How varied is your diet?
I'm curious because most people around me seek to eat a quite a variety, particularly with fruit and vegetables. I feel like we don't have much variety, and how much does that matter?
I'm all about efficiency when it comes to meals since I have to feed two young children (ages 5 and 2) besides myself.
Right now our meals are:
Breakfast
- 2-3cups of coffee (me): w/ 1T sugar, 1T cocoa powder, 3oz raw milk.
- oatmeal w/ milk and sugar or pancakes w/ maple syrup
Lunch
- basmati rice with ground beef and potatoes & carrots/eggs, scrambled in coconut oil/oysters/liver/ homemade sushi (rice, seaweed, egg, carrot)
Dinner
- baked potato/sweet potato/squash or homemade pizza (just cheese, mushrooms for myself)/pasta.
Snack
- rotation consisting of dates, string cheese, popcorn, applesauce, fruit (apple, bananas, mandarins), rice cakes, orange juice, milk, rice krispies, homemade chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, toast w/ honey or cheese (this is what I have at home but each of us have strong preferences for a few things and eat those only)
I make bone broth every week and use it in rice and dishes with rice.
My children's vegetable intake consist mainly of potato, sweet potato, carrots, and the occasional broccoli. So far they won't try anything else. They really like pancakes, pizza, and pasta so I make those at home, but I've been trying to eat less since I don't feel my best on them. They can eat a lot more starch than fruit. My kids don't eat oysters so they eat a lot more eggs than I do. I'm still nursing and a high carbohydrate diet has improved my milk supply. I plugged everything in chronometer and average about 2500 calories.
Is there anything I'm missing?
I'm curious because most people around me seek to eat a quite a variety, particularly with fruit and vegetables. I feel like we don't have much variety, and how much does that matter?
I'm all about efficiency when it comes to meals since I have to feed two young children (ages 5 and 2) besides myself.
Right now our meals are:
Breakfast
- 2-3cups of coffee (me): w/ 1T sugar, 1T cocoa powder, 3oz raw milk.
- oatmeal w/ milk and sugar or pancakes w/ maple syrup
Lunch
- basmati rice with ground beef and potatoes & carrots/eggs, scrambled in coconut oil/oysters/liver/ homemade sushi (rice, seaweed, egg, carrot)
Dinner
- baked potato/sweet potato/squash or homemade pizza (just cheese, mushrooms for myself)/pasta.
Snack
- rotation consisting of dates, string cheese, popcorn, applesauce, fruit (apple, bananas, mandarins), rice cakes, orange juice, milk, rice krispies, homemade chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, toast w/ honey or cheese (this is what I have at home but each of us have strong preferences for a few things and eat those only)
I make bone broth every week and use it in rice and dishes with rice.
My children's vegetable intake consist mainly of potato, sweet potato, carrots, and the occasional broccoli. So far they won't try anything else. They really like pancakes, pizza, and pasta so I make those at home, but I've been trying to eat less since I don't feel my best on them. They can eat a lot more starch than fruit. My kids don't eat oysters so they eat a lot more eggs than I do. I'm still nursing and a high carbohydrate diet has improved my milk supply. I plugged everything in chronometer and average about 2500 calories.
Is there anything I'm missing?