Chefs' food 'worse' than ready meals

When I do think about what I'm eating, I use the "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" rule.

Ready-made meals frequently don't quite meet the first criteria for me, so I couldn't care less about 10 grams of fat.

Quote from article: "The study does not attempt to look at how often the meals are cooked - if they are part of people's daily diets or just dishes for a special occasion."

The recipes which one puts into cookbooks are intended as the center-piece meal of special-occasion a dinner party. More importantly, PORTION SIZE is something that is up to the cook as well as first, second, and third courses.

The last thing we need is the already dysfunctional eaters of English speaking countries to think that they're somehow better off with a TV-dinner.

I'm a terrible natural cook, so I use recipe books. I can't say that this information is surprising. Recipes are always calling for things like double cream and a great deal of olive oil or deep frying where baking will do.

I just don't pay any attention to those bits. I use the semi-skim milk we have in the house and only enough oil as necessary. The food still comes out tasting good.

Fats are a great source of energy and very satisfying. I would worry more about the extra sugar.