Pasta for dinner

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP, and I think sandwiches would be equally fine, probably with the same sides (e.g. cucumbers and cutie oranges)

Or grilled cheese, or quick quesadillas, or chick fil a dupe nuggets or veggies and hummus, or frozen pizza.

Okay, so I'm judging your nuggets and frozen pizza a lot harder than a bowl of pasta. This just goes to show that what people think is "better" is completely subjective.

OP, please finagle an impromptu lunch invite to your guest's house next time, and see what she serves you. Feel free to raise your eyebrows expressively and give her a long, appraising look before you silently tuck into whatever the F she dishes out.

But why judge that's so rude! See how easy it is? But if you prefer your friends to blow smoke up your not knowing how to cook ass, then that is a personal choice.

It's not rude to judge, only to make apparent that the judging is happening.

Look, if every meal must optimize your protein/fat/carb ratios, then you cannnot accept random invitations to dine. You must decline graciously and go home to feed yourself. If you accept an invitation to dine, you must steel yourself to the fact that the offering is completely out of your control and to be a gracious guest you must eat what is placed before you without comment (unless complimentary), unless you have clearly told the host of your vegetarianism/nut allergy/other well-known, not made up dietary restriction. Christ, I've known this since I was 7, when I choked down tuna casserole at my friend's house even though I really wasn't fond of it. The fact that adults today cannot handle this and would rather let their preferences be rudely known shows a real drop in social etiquette. I think it comes from the rise of people eating out so much, where they get to choose exactly what they want. People are not used to eating at other people's houses anymore and it shows.

100%. It was a lovely gesture to make a pasta lunch. The rudeness and rigidity on this thread is depressing.

1000%. And this is one of the reasons why many people are hesitant to issue invitations and initiate social contacts.

Well, the lady the OP invited is never coming back to her house. And others will know about the shitty hospitality of serving boiled pasta. LOL.

Are you supposed to serve it uncooked?

According to almondology it's preferable uncooked because the calories you expend trying to chew and digest uncooked pasta make up for the bad calories consumed.

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Anonymous wrote:Peak almond posting is not understanding that normal healthy people eat a variety of foods in a variety of situations. Almond moms think that any internet stranger who is relaxed about food must weigh 400 lbs. They believe that all healthy people are obsessing about food the way they are. It's a mental illness.

+1

These women have mental disorders.

The rigidity around meals is, IMO, setting up the kids for a bad relationship with food. In my family, we have a basic structure around meals and mealtimes, but we can also go with the flow. Sometimes we skip a meal. Sometimes we have pasta now and fruit or veggies later. We even have the occasional day where we don’t eat ANY vegetables (the horror!)

I’ll bet a lot of the rude, friendless pearl clutchers in this thread still think you have to combine beans and rice at each meal in order to get a complete protein. They haven’t gotten the memo that you need overall balance in your diet, but that doesn’t mean everything has to be perfectly balanced every single time you eat…

Two things -

1. You actually lack a basic structure for meals and mealtimes. And that's because it is a symptom of organizational dysregulation of the household. Your "hearth" is not "hearthing".

2. The bad relationship with food happens not only for those kids who function within very strict rules of "good and bad" foods and portion control, but also for those kids who are not given food at predictable times or nutritious foods. Just like what you have detailed. So, while you are making fun of"friendless pearl clutcher almond mom", you are the opposite end of the spectrum.

And frankly, OP actually lost a "friend" because of her lazy negligent poverty meal was not appealing to a functional parent. So, who is the friendless person now?

I’m pleased to be the opposite of a friendless pearl clutcher almond mom! Did you think that was an insult?

The rest of your response just proves the point that you are rigid to a disordered degree. You don’t even understand words such as “sometimes” and “occasional” - that’s not healthy.

Some literally do not understand these words. I had a conversation with an almond mom at a kid's birthday party and she was complaining about oreos being served as snacks, and her whole premise was based on an assumption that these kids ate oreos at every single meal every day their whole lives. She couldn't understand when I pointed out that you cannot make that assumption based on one observation at one birthday party. She was like, "but look, they are eating oreos right now." So I would guess that some almond mom brains have trouble with language processing and logic. And maybe that's why they can't figure out how to eat like a normal person in moderation. Only one extreme or the other makes sense to their brains.

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Anonymous wrote:Peak almond posting is not understanding that normal healthy people eat a variety of foods in a variety of situations. Almond moms think that any internet stranger who is relaxed about food must weigh 400 lbs. They believe that all healthy people are obsessing about food the way they are. It's a mental illness.

+1

These women have mental disorders.

The rigidity around meals is, IMO, setting up the kids for a bad relationship with food. In my family, we have a basic structure around meals and mealtimes, but we can also go with the flow. Sometimes we skip a meal. Sometimes we have pasta now and fruit or veggies later. We even have the occasional day where we don’t eat ANY vegetables (the horror!)

I’ll bet a lot of the rude, friendless pearl clutchers in this thread still think you have to combine beans and rice at each meal in order to get a complete protein. They haven’t gotten the memo that you need overall balance in your diet, but that doesn’t mean everything has to be perfectly balanced every single time you eat…

Two things -

1. You actually lack a basic structure for meals and mealtimes. And that's because it is a symptom of organizational dysregulation of the household. Your "hearth" is not "hearthing".

2. The bad relationship with food happens not only for those kids who function within very strict rules of "good and bad" foods and portion control, but also for those kids who are not given food at predictable times or nutritious foods. Just like what you have detailed. So, while you are making fun of"friendless pearl clutcher almond mom", you are the opposite end of the spectrum.

And frankly, OP actually lost a "friend" because of her lazy negligent poverty meal was not appealing to a functional parent. So, who is the friendless person now?

I’m pleased to be the opposite of a friendless pearl clutcher almond mom! Did you think that was an insult?

The rest of your response just proves the point that you are rigid to a disordered degree. You don’t even understand words such as “sometimes” and “occasional” - that’s not healthy.

Some literally do not understand these words. I had a conversation with an almond mom at a kid's birthday party and she was complaining about oreos being served as snacks, and her whole premise was based on an assumption that these kids ate oreos at every single meal every day their whole lives. She couldn't understand when I pointed out that you cannot make that assumption based on one observation at one birthday party. She was like, "but look, they are eating oreos right now." So I would guess that some almond mom brains have trouble with language processing and logic. And maybe that's why they can't figure out how to eat like a normal person in moderation. Only one extreme or the other makes sense to their brains.

Oh, irony

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Still...shit food y'all are eating.

What's next? Rice with salt?

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bump

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We made it past 30 😂

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peak almond posting is not understanding that normal healthy people eat a variety of foods in a variety of situations. Almond moms think that any internet stranger who is relaxed about food must weigh 400 lbs. They believe that all healthy people are obsessing about food the way they are. It's a mental illness.

+1

These women have mental disorders.

The rigidity around meals is, IMO, setting up the kids for a bad relationship with food. In my family, we have a basic structure around meals and mealtimes, but we can also go with the flow. Sometimes we skip a meal. Sometimes we have pasta now and fruit or veggies later. We even have the occasional day where we don’t eat ANY vegetables (the horror!)

I’ll bet a lot of the rude, friendless pearl clutchers in this thread still think you have to combine beans and rice at each meal in order to get a complete protein. They haven’t gotten the memo that you need overall balance in your diet, but that doesn’t mean everything has to be perfectly balanced every single time you eat…

Two things -

1. You actually lack a basic structure for meals and mealtimes. And that's because it is a symptom of organizational dysregulation of the household. Your "hearth" is not "hearthing".

2. The bad relationship with food happens not only for those kids who function within very strict rules of "good and bad" foods and portion control, but also for those kids who are not given food at predictable times or nutritious foods. Just like what you have detailed. So, while you are making fun of"friendless pearl clutcher almond mom", you are the opposite end of the spectrum.

And frankly, OP actually lost a "friend" because of her lazy negligent poverty meal was not appealing to a functional parent. So, who is the friendless person now?

I’m pleased to be the opposite of a friendless pearl clutcher almond mom! Did you think that was an insult?

The rest of your response just proves the point that you are rigid to a disordered degree. You don’t even understand words such as “sometimes” and “occasional” - that’s not healthy.

Some literally do not understand these words. I had a conversation with an almond mom at a kid's birthday party and she was complaining about oreos being served as snacks, and her whole premise was based on an assumption that these kids ate oreos at every single meal every day their whole lives. She couldn't understand when I pointed out that you cannot make that assumption based on one observation at one birthday party. She was like, "but look, they are eating oreos right now." So I would guess that some almond mom brains have trouble with language processing and logic. And maybe that's why they can't figure out how to eat like a normal person in moderation. Only one extreme or the other makes sense to their brains.

This reminds me when my son was in kindergarten, a school mom mentioned she couldn’t get her kids and herself to stop eating the entire pack of Oreos. I just said we didn’t buy them. She stared at me like I’m an alien.

Honestly my son had no idea what an Oreo was until he went to school and saw them. We eat plenty of less nutritious food, like chocolate chip cookies and ice cream and cake. I just try to buy treats made with real ingredients.

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Guys we made it past 30 pages! A round of buttered noodles for all!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:We had pasta with pesto sauce for dinner in honor of this thread. Salad on the side, but no meat in or alongside this meal.

I'm sure most of the naysayers would think the pasta OP served WITH A SIDE SALAD would be perfectly normal and acceptable.

Of course, so mommy could eat the lettuce and literally one piece of pasta and say she's sooooooooo full.

I would eat all the pasta and salad, and do think the OP's friend was rude to say anything, but I still think it was odd of OP to invite them over and plop a bowl of pasta in front of everyone without asking or offering anything more. A plate of fruit at the end, or offering a vegetable plate, something, anything!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peak almond posting is not understanding that normal healthy people eat a variety of foods in a variety of situations. Almond moms think that any internet stranger who is relaxed about food must weigh 400 lbs. They believe that all healthy people are obsessing about food the way they are. It's a mental illness.

+1

These women have mental disorders.

The rigidity around meals is, IMO, setting up the kids for a bad relationship with food. In my family, we have a basic structure around meals and mealtimes, but we can also go with the flow. Sometimes we skip a meal. Sometimes we have pasta now and fruit or veggies later. We even have the occasional day where we don’t eat ANY vegetables (the horror!)

I’ll bet a lot of the rude, friendless pearl clutchers in this thread still think you have to combine beans and rice at each meal in order to get a complete protein. They haven’t gotten the memo that you need overall balance in your diet, but that doesn’t mean everything has to be perfectly balanced every single time you eat…

Two things -

1. You actually lack a basic structure for meals and mealtimes. And that's because it is a symptom of organizational dysregulation of the household. Your "hearth" is not "hearthing".

2. The bad relationship with food happens not only for those kids who function within very strict rules of "good and bad" foods and portion control, but also for those kids who are not given food at predictable times or nutritious foods. Just like what you have detailed. So, while you are making fun of"friendless pearl clutcher almond mom", you are the opposite end of the spectrum.

And frankly, OP actually lost a "friend" because of her lazy negligent poverty meal was not appealing to a functional parent. So, who is the friendless person now?

I’m pleased to be the opposite of a friendless pearl clutcher almond mom! Did you think that was an insult?

The rest of your response just proves the point that you are rigid to a disordered degree. You don’t even understand words such as “sometimes” and “occasional” - that’s not healthy.

Gotta admit this is one of the most DCUM insults ever, though, you should be proud to have earned this: Your "hearth" is not "hearthing".

"Your hearth is not hearthing" had me rolling! Figuratively, of course. As a fellow almond mom, I am thin and have no fat rolls to be rolling on.

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Almond moms are moms who care about what their kids eat? Ok then, another almond mom checking in. I also care about my kids grades and their sleep habits.

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I wonder if we have the same friend. Because I know a woman who complains to all the other parents (except the host, to her credit) when she goes to a kid party at a trampoline park or bowling alley and there is pizza and cake but no fruits or vegetables to go with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had pasta with pesto sauce for dinner in honor of this thread. Salad on the side, but no meat in or alongside this meal.

I'm sure most of the naysayers would think the pasta OP served WITH A SIDE SALAD would be perfectly normal and acceptable.

Of course, so mommy could eat the lettuce and literally one piece of pasta and say she's sooooooooo full.

I would eat all the pasta and salad, and do think the OP's friend was rude to say anything, but I still think it was odd of OP to invite them over and plop a bowl of pasta in front of everyone without asking or offering anything more. A plate of fruit at the end, or offering a vegetable plate, something, anything!

I honestly think some of you should just decline invitations to meals, because you will never be satisfied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peak almond posting is not understanding that normal healthy people eat a variety of foods in a variety of situations. Almond moms think that any internet stranger who is relaxed about food must weigh 400 lbs. They believe that all healthy people are obsessing about food the way they are. It's a mental illness.

+1

These women have mental disorders.

The rigidity around meals is, IMO, setting up the kids for a bad relationship with food. In my family, we have a basic structure around meals and mealtimes, but we can also go with the flow. Sometimes we skip a meal. Sometimes we have pasta now and fruit or veggies later. We even have the occasional day where we don’t eat ANY vegetables (the horror!)

I’ll bet a lot of the rude, friendless pearl clutchers in this thread still think you have to combine beans and rice at each meal in order to get a complete protein. They haven’t gotten the memo that you need overall balance in your diet, but that doesn’t mean everything has to be perfectly balanced every single time you eat…

Two things -

1. You actually lack a basic structure for meals and mealtimes. And that's because it is a symptom of organizational dysregulation of the household. Your "hearth" is not "hearthing".

2. The bad relationship with food happens not only for those kids who function within very strict rules of "good and bad" foods and portion control, but also for those kids who are not given food at predictable times or nutritious foods. Just like what you have detailed. So, while you are making fun of"friendless pearl clutcher almond mom", you are the opposite end of the spectrum.

And frankly, OP actually lost a "friend" because of her lazy negligent poverty meal was not appealing to a functional parent. So, who is the friendless person now?

Uh, no. OP gained valuable information about this person, who she probably doesn't particularly want to be friends with anymore. This friend can go eat her perfectly portioned protein by herself or with similar control freaks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peak almond posting is not understanding that normal healthy people eat a variety of foods in a variety of situations. Almond moms think that any internet stranger who is relaxed about food must weigh 400 lbs. They believe that all healthy people are obsessing about food the way they are. It's a mental illness.

+1

These women have mental disorders.

The rigidity around meals is, IMO, setting up the kids for a bad relationship with food. In my family, we have a basic structure around meals and mealtimes, but we can also go with the flow. Sometimes we skip a meal. Sometimes we have pasta now and fruit or veggies later. We even have the occasional day where we don’t eat ANY vegetables (the horror!)

I’ll bet a lot of the rude, friendless pearl clutchers in this thread still think you have to combine beans and rice at each meal in order to get a complete protein. They haven’t gotten the memo that you need overall balance in your diet, but that doesn’t mean everything has to be perfectly balanced every single time you eat…

Two things -

1. You actually lack a basic structure for meals and mealtimes. And that's because it is a symptom of organizational dysregulation of the household. Your "hearth" is not "hearthing".

2. The bad relationship with food happens not only for those kids who function within very strict rules of "good and bad" foods and portion control, but also for those kids who are not given food at predictable times or nutritious foods. Just like what you have detailed. So, while you are making fun of"friendless pearl clutcher almond mom", you are the opposite end of the spectrum.

And frankly, OP actually lost a "friend" because of her lazy negligent poverty meal was not appealing to a functional parent. So, who is the friendless person now?

I’m pleased to be the opposite of a friendless pearl clutcher almond mom! Did you think that was an insult?

The rest of your response just proves the point that you are rigid to a disordered degree. You don’t even understand words such as “sometimes” and “occasional” - that’s not healthy.

Some literally do not understand these words. I had a conversation with an almond mom at a kid's birthday party and she was complaining about oreos being served as snacks, and her whole premise was based on an assumption that these kids ate oreos at every single meal every day their whole lives. She couldn't understand when I pointed out that you cannot make that assumption based on one observation at one birthday party. She was like, "but look, they are eating oreos right now." So I would guess that some almond mom brains have trouble with language processing and logic. And maybe that's why they can't figure out how to eat like a normal person in moderation. Only one extreme or the other makes sense to their brains.

This reminds me when my son was in kindergarten, a school mom mentioned she couldn’t get her kids and herself to stop eating the entire pack of Oreos. I just said we didn’t buy them. She stared at me like I’m an alien.

Honestly my son had no idea what an Oreo was until he went to school and saw them. We eat plenty of less nutritious food, like chocolate chip cookies and ice cream and cake. I just try to buy treats made with real ingredients.

You buy your chocolate chip cookies? Ew.