adversion to summer fare in winter
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
United States
January 10, 2013 11:18pm CST
As I was answering another friends discussion... I was wondering if I'm not the only one here. I live in a state that gets all four seasons. It's winter now and I see posts about salad and all sorts of yummy healthy fruit and veggies. However, alot of times things are more expensive this time of year; like many things the further produce has to travel when out of season the more costly it can be and the stores don't have as many specials. Either way, I've been trying to eat healthier and incorporate more produce and grains into our diet. But you know when it's winter, I can't eat a salad to save my soul. To me that's something one would eat in warmer months. Perhaps it's the way I was raised but in cold weather I want a HOT meal hearty meal that can warm you up on the inside. Same with drinks I need things either warm or room temperature... I'm not a fan of drinking ice cold water when it's cold out unless it's summer.
Any one else feel this way or am I the weird one?
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
11 Jan 13
I mostly buy what fresh fruits and vegetables are available from local sources. During winter, that means either root vegetables (carrots, beets, potatoes, etc.) or things grown in hothouses. Vegetables grown in hothouses during the off-months are a bit more expensive than what one finds during the height of growing season. However, my boyfriend does not want to spend the winter months with only root vegetables.
When we are settled into a place that we own, and I know that we are not going to be packing up and moving again in the matter of months, I will likely start freezing more as well as learn to can. Then, I shall take advantage of the bounty of the late spring and summer and not have to turn quite so much to hothouse grown vegetables during the winter months.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Jan 13
That's the trouble here too, nothing but root veggies mostly on sale. I don't mind freezing things. I haven't learned to can my hubby is afraid as you can accidentially cause a jar to explode and I imagine his mother has done that a plenty.
@AmbiePam (85681)
• United States
13 Jan 13
I seem to eat more veggies in winter because I'm aware all I want is something hearty. Everyone talks about gaining weight in winter, but I read an article where they explain that's normally a body's instinct to add warmth naturally in response to the cold. Well, I don't know about ya'll, but this body can't afford any more "natural" warmth! So I try to eat more veggies to counteract the want I have for food that may be more calorie laden.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Jan 13
Trust me I'm working on getting rid of my insulation and this adversion and there being fewer and fewer sales on isn't helping me stay away from hearty meals and carbs. There's only so many oranges a girl can want to eat this time of year. I try to counteract it by drinking alot of water. But I can't do that everyday as I can't leave my station to go to the bathroom every lil while because of me chugging water.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
11 Jan 13
no, i agree with you but we do still eat salads and have cold drinks sometimes in the winter but i love homemade soups, chili and bread when it is cold outside. i also tend to bake more when it is cold outside. i also drink a lot of hot chocolate during the winter too
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Jan 13
Exactly and all the things we do in winter are hearty, full of carbs, and aren't helping me as I need to eat more of a summer fare to keep my weightloss plateau'd or the numbers keep dropping. Plus, like most we aren't as busy in winter as I am in warmer weather... less time to sit around and just play busy. I just know if it was summer I'd still be dropping weight I don't eat as much in summer either.
@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
13 Jan 13
Your the weird one...
No, I'm kidding.
I live in Texas where we have 2 seasons, HOT and NICE. This last week we went from freezing to 70's.
Monday to Thursday, I had coffee in the morning, but I also had a cold drink to drink at work, but Friday I only took the cold drink - in part because I couldn't drink dairy after 8:30 because of the procedure I had in the afternoon, but also because it was too warm in the morning to have a hot drink.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
14 Jan 13
I agree with things like that too, who wants something hot when they are already hot? I don't understand how people drink hot coffee in summer anymore than eating ice cream in winter.
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@enchantedleppard (1541)
• United States
12 Jan 13
I feel like that too. I've found other ways to incorporate some of my summer favs into winter. I freeze zucchini and squash in the fall to make veggie soup. I can pickles, mustard, and other goodies to get us through the winter as well. I try to make as much healthy soup as possible. I still drink a lot of ice water, but also switch it up and drink tea as well.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
11 Jan 13
Yeah, you're weird. LOL
Just kidding. Actually I'm kind of the opposite. I can eat salad in the winter, and when we have a working grill hubby will grill foods in winter. I can drink cold or frozen drinks in winter. Just last week I went to my favorite coffee shop and got a frozen coffee drink.. yum!
However, there are certain foods I associate with cold months that I cannot eat in spring or summer. I cannot eat chili in spring or summer. Beef stew, chicken noodle soup.. those to me are winter foods, like you say, hearty meals that warm you. I tend to skip those types of things in the summer and only make them in fall and winter. I also can't do a lot of hot drinks in the summer. Of course I have my morning coffee (which I'll often drink most of the day, and I always have to warm it no matter what) but if I go to a coffee shop I'll get iced or frozen coffee instead of hot (don't know why I'll never make iced coffee at home.. weird huh?).
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@GardenGerty (157671)
• United States
12 Jan 13
Chili is a year around meal for me. I love it any time. I may put more veggies in it in the summer, though. I have hot coffee every day year around. I only do iced coffee if I can have tons of sugar in it, so I do not do it very often.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
11 Jan 13
I eat seasonally pretty much. Not many salads in the winter, although I tend to eat raw carrots, celery sticks and cole slaw. Those things are fairly cheap during cold weather and just seem to go with it, but I eat them with heavy stews and soups and meat rich meals. I do drink icy cold water year around.
It probably has to do with the way we grew up. We had an ice cold deep well and very cold water was the only water available - colder in winter than in summer. And we drank iced tea all the time, too.
In the summer I eat what's in the garden for the most part and that changes with the progression of the season. I eat lots of sandwiches and quick, light meals that don't have to be planned in the summer.
@GardenGerty (157671)
• United States
12 Jan 13
I will eat a salad as a side with a bowl of hot soup. I am into soups right now, trying to eat healthier. I made a potato soup tonight and had rolls with it, no salad. I have bananas, apples and oranges here. I tend to get to the store when they have mark downs on imperfect fruit and that really pays off. I catch frozen veggies on sale. Have whole grain breads as a side with your soup, or add brown rice or barley to it. I have been taking soups, either canned soups or homemade for my meal breaks at work and I feel great when I eat that way.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
14 Jan 13
I also live in a place with the four seasons..and you are right. I also don't like eating a salad in the cold....first frost the soup season kicks in here....spring brings a bit lighter food and summer is fruits and salads including meat, like chicken salad sandwiches! Fall you start having the crock pot meals like a good pot roast with potatoes and carrots!
@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jan 13
I also prefer warm drinks in winter, but I eat salads all the year, including in winter. Some salads are typically winter salads -- lamb's lettuce, endive (I admit that I prefer endives braised/baked than in salad)... -- growing well in this season, and not expensive.
