THAI BASIL CHICKEN & VEG

[beverly]

I learnt something today that kinda boggled my mind. I'd always thought a salad sandwich for lunch was as healthy as you could possibly get (well, that is, short of eating a few lettuce leaves alone). So I was proud that I had 3 slices of soy & linseed (!) bread, avocado, tomato, cheese and 97% fat-free mayo.. and an apple for dessert. Imagine my

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[__pinkpony]

MMMM!
tomato/avo/cheese melt looks delicious!
add chicken or bacon bits and it'd be even better. :9

[beverly]

Mmmmm bacon bits on top would be yum :)~ But not very healthy, haha!

[gradgirl79]

You thai dish looks yum - I make something similar to that and it's really tasty and healthy. We eat it at least once a week. It also works well with big fat prawns.

[beverly]

Without the coconut cream, it's even healthier! But not creamy..
It'll be terrific with prawns!!I wish I'd thought of that :P

[gradgirl79]

Mine doesn't have coconut milk, though it does have honey which gives it a nice sweetness. I will try it your way though!

[beverly]

Ohhh honey's a better idea, I put sugar instead!

[oo_mimi_oo]

and here i thought avocado and tomatoes were healthy ;)

[beverly]

Oh they are! It's the bread and cheese I called out :)

[blairwitch]

Vegetable fat is good fat though... I really don't think the health content of any meal is measured by how many calories it is! If you have that salad sandwich for lunch everyday for the next 10 years it's guaranteed to be good for you, whereas if you had a Maccas cheeseburger for lunch everyday for the next 10 years, well, you would probably have a heart attack in the next 5 years :) You should also never eat fat free food because they contain more processed ingredients and more artificial flavours (esp artificial sweeteners) which make you feel more hungry and you'll eat more, hence the diet food industry is doing so well because it's really not making anyone lose weight!!

Also, you know how people go on the Atkins diet which is not to eat any carbohydrates (so no bread, pasta or rice) and heaps and heaps of red meat, and you can also eat lots of other high sugar/fat/oil products. And it works wonders, but I think losing lots of weight at the detriment of your health is really not very good at all.

[beverly]

Nah the calories came from the bread and cheese, not the avocado and tomato.. fat-wise though, definitely the avoado but it's good fat anyway, like fish, so that's OK.

Ehh.. not eating carbs.. that would screw your body up long-term, I reckon. Plus, I'm a carboholic, I can't even survive one day without a whole lot of carbs :P

[medlabtech]

I'll have to try that stirfry sometime! It looks good.

[beverly]

It's real easy to make, which is the best part! ;)