Re: velveeta?

[Guest guest]

Digna,

The Food Police..that's what they call me too!

I have family members who always look at what I eat and comment. I am in

better shape than most of them but still they judge my eating habits.

 At work no one dares to comment on my lunch (which is usualy yogurt and fruit

or vegetables and a grain and potato chips for dessert). The 40lb overweight

Social Worker who brings her 'healthy' lunch, the anorexic Activities Director

and the very chubby Pharmacist (who tells us she is on weight watchers and I

won't scare you with her lunch), we all eat lunch together.  I have no health

problems and love to eat.

Go to the gym, walk instead of driving etc...and life is good.

Madalyn

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 5:37:12 PM

Subject: Re: velveeta?

 

:

I definitely didn't mean you are boring, nor your message since I don't know you

or have every had a conversation with you. I think the discussion evolved, like

they often do, from a criticism of using Velveeta in poppers to delivering our

message in an appetizing, attractive and fun way rather that all the adjectives

you quote me as saying. Even at my work people think I'm the food police, and

report their eating to me during the meetings when lunch is served. " I didn't

take too many carbs, I'll skip dessert, I'll only eat the salad and nibble on a

piece of fruit, I didn't have breakfast so I could have lunch " , then their eyes

open wide when they see what I have on my plate. Some even comment on it,

thinking I appreciate being critizised for eating the food that's offered. What

they don't take note of is the things I don't put on the plate, since I do it

quietly. I hate being considered the food police and never harp at others about

what they can't and shouldn't eat. You seem pretty much the same.

I still plan to stock Velveeta the original in the yellow box for the emergency

food supply, and figure out what to do with it twice a year when we have to

rotate it into our regular stock and replace it with new product. Cheese sauce

for the fortified foods residents is my only idea right now.

I love fresh foods too and am fortunate enough to have a husband and g/son who

are like me, avid gardeners. This year we planted 36 tomato varieties and gorged

on tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also made fresh sauce for pasta

and a killer tomato bisque and cream of tomato soup - yep! real heavy cream in

it too. Yum.

My flabby belly and high cholesterol don't allow the ice cream I'd love to eat,

nor the cheese. My eggs are home-grown and out of our own chickens, so I know

how they're fed and eat them whenever I want one. That's as close as I get to

hunting. My husband's father and second son hunted for all their meat in

Louisiana, and also fished it out of lakes and rivers every year. That was their

mainstay, and his mother prepared it really well. So I'm sure Jackie is enjoying

delicious game too.

Digna

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

Digna,

The Food Police..that's what they call me too!

I have family members who always look at what I eat and comment. I am in

better shape than most of them but still they judge my eating habits.

 At work no one dares to comment on my lunch (which is usualy yogurt and fruit

or vegetables and a grain and potato chips for dessert). The 40lb overweight

Social Worker who brings her 'healthy' lunch, the anorexic Activities Director

and the very chubby Pharmacist (who tells us she is on weight watchers and I

won't scare you with her lunch), we all eat lunch together.  I have no health

problems and love to eat.

Go to the gym, walk instead of driving etc...and life is good.

Madalyn

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 5:37:12 PM

Subject: Re: velveeta?

 

:

I definitely didn't mean you are boring, nor your message since I don't know you

or have every had a conversation with you. I think the discussion evolved, like

they often do, from a criticism of using Velveeta in poppers to delivering our

message in an appetizing, attractive and fun way rather that all the adjectives

you quote me as saying. Even at my work people think I'm the food police, and

report their eating to me during the meetings when lunch is served. " I didn't

take too many carbs, I'll skip dessert, I'll only eat the salad and nibble on a

piece of fruit, I didn't have breakfast so I could have lunch " , then their eyes

open wide when they see what I have on my plate. Some even comment on it,

thinking I appreciate being critizised for eating the food that's offered. What

they don't take note of is the things I don't put on the plate, since I do it

quietly. I hate being considered the food police and never harp at others about

what they can't and shouldn't eat. You seem pretty much the same.

I still plan to stock Velveeta the original in the yellow box for the emergency

food supply, and figure out what to do with it twice a year when we have to

rotate it into our regular stock and replace it with new product. Cheese sauce

for the fortified foods residents is my only idea right now.

I love fresh foods too and am fortunate enough to have a husband and g/son who

are like me, avid gardeners. This year we planted 36 tomato varieties and gorged

on tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also made fresh sauce for pasta

and a killer tomato bisque and cream of tomato soup - yep! real heavy cream in

it too. Yum.

My flabby belly and high cholesterol don't allow the ice cream I'd love to eat,

nor the cheese. My eggs are home-grown and out of our own chickens, so I know

how they're fed and eat them whenever I want one. That's as close as I get to

hunting. My husband's father and second son hunted for all their meat in

Louisiana, and also fished it out of lakes and rivers every year. That was their

mainstay, and his mother prepared it really well. So I'm sure Jackie is enjoying

delicious game too.

Digna

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

Digna,

The Food Police..that's what they call me too!

I have family members who always look at what I eat and comment. I am in

better shape than most of them but still they judge my eating habits.

 At work no one dares to comment on my lunch (which is usualy yogurt and fruit

or vegetables and a grain and potato chips for dessert). The 40lb overweight

Social Worker who brings her 'healthy' lunch, the anorexic Activities Director

and the very chubby Pharmacist (who tells us she is on weight watchers and I

won't scare you with her lunch), we all eat lunch together.  I have no health

problems and love to eat.

Go to the gym, walk instead of driving etc...and life is good.

Madalyn

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 5:37:12 PM

Subject: Re: velveeta?

 

:

I definitely didn't mean you are boring, nor your message since I don't know you

or have every had a conversation with you. I think the discussion evolved, like

they often do, from a criticism of using Velveeta in poppers to delivering our

message in an appetizing, attractive and fun way rather that all the adjectives

you quote me as saying. Even at my work people think I'm the food police, and

report their eating to me during the meetings when lunch is served. " I didn't

take too many carbs, I'll skip dessert, I'll only eat the salad and nibble on a

piece of fruit, I didn't have breakfast so I could have lunch " , then their eyes

open wide when they see what I have on my plate. Some even comment on it,

thinking I appreciate being critizised for eating the food that's offered. What

they don't take note of is the things I don't put on the plate, since I do it

quietly. I hate being considered the food police and never harp at others about

what they can't and shouldn't eat. You seem pretty much the same.

I still plan to stock Velveeta the original in the yellow box for the emergency

food supply, and figure out what to do with it twice a year when we have to

rotate it into our regular stock and replace it with new product. Cheese sauce

for the fortified foods residents is my only idea right now.

I love fresh foods too and am fortunate enough to have a husband and g/son who

are like me, avid gardeners. This year we planted 36 tomato varieties and gorged

on tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also made fresh sauce for pasta

and a killer tomato bisque and cream of tomato soup - yep! real heavy cream in

it too. Yum.

My flabby belly and high cholesterol don't allow the ice cream I'd love to eat,

nor the cheese. My eggs are home-grown and out of our own chickens, so I know

how they're fed and eat them whenever I want one. That's as close as I get to

hunting. My husband's father and second son hunted for all their meat in

Louisiana, and also fished it out of lakes and rivers every year. That was their

mainstay, and his mother prepared it really well. So I'm sure Jackie is enjoying

delicious game too.

Digna

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

If there is one thing I have learned, is that if a client/patient went to

different Dietitians, they would get different advice...just like any other

Health Professional.

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Madalyn Friedberg wrote:

>

>

> Digna,

>

> The Food Police..that's what they call me too!

>

> I have family members who always look at what I eat and comment. I am in

> better shape than most of them but still they judge my eating habits.

>

> At work no one dares to comment on my lunch (which is usualy yogurt and

> fruit

> or vegetables and a grain and potato chips for dessert). The 40lb

> overweight

> Social Worker who brings her 'healthy' lunch, the anorexic Activities

> Director

> and the very chubby Pharmacist (who tells us she is on weight watchers and

> I

> won't scare you with her lunch), we all eat lunch together. I have no

> health

> problems and love to eat.

>

> Go to the gym, walk instead of driving etc...and life is good.

>

> Madalyn

>

> ________________________________

> From: Digna Cassens

<dignacassens@...<dignacassens%40roadrunner.com>

> >

>

> To: rd-usa <rd-usa%40yahoogroups.com>

> Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 5:37:12 PM

> Subject: Re: velveeta?

>

>

>

> :

>

> I definitely didn't mean you are boring, nor your message since I don't

> know you

> or have every had a conversation with you. I think the discussion evolved,

> like

> they often do, from a criticism of using Velveeta in poppers to delivering

> our

> message in an appetizing, attractive and fun way rather that all the

> adjectives

> you quote me as saying. Even at my work people think I'm the food police,

> and

> report their eating to me during the meetings when lunch is served. " I

> didn't

> take too many carbs, I'll skip dessert, I'll only eat the salad and nibble

> on a

> piece of fruit, I didn't have breakfast so I could have lunch " , then their

> eyes

> open wide when they see what I have on my plate. Some even comment on it,

> thinking I appreciate being critizised for eating the food that's offered.

> What

> they don't take note of is the things I don't put on the plate, since I do

> it

> quietly. I hate being considered the food police and never harp at others

> about

> what they can't and shouldn't eat. You seem pretty much the same.

>

> I still plan to stock Velveeta the original in the yellow box for the

> emergency

> food supply, and figure out what to do with it twice a year when we have to

>

> rotate it into our regular stock and replace it with new product. Cheese

> sauce

> for the fortified foods residents is my only idea right now.

>

> I love fresh foods too and am fortunate enough to have a husband and g/son

> who

> are like me, avid gardeners. This year we planted 36 tomato varieties and

> gorged

> on tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also made fresh sauce for

> pasta

> and a killer tomato bisque and cream of tomato soup - yep! real heavy cream

> in

> it too. Yum.

>

> My flabby belly and high cholesterol don't allow the ice cream I'd love to

> eat,

> nor the cheese. My eggs are home-grown and out of our own chickens, so I

> know

> how they're fed and eat them whenever I want one. That's as close as I get

> to

> hunting. My husband's father and second son hunted for all their meat in

> Louisiana, and also fished it out of lakes and rivers every year. That was

> their

> mainstay, and his mother prepared it really well. So I'm sure Jackie is

> enjoying

> delicious game too.

>

> Digna

>

> velveeta?

>

> Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

> of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

> was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

> that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

> treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

> and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

> eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

> (and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

> spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

> fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

> people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

> it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

>

> The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

> bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public

> has,

> and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

> feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

> amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

> happen to be nutritious, too !

>

> I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

> front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

> it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

> processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

> expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

> delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

>

> Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

> respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

> our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

> how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

> wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

> and transport food.

>

> Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

> history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

> was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

>

> Thanks for the interesting discussion,

>

> RD LD

> land

>

>

[Guest guest]

As with most posts I think we get off on tangents :-) All I know is growing

up (I am 55 years old) an obese child was VERY uncommon - and even

overweight rare. I think exercise plays a big part too...

>

>

> , I'm not sure if this article is in response to my post, but thanks

> for posting it. I agree, child nutrition is in a sad state of affairs.

>

>

>

>

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > I don't consider poppers to be anything but a great treat with beer on

> > > special parties. Why does everything have to be so boringly

> nutritious???

> > > That's what's wrong here. Nobody wants to hear the righteous words we

> have

> > > to offer. Even I don't want to. And guess what? for my emergency stock

> I am

> > > planning to stock the good old velveeta. It's 5 gm pro/oz slice, shelf

> life

> > > of 6 months, and can be used for all textures ---- and the residents

> will

> > > eat it!

> > >

> > > Wake up! this is a hedonistic society we're living in, and if we make

> > > everything bland and vanilla who's going to listen? and who's going to

> > > follow? The Devil had a good marketing idea, let's steal it and gain

> more

> > > followers.

> > >

> > > Digna

>

> > >

> > >

> > > velveeta?

> > >

> > > I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So

> RD's

> > > are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese

> food " ?? I

> > > know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food,

> but

> > > seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> > > microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn

> chips.

> > >

> > > Scratching my head on this one,

> > >

> > > , RD LD

> > > land

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

As with most posts I think we get off on tangents :-) All I know is growing

up (I am 55 years old) an obese child was VERY uncommon - and even

overweight rare. I think exercise plays a big part too...

>

>

> , I'm not sure if this article is in response to my post, but thanks

> for posting it. I agree, child nutrition is in a sad state of affairs.

>

>

>

>

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > I don't consider poppers to be anything but a great treat with beer on

> > > special parties. Why does everything have to be so boringly

> nutritious???

> > > That's what's wrong here. Nobody wants to hear the righteous words we

> have

> > > to offer. Even I don't want to. And guess what? for my emergency stock

> I am

> > > planning to stock the good old velveeta. It's 5 gm pro/oz slice, shelf

> life

> > > of 6 months, and can be used for all textures ---- and the residents

> will

> > > eat it!

> > >

> > > Wake up! this is a hedonistic society we're living in, and if we make

> > > everything bland and vanilla who's going to listen? and who's going to

> > > follow? The Devil had a good marketing idea, let's steal it and gain

> more

> > > followers.

> > >

> > > Digna

>

> > >

> > >

> > > velveeta?

> > >

> > > I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So

> RD's

> > > are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese

> food " ?? I

> > > know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food,

> but

> > > seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> > > microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn

> chips.

> > >

> > > Scratching my head on this one,

> > >

> > > , RD LD

> > > land

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

As with most posts I think we get off on tangents :-) All I know is growing

up (I am 55 years old) an obese child was VERY uncommon - and even

overweight rare. I think exercise plays a big part too...

>

>

> , I'm not sure if this article is in response to my post, but thanks

> for posting it. I agree, child nutrition is in a sad state of affairs.

>

>

>

>

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > I don't consider poppers to be anything but a great treat with beer on

> > > special parties. Why does everything have to be so boringly

> nutritious???

> > > That's what's wrong here. Nobody wants to hear the righteous words we

> have

> > > to offer. Even I don't want to. And guess what? for my emergency stock

> I am

> > > planning to stock the good old velveeta. It's 5 gm pro/oz slice, shelf

> life

> > > of 6 months, and can be used for all textures ---- and the residents

> will

> > > eat it!

> > >

> > > Wake up! this is a hedonistic society we're living in, and if we make

> > > everything bland and vanilla who's going to listen? and who's going to

> > > follow? The Devil had a good marketing idea, let's steal it and gain

> more

> > > followers.

> > >

> > > Digna

>

> > >

> > >

> > > velveeta?

> > >

> > > I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So

> RD's

> > > are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese

> food " ?? I

> > > know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food,

> but

> > > seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> > > microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn

> chips.

> > >

> > > Scratching my head on this one,

> > >

> > > , RD LD

> > > land

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

That being said, I just poured myself my nightly glass of wine. Cheers to you!

Have a great week.

Digna

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

That being said, I just poured myself my nightly glass of wine. Cheers to you!

Have a great week.

Digna

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

That being said, I just poured myself my nightly glass of wine. Cheers to you!

Have a great week.

Digna

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

I think the reason I don't have a problem is bc God blessed me with my father's

build - thin - and metabolism - faster than lightning. I'm still as hyperactive

as I was at 12, maybe more as I have less time to waste. I have the fastest

digestive system and defy all laws of digestion, bc I'm always hungry an hour

after I eat. But, I also have the smallest stomach and half a sandwich fills me

to capacity - for an hour. So I eat during the day, the whole day. I always skip

breakfast bc I don't feel hungry right when I get up, but I get in the car w

yogurt, string cheese 1 or 2 fruits, a HC egg, or cottage cheese, another cup of

caffeinated coffee w 1/2 & 1/2, and eat during my long commute. Regardless of when

I get there, I have to hit the almonds bag by 11 or won't make it to lunch time.

Lunch is always almost the same, mostly from the office deli Trimana, either a

salad or a soup & 1/2 sandwich, which take me about 2 hours to finish, with a

little something saved for after 4 PM. I do make it home w/o more food, and my

husband has dinner ready around 8 or 8:30, but I munch when I get home and have

a glass of wine. Needless to say it takes me all day to be nourished and

maintain my weight. I take no vit/min supplements, as pills stick in my throat

and make me burp, and I keep forgetting them. I'm healthy. My cholesterol has

been high since I was younger but nobody paid attention to it then (MDs I mean)

and I've had HTN since I was about 40 but it's been controlled (now w meds too)

w exercise and good food choices. If I don't crash my car again I may live to

be 100.

So much for the food police. I was eating a bag of potato chips one day after

lunch and the company's CFO walked into my office, and he shouted " Digna!!

YOU'RE A DIETITIAN! You eat chips? " I showed him the bag pointed at the word

POTATO and informed me that potato is a root vegetable that kept the Irish from

starving therefore they were in my food group. I also eat pork skins

(chicharrones) and love it, but not often either.

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

I think the reason I don't have a problem is bc God blessed me with my father's

build - thin - and metabolism - faster than lightning. I'm still as hyperactive

as I was at 12, maybe more as I have less time to waste. I have the fastest

digestive system and defy all laws of digestion, bc I'm always hungry an hour

after I eat. But, I also have the smallest stomach and half a sandwich fills me

to capacity - for an hour. So I eat during the day, the whole day. I always skip

breakfast bc I don't feel hungry right when I get up, but I get in the car w

yogurt, string cheese 1 or 2 fruits, a HC egg, or cottage cheese, another cup of

caffeinated coffee w 1/2 & 1/2, and eat during my long commute. Regardless of when

I get there, I have to hit the almonds bag by 11 or won't make it to lunch time.

Lunch is always almost the same, mostly from the office deli Trimana, either a

salad or a soup & 1/2 sandwich, which take me about 2 hours to finish, with a

little something saved for after 4 PM. I do make it home w/o more food, and my

husband has dinner ready around 8 or 8:30, but I munch when I get home and have

a glass of wine. Needless to say it takes me all day to be nourished and

maintain my weight. I take no vit/min supplements, as pills stick in my throat

and make me burp, and I keep forgetting them. I'm healthy. My cholesterol has

been high since I was younger but nobody paid attention to it then (MDs I mean)

and I've had HTN since I was about 40 but it's been controlled (now w meds too)

w exercise and good food choices. If I don't crash my car again I may live to

be 100.

So much for the food police. I was eating a bag of potato chips one day after

lunch and the company's CFO walked into my office, and he shouted " Digna!!

YOU'RE A DIETITIAN! You eat chips? " I showed him the bag pointed at the word

POTATO and informed me that potato is a root vegetable that kept the Irish from

starving therefore they were in my food group. I also eat pork skins

(chicharrones) and love it, but not often either.

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

I think the reason I don't have a problem is bc God blessed me with my father's

build - thin - and metabolism - faster than lightning. I'm still as hyperactive

as I was at 12, maybe more as I have less time to waste. I have the fastest

digestive system and defy all laws of digestion, bc I'm always hungry an hour

after I eat. But, I also have the smallest stomach and half a sandwich fills me

to capacity - for an hour. So I eat during the day, the whole day. I always skip

breakfast bc I don't feel hungry right when I get up, but I get in the car w

yogurt, string cheese 1 or 2 fruits, a HC egg, or cottage cheese, another cup of

caffeinated coffee w 1/2 & 1/2, and eat during my long commute. Regardless of when

I get there, I have to hit the almonds bag by 11 or won't make it to lunch time.

Lunch is always almost the same, mostly from the office deli Trimana, either a

salad or a soup & 1/2 sandwich, which take me about 2 hours to finish, with a

little something saved for after 4 PM. I do make it home w/o more food, and my

husband has dinner ready around 8 or 8:30, but I munch when I get home and have

a glass of wine. Needless to say it takes me all day to be nourished and

maintain my weight. I take no vit/min supplements, as pills stick in my throat

and make me burp, and I keep forgetting them. I'm healthy. My cholesterol has

been high since I was younger but nobody paid attention to it then (MDs I mean)

and I've had HTN since I was about 40 but it's been controlled (now w meds too)

w exercise and good food choices. If I don't crash my car again I may live to

be 100.

So much for the food police. I was eating a bag of potato chips one day after

lunch and the company's CFO walked into my office, and he shouted " Digna!!

YOU'RE A DIETITIAN! You eat chips? " I showed him the bag pointed at the word

POTATO and informed me that potato is a root vegetable that kept the Irish from

starving therefore they were in my food group. I also eat pork skins

(chicharrones) and love it, but not often either.

velveeta?

Wow- Boringly nutritious, bland, preachy, and stale are the exact opposite

of what I stand for and promote! That was the polar opposite of the point I

was making. I'm sorry if I was unclear. In fact, anyone who knows me knows

that I LOVE food, eating, flavor, cooking, and fresh foods! Here we eat our

treats for sure, and also lots of fresh butter, just-harvested local fruits

and vegetables, whole, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, farm fresh

eggs, honey, and baked goods made from all those delicious ingredients.

(and yes, my kids even eat candy, too) I am the " renegade " dietitian who

spends a lot of time undoing the low-cal, low-fat, low salt, processed,

fake, " diet " food advice people have gotten from other RD's and encourages

people to eat REAL FOOD, real fats, real salt, real sweeteners, and savor

it. So a fat-phobe and fun food hater I am definitely not.

The notion that not using processed foods and/or eating healthy makes life

bland and boring and flavorless is a huge misconception that the public has,

and I'm sorry to hear that some nutrition professionals have similar

feelings. As an RD, I love to think about, talk about, and eat the

amazingly flavorful, gorgeous variety of REAL FOODS out there (that just

happen to be nutritious, too !

I personally would be embarrassed to use my RD credential and stand up in

front of a group and tell them to microwave some processed " cheez " and pour

it on corn chips (and presumably be paid to do so.) Anyone can google a

processed food recipe and make it. How does that take a " nutrition

expert " ? The whole point of an RD, I assumed, was to make food fun,

delicious, and creative, that also happens to be healthy.

Jackie- I think it's awesome that you hunt your own meat and show such

respect toward it. I teach my kids the same, and we visit the farms where

our food comes from and they have a full understanding of what meat is and

how it gets to our table. I am always encouraging others to do the same. I

wish more people had an interest and understanding of what it takes to grow

and transport food.

Interesting historical notes as well. I love history, including food

history, but also feel that just because something convenient or ingenious

was invented, doesn't mean it's necessarily a great thing to be eating.

Thanks for the interesting discussion,

RD LD

land

[Guest guest]

Here I go again. What do you feed an animal to fatten it up for slauther, grain,

corn in particular. Corn feed beef. Or as they do it in Japan beer another form

of grain. So what do we encourage, high grain consumption. Before you say it

they do not feed these animals processed " white " food. Now we after years of

encouraging a grain based diet are reaping the results. Historically prior to

the Black Plague most people ate a truly grain based diet with little or no meat

or vegetables. Life was short fertility was low, survival to adulthood unlikely.

After the Black Plague the diet of the general population improved. Meat became

part of the diet and I am not talking the local cow. Vegetables entered into the

general diet. You start to get really good recipes coming out of the times. It

is not till the little ice age that food again becomes a general problem and the

quality of the diet goes down. Poor nutrition in the cities became rampant and

several revolutions took place. Sounds a little like this day and age. We are

pushing vegetarianism now as the latest way to cure the problem. Great all those

GMO corn and soy products. And don't think just because you avoid GMO foods that

you are not eating GMO products, what do you think they fatten meat on in the

stock yards. It is wonderful that you can purchase fresh fruits and vegetables.

Gardens are great I got 12 seed potatoes out of my garden this year. But look

around you in the store, see that gal with a cart with a few items in it mostly

cheap foods from the " Inner Isles " she is not doing this for the fun of it. Food

stamps allow for emergency levels of fruit and vegetable if you shop carefully,

on sale, in the suburbs. Our cities are food deserts and we chide people for

eating cheap food. You get more calories per dollar in the " Inner Isles " then on

the 'Outer Edged " . Unless you have walked the walk you have no idea how

depressing it is to walk down isle after isle and not be able to buy anything

you can afford but cheap processed food. The landscape is not going to change

anytime soon because the system won't allow it. It may take another Black Plague

to set things right or a revolution. Unfortunately we are just compounding the

problem with the direction we keep pushing. I bet everyone of those soldiers ate

themselves sick with fresh fruit and vegetables before they went for the junk

food as soon as they hit the states..

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham, AK

[Guest guest]

Here I go again. What do you feed an animal to fatten it up for slauther, grain,

corn in particular. Corn feed beef. Or as they do it in Japan beer another form

of grain. So what do we encourage, high grain consumption. Before you say it

they do not feed these animals processed " white " food. Now we after years of

encouraging a grain based diet are reaping the results. Historically prior to

the Black Plague most people ate a truly grain based diet with little or no meat

or vegetables. Life was short fertility was low, survival to adulthood unlikely.

After the Black Plague the diet of the general population improved. Meat became

part of the diet and I am not talking the local cow. Vegetables entered into the

general diet. You start to get really good recipes coming out of the times. It

is not till the little ice age that food again becomes a general problem and the

quality of the diet goes down. Poor nutrition in the cities became rampant and

several revolutions took place. Sounds a little like this day and age. We are

pushing vegetarianism now as the latest way to cure the problem. Great all those

GMO corn and soy products. And don't think just because you avoid GMO foods that

you are not eating GMO products, what do you think they fatten meat on in the

stock yards. It is wonderful that you can purchase fresh fruits and vegetables.

Gardens are great I got 12 seed potatoes out of my garden this year. But look

around you in the store, see that gal with a cart with a few items in it mostly

cheap foods from the " Inner Isles " she is not doing this for the fun of it. Food

stamps allow for emergency levels of fruit and vegetable if you shop carefully,

on sale, in the suburbs. Our cities are food deserts and we chide people for

eating cheap food. You get more calories per dollar in the " Inner Isles " then on

the 'Outer Edged " . Unless you have walked the walk you have no idea how

depressing it is to walk down isle after isle and not be able to buy anything

you can afford but cheap processed food. The landscape is not going to change

anytime soon because the system won't allow it. It may take another Black Plague

to set things right or a revolution. Unfortunately we are just compounding the

problem with the direction we keep pushing. I bet everyone of those soldiers ate

themselves sick with fresh fruit and vegetables before they went for the junk

food as soon as they hit the states..

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham, AK

[Guest guest]

Here I go again. What do you feed an animal to fatten it up for slauther, grain,

corn in particular. Corn feed beef. Or as they do it in Japan beer another form

of grain. So what do we encourage, high grain consumption. Before you say it

they do not feed these animals processed " white " food. Now we after years of

encouraging a grain based diet are reaping the results. Historically prior to

the Black Plague most people ate a truly grain based diet with little or no meat

or vegetables. Life was short fertility was low, survival to adulthood unlikely.

After the Black Plague the diet of the general population improved. Meat became

part of the diet and I am not talking the local cow. Vegetables entered into the

general diet. You start to get really good recipes coming out of the times. It

is not till the little ice age that food again becomes a general problem and the

quality of the diet goes down. Poor nutrition in the cities became rampant and

several revolutions took place. Sounds a little like this day and age. We are

pushing vegetarianism now as the latest way to cure the problem. Great all those

GMO corn and soy products. And don't think just because you avoid GMO foods that

you are not eating GMO products, what do you think they fatten meat on in the

stock yards. It is wonderful that you can purchase fresh fruits and vegetables.

Gardens are great I got 12 seed potatoes out of my garden this year. But look

around you in the store, see that gal with a cart with a few items in it mostly

cheap foods from the " Inner Isles " she is not doing this for the fun of it. Food

stamps allow for emergency levels of fruit and vegetable if you shop carefully,

on sale, in the suburbs. Our cities are food deserts and we chide people for

eating cheap food. You get more calories per dollar in the " Inner Isles " then on

the 'Outer Edged " . Unless you have walked the walk you have no idea how

depressing it is to walk down isle after isle and not be able to buy anything

you can afford but cheap processed food. The landscape is not going to change

anytime soon because the system won't allow it. It may take another Black Plague

to set things right or a revolution. Unfortunately we are just compounding the

problem with the direction we keep pushing. I bet everyone of those soldiers ate

themselves sick with fresh fruit and vegetables before they went for the junk

food as soon as they hit the states..

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham, AK

[Guest guest]

Remember that Jackie's originally posted recipe included lean ground moose. My

family had nachos last night. We use ground elk instead of time, air and temp

compromised ground beef found in most stores. Another new addition that I made

last night to my end of the nachos platter was thin sliced Roma tomatoes on each

one. My teenage son started stealing my tomatoes! Another good addition to the

mix is black olives. And jalapenos are a pretty good veggie, even if they are

pickled.

W. Rowell, RD, LN

Montana State Hospital, Warm Spring, MT

Consultant Dietitian, Long Term Care

Certified LEAP Therapist

Re: velveeta?

BUT you can find those type of recipes everywhere but not always how to make

them healthier. That is up to the Dietitians.

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Digna Cassens

wrote:

>

>

> I agree with this article and the researchers conclusion. However, there's

> a

> difference bw filling up on candy bars, soda and pizza, and posting a

> recipe

> for poppers that are known to be " bar " snacks for adults. It is also still

> very important that if we want our message heard, we have to make it fun,

> popular, and not stale and preachy.

>

> Digna

>

>

> velveeta?

> >>

> >> I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So RD's

> >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese food " ??

>

> >> I

> >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food, but

> >> seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn chips.

> >>

> >> Scratching my head on this one,

> >>

> >> , RD LD

> >> land

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

Remember that Jackie's originally posted recipe included lean ground moose. My

family had nachos last night. We use ground elk instead of time, air and temp

compromised ground beef found in most stores. Another new addition that I made

last night to my end of the nachos platter was thin sliced Roma tomatoes on each

one. My teenage son started stealing my tomatoes! Another good addition to the

mix is black olives. And jalapenos are a pretty good veggie, even if they are

pickled.

W. Rowell, RD, LN

Montana State Hospital, Warm Spring, MT

Consultant Dietitian, Long Term Care

Certified LEAP Therapist

Re: velveeta?

BUT you can find those type of recipes everywhere but not always how to make

them healthier. That is up to the Dietitians.

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Digna Cassens

wrote:

>

>

> I agree with this article and the researchers conclusion. However, there's

> a

> difference bw filling up on candy bars, soda and pizza, and posting a

> recipe

> for poppers that are known to be " bar " snacks for adults. It is also still

> very important that if we want our message heard, we have to make it fun,

> popular, and not stale and preachy.

>

> Digna

>

>

> velveeta?

> >>

> >> I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So RD's

> >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese food " ??

>

> >> I

> >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food, but

> >> seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn chips.

> >>

> >> Scratching my head on this one,

> >>

> >> , RD LD

> >> land

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

Thanks.  All I asked was for a couple of her recipes and the list went

insane. That's why I asked what article.... a simple request is not an article

nor does it mean that I'm not teaching good nutrition here.

I'd still like Jackie's recipe for baked poppers.   I'm not working with great

chefs here at Fort Riley. I'm teaching soldiers with TBIs who may or may not

remember they signed up for a class or a trip or any number of things.  I do not

believe that Velveeta is as evil as some  of you on the list seem to think. 

Re-read the ingredients and nutrition label.  Just because something is

formulated to make it easy to use in certain recipes, doesn't make it

non-nutritious.  grrr.

grumpy

velveeta?

> >>

> >> I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So RD's

> >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese food " ??

>

> >> I

> >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food, but

> >> seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn chips.

> >>

> >> Scratching my head on this one,

> >>

> >> , RD LD

> >> land

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

Thanks.  All I asked was for a couple of her recipes and the list went

insane. That's why I asked what article.... a simple request is not an article

nor does it mean that I'm not teaching good nutrition here.

I'd still like Jackie's recipe for baked poppers.   I'm not working with great

chefs here at Fort Riley. I'm teaching soldiers with TBIs who may or may not

remember they signed up for a class or a trip or any number of things.  I do not

believe that Velveeta is as evil as some  of you on the list seem to think. 

Re-read the ingredients and nutrition label.  Just because something is

formulated to make it easy to use in certain recipes, doesn't make it

non-nutritious.  grrr.

grumpy

velveeta?

> >>

> >> I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So RD's

> >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese food " ??

>

> >> I

> >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food, but

> >> seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn chips.

> >>

> >> Scratching my head on this one,

> >>

> >> , RD LD

> >> land

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

Hi and all,

Velveeta and other 'SAD' foods are certainly not the root of all evil -

corporations have that covered!  I found the string of responses entertaining

and thought provoking. People have to start from where they are at with change

and mixing velveeta and salsa may be a real success for some eaters out there.

More and more people have never prepared food at all. Simple can be a good

place

to start and chopped veggies on the side can be encouraged as a healthy

extra. Baby carrots and hummous or refried bean dip can be just two extra

things

in the grocery cart but a huge nutritional touchdown.

Thanks ,  for your great work with our soldiers. 

    

 

  R Vajda, R.D.

Marquette, Michigan

________________________________

To: rd-usa

Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 11:54:31 AM

Subject: Re: velveeta?

 

Thanks.  All I asked was for a couple of her recipes and the list went

insane. That's why I asked what article.... a simple request is not an article

nor does it mean that I'm not teaching good nutrition here.

I'd still like Jackie's recipe for baked poppers.   I'm not working with great

chefs here at Fort Riley. I'm teaching soldiers with TBIs who may or may not

remember they signed up for a class or a trip or any number of things.  I do

not

believe that Velveeta is as evil as some  of you on the list seem to think. 

Re-read the ingredients and nutrition label.  Just because something is

formulated to make it easy to use in certain recipes, doesn't make it

non-nutritious.  grrr.

grumpy

velveeta?

> >>

> >> I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So RD's

> >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese food " ??

>

> >> I

> >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food, but

> >> seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn chips.

> >>

> >> Scratching my head on this one,

> >>

> >> , RD LD

> >> land

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

I agree. A little Velveeta provides some calcium and there are plenty of good

stuff to put it on that might not get eaten otherwise. As for evil corporations,

I believe there are a few on this list serve and many of us make a good living

working and consulting for corporations! Maybe not so evil after all.

W. Rowell, RD, LN

Montana State Hospital, Warm Spring, MT

Consultant Dietitian, Long Term Care

Certified LEAP Therapist

From: rd-usa [mailto:rd-usa ] On Behalf Of

Vajda

Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:34 AM

To: rd-usa

Subject: Re: velveeta?

Hi and all,

Velveeta and other 'SAD' foods are certainly not the root of all evil -

corporations have that covered! I found the string of responses entertaining

and thought provoking. People have to start from where they are at with change

and mixing velveeta and salsa may be a real success for some eaters out there.

More and more people have never prepared food at all. Simple can be a good place

to start and chopped veggies on the side can be encouraged as a healthy

extra. Baby carrots and hummous or refried bean dip can be just two extra things

in the grocery cart but a huge nutritional touchdown.

Thanks , for your great work with our soldiers.

R Vajda, R.D.

Marquette, Michigan

________________________________

From: Schoneweis <sschonew@...<mailto:sschonew%40yahoo.com>>

To: rd-usa <mailto:rd-usa%40yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 11:54:31 AM

Subject: Re: velveeta?

Thanks. All I asked was for a couple of her recipes and the list went

insane. That's why I asked what article.... a simple request is not an article

nor does it mean that I'm not teaching good nutrition here.

I'd still like Jackie's recipe for baked poppers. I'm not working with great

chefs here at Fort Riley. I'm teaching soldiers with TBIs who may or may not

remember they signed up for a class or a trip or any number of things. I do not

believe that Velveeta is as evil as some of you on the list seem to think.

Re-read the ingredients and nutrition label. Just because something is

formulated to make it easy to use in certain recipes, doesn't make it

non-nutritious. grrr.

grumpy

velveeta?

> >>

> >> I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So RD's

> >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese food " ??

>

> >> I

> >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food, but

> >> seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn chips.

> >>

> >> Scratching my head on this one,

> >>

> >> , RD LD

> >> land

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

I agree. A little Velveeta provides some calcium and there are plenty of good

stuff to put it on that might not get eaten otherwise. As for evil corporations,

I believe there are a few on this list serve and many of us make a good living

working and consulting for corporations! Maybe not so evil after all.

W. Rowell, RD, LN

Montana State Hospital, Warm Spring, MT

Consultant Dietitian, Long Term Care

Certified LEAP Therapist

From: rd-usa [mailto:rd-usa ] On Behalf Of

Vajda

Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:34 AM

To: rd-usa

Subject: Re: velveeta?

Hi and all,

Velveeta and other 'SAD' foods are certainly not the root of all evil -

corporations have that covered! I found the string of responses entertaining

and thought provoking. People have to start from where they are at with change

and mixing velveeta and salsa may be a real success for some eaters out there.

More and more people have never prepared food at all. Simple can be a good place

to start and chopped veggies on the side can be encouraged as a healthy

extra. Baby carrots and hummous or refried bean dip can be just two extra things

in the grocery cart but a huge nutritional touchdown.

Thanks , for your great work with our soldiers.

R Vajda, R.D.

Marquette, Michigan

________________________________

From: Schoneweis <sschonew@...<mailto:sschonew%40yahoo.com>>

To: rd-usa <mailto:rd-usa%40yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 11:54:31 AM

Subject: Re: velveeta?

Thanks. All I asked was for a couple of her recipes and the list went

insane. That's why I asked what article.... a simple request is not an article

nor does it mean that I'm not teaching good nutrition here.

I'd still like Jackie's recipe for baked poppers. I'm not working with great

chefs here at Fort Riley. I'm teaching soldiers with TBIs who may or may not

remember they signed up for a class or a trip or any number of things. I do not

believe that Velveeta is as evil as some of you on the list seem to think.

Re-read the ingredients and nutrition label. Just because something is

formulated to make it easy to use in certain recipes, doesn't make it

non-nutritious. grrr.

grumpy

velveeta?

> >>

> >> I had to read this three times to make sure I was reading right. So RD's

> >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use " processed cheese food " ??

>

> >> I

> >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and supposed to be party food, but

> >> seriously...there has to be something more nutritious RD's can offer

> than

> >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and pouring it over corn chips.

> >>

> >> Scratching my head on this one,

> >>

> >> , RD LD

> >> land

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

Does everyone realize that Velveeta makes a 2% milk version.....not low salt but

better than the regular version.

---- Original message ----

>Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:54:31 -0700 (PDT)

>From: rd-usa (on behalf of Schoneweis

)

>Subject: Re: velveeta?

>To: rd-usa

>

>

>

> Thanks.  All I asked was for a couple of her

> recipes and the list went

> insane. That's why I asked what article.... a

> simple request is not an article

> nor does it mean that I'm not teaching good

> nutrition here.

>

> I'd still like Jackie's recipe for baked

> poppers.   I'm not working with great

> chefs here at Fort Riley. I'm teaching soldiers with

> TBIs who may or may not

> remember they signed up for a class or a trip or any

> number of things.  I do not

> believe that Velveeta is as evil as some  of you on

> the list seem to think. 

> Re-read the ingredients and nutrition label.  Just

> because something is

> formulated to make it easy to use in certain

> recipes, doesn't make it

> non-nutritious.  grrr.

>

> grumpy

>

> velveeta?

> > >>

> > >> I had to read this three times to make sure I

> was reading right. So RD's

> > >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use

> " processed cheese food " ??

> >

> > >> I

> > >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and

> supposed to be party food, but

> > >> seriously...there has to be something more

> nutritious RD's can offer

> > than

> > >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and

> pouring it over corn chips.

> > >>

> > >> Scratching my head on this one,

> > >>

> > >> , RD LD

> > >> land

> > >>

> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> > >>

> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > --

> > > Ortiz, MS, RD

> > > *The FRUGAL Dietitian*

> <http://www.thefrugaldietitian.com>

> >

> > > Check out my blog: mixture of deals and

> nutrition

> > >

> > > * " Older Dietitians " - seasoned to PERFECTION**

> >

> > > *

> > >

> > >

> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ------------------------------------

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Does everyone realize that Velveeta makes a 2% milk version.....not low salt but

better than the regular version.

---- Original message ----

>Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:54:31 -0700 (PDT)

>From: rd-usa (on behalf of Schoneweis

)

>Subject: Re: velveeta?

>To: rd-usa

>

>

>

> Thanks.  All I asked was for a couple of her

> recipes and the list went

> insane. That's why I asked what article.... a

> simple request is not an article

> nor does it mean that I'm not teaching good

> nutrition here.

>

> I'd still like Jackie's recipe for baked

> poppers.   I'm not working with great

> chefs here at Fort Riley. I'm teaching soldiers with

> TBIs who may or may not

> remember they signed up for a class or a trip or any

> number of things.  I do not

> believe that Velveeta is as evil as some  of you on

> the list seem to think. 

> Re-read the ingredients and nutrition label.  Just

> because something is

> formulated to make it easy to use in certain

> recipes, doesn't make it

> non-nutritious.  grrr.

>

> grumpy

>

> velveeta?

> > >>

> > >> I had to read this three times to make sure I

> was reading right. So RD's

> > >> are now encouraging and teaching others to use

> " processed cheese food " ??

> >

> > >> I

> > >> know this is for tailgating soldiers, and

> supposed to be party food, but

> > >> seriously...there has to be something more

> nutritious RD's can offer

> > than

> > >> microwaving some velveeta in canned milk and

> pouring it over corn chips.

> > >>

> > >> Scratching my head on this one,

> > >>

> > >> , RD LD

> > >> land

> > >>

> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> > >>

> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > --

> > > Ortiz, MS, RD

> > > *The FRUGAL Dietitian*

> <http://www.thefrugaldietitian.com>

> >

> > > Check out my blog: mixture of deals and

> nutrition

> > >

> > > * " Older Dietitians " - seasoned to PERFECTION**

> >

> > > *

> > >

> > >

> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ------------------------------------

> > >

> > >