Great food rules (if you've got the time)

Is healthy living a luxury in a time-poor world?

 “If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.”  Says Michael Pollan in his book “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual,”

As prevention against obesity, his other rule is “cook”.

Great,  but let’s say you’re a full-time working mother coming home from your job at seven and with a family of five to feed. Chances are, you’re no stranger to take-out food.

So who shall we demonise for the obesity epidemic? 

Shall we blame McDonalds?

or our children that love takeouts?

or the time-poor mothers?

or the system where unsupported women have to work so hard to earn so little?

As an old boyfriend once explained to me, it’s all about who owns the means of production

Comfort yourself with this yummy soup.

Butternut soup

 Three tablespoons sunflower oil

Two onions chopped

One butternut peeled and diced

One apple peeled and chopped

Three tablespoons flour

Two heaped teaspoons garam masala

Two telma vegetable cubes

Three cups boiling water

One cup milk

Zest and juice of one orange

Salt and one teaspoon sugar

Fry onions in the oil. Add the butternut and apple. Fry for another five minutes.

Add the flour, the crushed cubes and garam masala and stir. Add the liquids, zest, salt and sugar.

Cook for 25 minutes. Blitz with wand.

Take a look at some more great rules here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/health/02brod.html