That doesn't look like food . . . .

[novapsyche]

On my way home from downtown today, I came across a 7-Eleven that proudly advertised, in multiple windows, its new proffering, "Doritos Loaded". I squinted to get a better look. The item is shaped like a Dorito, appears to have Dorito crumbles on it, but sports a liquid, cheesy center.

More horrible stuff to put into the body! I thought to

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[guppiecat]

Sushi.

Unless you think that mercury on the brain is, somehow, unhealthy.

[novapsyche]

I don't like mercury, I do try to avoid it. But sushi, mmm. Hard to resist.

My fave is barbequed eel (unagi). Godaiko, one of the local Japanese places, serves a Dragon Roll that features that. So good. (It's a treat, though, so I only get it maybe twice a year.)

[gwendally]

I love blueberries. I can snack on them the way other people snack on chips. I eat them in oatmeal, I put them on granola, I stir them into yogurt. Mmmm. Blueberries.

I'm pretty fond of all fruits, really. I ate cut up watermelon for lunch today. Cold watermelon on a hot summer day, mmm. Last week we were at Trader Joe's and they were offering samples of nectarines. They were delicious so we bought a box. I was worried that they'd go bad before we ate them, but they were so delicious that I sometimes ate two a day.

I'm more circumspect around apples, but a fresh Ginger Gold apple from my local orchard is heavenly.

[novapsyche]

I buy blueberries with the best of intentions, but I never seem to eat them before they start to pucker & sag. In fact, I have an entire quart of them in the fridge that really need to get eaten or it'll hit the garbage in short order.

Fruit in summertime. You can't really go wrong. :) How many nectarines were in the box?

Cold watermelon on a hot summer day, mmm.

Indeed!

[childe]

No, I would not eat this thing. I tried a Doritos Locos taco once, and will never again. This seems to be following the same horrific trend.

[novapsyche]

Hmm. I like the locos taco, but as with most things from Taco Bell, my digestive system does not. So I forgo.

No, I would not eat this thing.

Doesn't the phrasing make it sound just hideous?

[fizzyland]

Tabouli. I swear I can feel the parsley cleaning out my insides.

[jojomojo]

Always excellent with homemade falafel.

[novapsyche]

Homemade falafel? Do you make your own?

[jojomojo]

I do! Surprisingly easy to do, at least if you have a food processor. The only problem is remembering to put the chickpeas in to soak the night before.

[sarahmichigan]

I like all kinds of "healthy" things but then I don't think that healthy/unhealthy is a black and white issue.

My screwed up relationship with food & dieting had made me avoid some food I associate with being "diet" food but that seems to be fading. I still associate pretzels with being "healthier" than chips and I pretty much never eat them. However, I also associate salads, grapefruit and cottage cheese with dieting and find those all to be quite delicious.

[novapsyche]

You're right, the dichotomy is perhaps not useful. Is "non-junk" a better descriptor?

Certainly there are degrees. I mean, that Dorito monstrosity is not healthy at all (and, according to the AV Club at the Onion, not even tasty). Also, since I was a teenager I've heard fettuccine alfredo as "heart attack on a plate". At the same time, I often make my pasta primavera with long, flat noodles like fettuccine or linguine & I use a store-bought alfredo sauce--I guess it's "healthier" because I put veggies in it. Or so I tell myself.

As for your categories, I can understand where you're coming from. I guess, for me, "dieting" is a fad, a phase, something inherently temporary, whereas "diet" is just a way to describe your general food intake. You follow a vegetarian diet. If salad, grapefruit & cottage cheese fit that plan, I don't see why they would need to be classified as "dieting" food.

Eh. Just thinking aloud over here.