone here.
It’s not a matter of being hardcore, at least not for me. It’s a matter of being lazy.
Some of the disgusting things I do on a daily basis:
1.) Mix canned tuna with lemon crystal-lite, put into a blender and chug.
2.) Prepare a veritable TROUGH of salad and leave uncovered in my fridge for up to 2 weeks, consuming a bit each day
3.) Purchasing an entire cooked rotisserie chicken from a deli, hacking away at it with a fork, putting it back in the fridge for a few days and hack away at it again
4.) Boiling 24 eggs at once, putting them into a fruit bowl, and consuming them gradually, leaving the broken shells in the same bowl
5.) Putting HP Bold sauce on any and all meat, poultry and fish
6.) Having a morning “power shake” of frozen kale, protein powder, berries, cocoa nibs, unflavoured fish oil, cinnamon, ground flax seed, Leucine, Creatine and Beta-Alanine
It’s absolutely astounding that I have managed to co-habitate and have sexual relations with beautiful women, considering that Cro-Magnon man had better eating and food preparation habits than I do.[/quote]
I’ve only done the 3rd one on this list… Many times!
I don’t know if it counts, but I have added unsweetened canned pumpkin to shakes before.
Lately I’ve been learning to cook a bit. I admit I’m a health nut, and I find that most restaurant food and a lot of packaged junk is just that – junk. You FEEL better when you’re consistently eating fresh foods, freshly prepared, never mind that they taste better.
Of course it makes it easier when you have things like farmers markets and butcher shops with fresh Alberta beef within walking distance. Sometimes it’s fun to browse at lunchtime and pick up a few ingredients for dinner later.
It may sound weird, but I’m discovering that cooking and eating delicious food can be a creative and almost sensual experience.