We thought it would be interesting to share with other family members what our daily diets are like. This may help to promote the idea of healthy eating. Let us know if you are on any special diets which are beneficial to you, reduce symptoms of specific maladies, or are just plain healthy, or not.
Are they "rich in ...." or "low in colesterol", "high in fibers", f. ex.? This may become interesting when we see what happens in the different cultures we live in. Let's hear what you have in your diet!
One Braatz in Brazil
Breakfast
Fruits (banana, papaya, pineapple, melon) – two of these everyday.
Yogurt, natural, from skimmed milk, with cinnamon and sugar - daily. Every
two or three weeks together with abocado (this never with salt).
Juice (orange or tangerine) – fresh, directly expressed, everyday
Integral bread with unsalted margarine and jam (jaboticaba, orange, guava or figs), from time to time honey instead of jam.
A mug of coffee with milk (no sugar in it)
Lunch
Rice with brown or black beans – about 5 times a week
Red meat without apparent fat – about 4 times a week
Pork without apparent fat – about once a week
Fish (never cooked) – about once a week
Chicken (roasted) – about once a week
Barbecue of various meats – every two months, despite being a “gaúcho”
Barbecue of fish (an entire cleaned fish stuffed with manioc meal, olives and some red pepper, involved in banana leaves put at a 30 cm distance over burning coal for about 3 hours) – on special occasions
Potatoes in different preparations – about twice a week
Manioc, fried, about twice a week
Pasta, never the round noodles, with a strong tasting covering (white or red)
Green salad, preferably with very deep green color, only with olive oil, vinegar and a little salt
Radish – as often as possible, as appetizer and to give color to the salad.
Strong pepper spices are always added to the food
Grape juice (without adding sugar) – 5 days a week
Beer (preferably Carlsberg)– Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays
Dessert – ice cream of a strong tasting fruit (mango, cupuaçu, açaí, papaya and passion fruit) – almost every day. Sometimes a chocolate or lemon mousse instead of the ice cream.
No water during the meals and no coffee after
Meals must always be at very regular times – nervousness and trembling are the consequence if not so.
Dinner
The name dinner is appropriate only for special occasions, when receiving visits or special festivities. Most of the time a sandwich, an omelet, a pizza, a cheese plate, “pão de queijo” (literally cheese bread) or salty biscuits with cheese cream is the meal for the night.
A beer (Carlsberg) or a glass of red wine, or a brandy (Macieira) or a caipirinha (sugar cane distillation with lemon and ice, but no sugar) will accompany the snack meal.
Eating out for dinner about twice a month, preferring fish with white wine in these occasions.
Except for water, nothing is eaten in between meals during the mornings and afternoons. Even the traditional “cafezinho” (small coffee cup) is not accepted.