For reasons beyond the scope of this thread, my sister and brother-in-law have been staying with me for the past few weeks, and will likely be staying at my place for at least another couple of weeks. in lieu of paying rent, they have agreed to make dinner every night while they are in my home. I pay for the food. They just buy it and prepare it.
Yesterday, I asked them if they could start making healthier meals. We'd been eating a lot of frozen food and other low-quality stuff without any vegetables to speak of, so I was just hoping for some fresh food and something green every once in a while. They seemed really receptive to the idea of eating healthier, but when my brother-in-law came back from the grocery store today, basically he'd just bought every "health food" gimmick available. Fake butter, low fat sour cream, those egg whites that come in a milk carton, the "whole wheat" version of the store bought bread that has an expiration date sometime in the middle of next year, etc. I was kind of expecting quality meat, fresh vegetables, and baked goods that were made in the building they were sold from when we agreed to eat healthier.
Is this what the average guy actually thinks "eating healthy" is supposed to mean? The stuff that is in my refrigerator right now just seems like a bunch of junk food. To me, healthy food means a quality cut of meat served with fresh greens tossed in good olive oil and balsamic vinegar, not low sodium frozen burritos served with low fat sour cream. Do regular families really buy into these gimmicks?