Sometimes you want to sit to a good meal of steaks, crab cakes and just plain bread. Last week at Budd Bay café, my husband and I shared one of those moments.
I had the following:
Baseball cut petite top sirloin 6 oz
asparagus
Caesar salad
Baked potato with sour cream and chives and bacon
Bread rolls
My husband had:
3 Dungeness crab cakes with roasted bell pepper sauce
Rice pilaf
Asparagus
Clam chowder
Bread rolls
Needless to say we enjoyed ourselves and were filled with the quiet glazed over calm that settles when one’s belly is happily full.
Which, when contemplating scrumptious food or just any topic related to food in general, brings me to another matter— this question actually: What makes a yummy meal a nutritious meal and how can we eat for our health? Just how much food should one ingest for a meal, or better yet, for an entire day? And what types of foods constitute healthy eating choices? MyPyramid.gov recommends that adults, depending on their activity level intake anywhere from 1,600-2,200 calories. The food guide pyramid also recommends daily servings from the vegetable, fruit, milk and cheese, meat and fish and bean, and bread and pasta food groups. What is striking about these recommendations is the diversity and range of food stuffs we see here. Perhaps the old adage “a little bit of everything” is the best advice. Bread anyone?
I had the following:
Baseball cut petite top sirloin 6 oz
asparagus
Caesar salad
Baked potato with sour cream and chives and bacon
Bread rolls
My husband had:
3 Dungeness crab cakes with roasted bell pepper sauce
Rice pilaf
Asparagus
Clam chowder
Bread rolls
Needless to say we enjoyed ourselves and were filled with the quiet glazed over calm that settles when one’s belly is happily full.
Which, when contemplating scrumptious food or just any topic related to food in general, brings me to another matter— this question actually: What makes a yummy meal a nutritious meal and how can we eat for our health? Just how much food should one ingest for a meal, or better yet, for an entire day? And what types of foods constitute healthy eating choices? MyPyramid.gov recommends that adults, depending on their activity level intake anywhere from 1,600-2,200 calories. The food guide pyramid also recommends daily servings from the vegetable, fruit, milk and cheese, meat and fish and bean, and bread and pasta food groups. What is striking about these recommendations is the diversity and range of food stuffs we see here. Perhaps the old adage “a little bit of everything” is the best advice. Bread anyone?
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