Gary wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> >
> >
> > 3 yellow summer squash
> > 3 green summer squash
> > 2 largish onions
> > 2 cups diced eggplant
> > 1lb mustard greens
> > 3 small baby bok choy
> > 3 largish carrots
> > 2C navy white beans in the natural bean soup with a little ham
> > 5C of my red sauce above
> > 2 small turnips
> > 8oz Okra
> > ~6oz King Oyster mushroom, diced fine
> > Spices to be decided later
> >
> > Will be about 13C volume. We'll have 1.5C each for 4.5C or a
> > remaining 2 meals or so for us 3 that will go for lunches or a
> > dinner during the week.
>
> What's with all the precisely measured amounts for your meals.
> Doesn't anyone there ever ask for seconds? Sounds like prison
> meals...this is what you get and that's all.
>
> Imo, meals shouldn't be so scientific unless all of you are on
> strict diets. Maybe you are?

It's not precisely measured at all, more of a guideline. In fact, we
ended up having this over rice so used about 1 cup rice each and have a
peach cobbler for dessert (best name for it, a soda bread with peach
dish)

I have been asked before for a sense of volume is all, so tend to give
it.

It relates to other asking about USA general over eating threads and I
grant, most USA folks do over eat hence our weight epidemic. We
actually I think eat a larger 'volume' than most but it's more
vegetable based.

With PLENTY of leftovers for 2 more meals, we had about 2.5 cups of
rice and vegetable bean stew each and about 1-1.5 cups each of peach
pie due out of the oven shortly.