Gut health & 30 plant points a week

[badjak]

I think it is a bit of a weird point system.
If I eat 1 apple a day (keeps the doctor away), I get as many points as 1 in a week....

 

[Z-Cook]

I decided to look back at the past week and see what what was eaten. I thought I wouldn't make 30 not counting herbs and spices, but was actually pretty surprised

In no particular order, as remembered or noted, I listed in groups of 5 for easy counting, each item listed only once, followed by herbs and spices. Like SatNavSaysStraightOn I eat a lot of cilantro for e.g. so counted things like that as a whole point - as far as I'm concerned eating upwards of 100g counts as a veg. Ditto limes and lemons which are eaten whole in Indian pickles for e.g.

I counted 48 items plus a lot of herbs and spices. Surprised myself.

My list:

pinto beans
navy beans
carrots
arugula/rocket
cabbage red

cabbage green
beetroot
sweet potato
pears
avocado

bananas
dried chestnut mushrooms
cilantro
pumpkin leaves
oranges

grapefruit
chickpeas
seville oranges
lemons
celery

red onion
white onion
green onions
pistachios
cranberries

green peppers
green chile (as a veg)
red chile dried (as a veg)
blue wholegrain cornmeal
white wholegrain cornmeal

peanuts
leeks
potatoes
wholewheat flour
limes (whole fruit in Indian pickles)

porcini dried
cucumber
tomatoes
tomatillos
kale

chestnut mushrooms
chickpea flour
raisins
green onions
sesame seeds

almonds
tofu
yellow corn

garlic
herbs
black pepper
turmeric
cumin
cinnamon
ginger
nutmeg
fenugreek
annatto
black beans (chinese)
star anise
fennel seed
mustard seeds yellow
mustard seeds brown

Pretty interesting exercise

 

[Z-Cook]

I think it is a bit of a weird point system.
If I eat 1 apple a day (keeps the doctor away), I get as many points as 1 in a week....

It's a diversity exercise

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

If I eat 1 apple a day (keeps the doctor away), I get as many points as 1 in a week....

If you eat a red apple, it's 1, eat a green apple is 1. Some countries, i know not yours, now also have red fleshed apples. It's variety that is the key.

So red carrots, orange carrots, purple carrots, yellow, white are all 1 pt each.

 

[Barriehie]

I'm feeling challenged as growing up we never ate the variety as presented in this thread but with a plan and a Kroger...

 

[Z-Cook]

Not sure it's about upbringing as just having a lot of bit and bobs around the place to snack on/cook with/add in/try out. Omnivore pattern eating

I bet you have a lot more or eat a lot more variety than you think you do Barriehie

 

[Barriehie]

Not sure it's about upbringing as just having a lot of bit and bobs around the place to snack on/cook with/add in/try out.

I bet you have a lot more or eat a lot more variety than you think you do Barriehie

Upbringing = habit. I'll see about the variety now that I can write it down and don't have to remember, which I usually don't...

 

[Z-Cook]

I'm feeling challenged as growing up we never ate the variety as presented in this thread but with a plan and a Kroger...
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Try jotting down every plant derived thing you ate in the last week, as you you remember them. That's all I did - you'll surprise yourself.

Blank to do lists are often not helpful IMO. Better to just get into mixing it up in the kitchen and pantry and shopping cart

 

[Barriehie]

Try jotting down every plant derived thing you ate in the last week, as you you remember them. That's all I did - you'll surprise yourself.

Blank to do lists are often not helpful IMO. Better to just get into mixing it up in the kitchen and pantry and shopping cart

Starting Sunday I'll be writing. That's not a blank to do list, it's a form to be completed...

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Starting Sunday I'll be writing. That's not a blank to do list, it's a form to be completed...

Good for you.

I intend to do it weekly for a while. Because when I diet, all my good habits good to the side.

 

[Barriehie]

Good for you.

I intend to do it weekly for a while. Because when I diet, all my good habits good to the side.

I'll do it for a bit and establish some new shopping habits I'm sure. Kroger is on a weekly go to list now since they've a reasonably varied, and ample, produce section.

 

[Morning Glory]

For me, the issue with this is the fact it has to be 30 different colours and/ or different plant based foods. I can do 30 plant based foods a week without trying. But not if they all have to be different. Unless you have a varied fruit orchard and vegetable patch, then obtaining one portion is the issue. Food isn't often sold in one portion amounts.

For example, I have a cauliflower in the fridge. I had some yesterday. That means the rest of it (which is rather a lot), won't count until next week. Ditto a cabbage, swede, carrots, tomatoes and blood oranges. I could go on. Its simply wasteful for me and too expensive to buy enough different vegetables and fruits.

 

[Morning Glory]

However, this rainbow salad covers 7!

Recipe - Rainbow Lahanosalata

 

[Barriehie]

For me, the issue with this is the fact it has to be 30 different colours and/ or different plant based foods. I can do 30 plant based foods a week without trying. But not if they all have to be different. Unless you have a varied fruit orchard and vegetable patch, then obtaining one portion is the issue. Food isn't often sold in one portion amounts.

For example, I have a cauliflower in the fridge. I had some yesterday. That means the rest of it (which is rather a lot), won't count until next week. Ditto a cabbage, swede, carrots, tomatoes and blood oranges. I could go on. Its simply wasteful for me and too expensive to buy enough different vegetables and fruits.

Good points. I haven't thought that far yet but I can see the same issues with me.