Congress declares pizza a vegetable

*Sigh* The American political system at it's finest.

To the haters: pizza, pasta, burgers, etc. can all be prepared in extremely healthy ways. Personal favorite examples:

- Apple and Gouda Turkey burgers (99/1 ground turkey mixed with diced apples and dijon mustard, topped with romaine, slice of gouda, tomato, all between a whole wheat bun)

- Whole wheat rotini mixed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lots of spinach, red and yellow pepper, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and diced fat-free sausage (what I've been eating the past two days, absolutely in love with it)

- Whole wheat pizza dough topped with crushed/chopped tomatoes instead of paste, then covered with whatever assortment of vegetables you'd like (broccoli, garlic, onions, olives, parsley, basil, peppers, mushrooms, you name it) and a sprinkling of mozzarella

F'ucking duh. Almost anything in this world can be made healthier if you deconstruct its basic components and substitute healthier options. The best example of this would be sandwiches, which I'm sure is pretty self explanatory if you just look at the options out there.

Good to see congress is at work on issues that matter to the American public.

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I highly doubt the funding from the Fed. Government is going towards whole wheat ingredients and fat-free meats. Considering they were lobbied by the American Frozen Food Institute, it's more likely that was just them bullpomegranateting around saying "oh look, these foods are healthy so keep eating them" when really all they want is to not lose funding/revenue. Also, I doubt that most schools will provide turkey burgers over beef burgers, at least in my experience this seems to be the case.

To the haters: pizza, pasta, burgers, etc. can all be prepared in extremely healthy ways. Personal favorite examples:

- Apple and Gouda Turkey burgers (99/1 ground turkey mixed with diced apples and dijon mustard, topped with romaine, slice of gouda, tomato, all between a whole wheat bun)

- Whole wheat rotini mixed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lots of spinach, red and yellow pepper, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and diced fat-free sausage (what I've been eating the past two days, absolutely in love with it)

- Whole wheat pizza dough topped with crushed/chopped tomatoes instead of paste, then covered with whatever assortment of vegetables you'd like (broccoli, garlic, onions, olives, parsley, basil, peppers, mushrooms, you name it) and a sprinkling of mozzarella

F'ucking duh. Almost anything in this world can be made healthier if you deconstruct its basic components and substitute healthier options. The best example of this would be sandwiches, which I'm sure is pretty self explanatory if you just look at the options out there.

THIS IS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THEY'LL BE LUCKY IF THEY SEE GREEN FROM MOLD

ProTip: Don't address a post with commentary if the commentary is irrelevant to the post.

Please note I never once analyzed this political decision by Congress, but merely sought to enlighten people that, believe it or not, many common, popular foods are a sum of their components, and if you creatively exchange healthier options for the notoriously unhealthy ones, you'll create a version that's delicious and nutritious.

I actually agree with what you said, because what you said is, well, obvious, but the fact that your response is essentially implying I said something to the effect of "These are meals the Federal Government is paying for," is absurd considering I said nothing related to politics in my post.

Let's read please, Southperry. And sorry, CrazyForDex, I don't mean to call you out so snappily, just in a funky mood.

ProTip: Don't address a post with commentary if the commentary is irrelevant to the post.

Please note I never once analyzed this political decision by Congress, but merely sought to enlighten people that, believe it or not, many common, popular foods are a sum of their components, and if you creatively exchange healthier options for the notoriously unhealthy ones, you'll create a version that's delicious and nutritious.

I actually agree with what you said, because what you said is, well, obvious, but the fact that your response is essentially implying I said something to the effect of "These are meals the Federal Government is paying for," is absurd considering I said nothing related to politics in my post.

Let's read please, Southperry. And sorry, CrazyForDex, I don't mean to call you out so snappily, just in a funky mood.

ProTip: Don't address a post with commentary if the commentary is irrelevant to the post.

Please note I never once analyzed this political decision by Congress, but merely sought to enlighten people that, believe it or not, many common, popular foods are a sum of their components, and if you creatively exchange healthier options for the notoriously unhealthy ones, you'll create a version that's delicious and nutritious.

I actually agree with what you said, because what you said is, well, obvious, but the fact that your response is essentially implying I said something to the effect of "These are meals the Federal Government is paying for," is absurd considering I said nothing related to politics in my post.

Let's read please, Southperry. And sorry, CrazyForDex, I don't mean to call you out so snappily, just in a funky mood.

Ah it's ok. I just assumed that because you were posting in this thread that you were in some way relating your response to the decision passed by Congress. Taking what you are saying further, almost any food can be made healthy/nutritious if you substitute the unhealthy ingredients for better ones, so I really don't know why you had to "enlighten" to this. (Unhealthy food - unhealthy ingredients) + healthy substitues = a more balanced food. Not trying to be a plantain, just trying to understand the point of your post :f6:

*facepalm*

You all seriously need to learn how to read before responding. Like actually READING people's posts. I'm not going to say more lest I give you the answers. Hint: Once you're doing re-reading my post and understanding what I'm saying, treat it as a response to previous posts (that you'll *gasp* have to read) to understand why I wrote it.

Welcome to Discourse 101, kiddies

*facepalm*

You all seriously need to learn how to read before responding. Like actually READING people's posts. I'm not going to say more lest I give you the answers. Hint: Once you're doing re-reading my post and understanding what I'm saying, treat it as a response to previous posts (that you'll *gasp* have to read) to understand why I wrote it.

Welcome to Discourse 101, kiddies

Assuming you are refering to this:

Please note I never once analyzed this political decision by Congress, but merely sought to enlighten people that, believe it or not, many common, popular foods are a sum of their components, and if you creatively exchange healthier options for the notoriously unhealthy ones, you'll create a version that's delicious and nutritious.

I have read your posts and can read them out loud for you if you'd like. Then maybe I'll count to 10 and then recite my ABC's. Stop acting like you are more intelligent than us and that we are children in need of lessons. You seem to have just posted common knowledge about how to make unhealthy things healthy, so I asked what was the point of that in relation to this thread. I think "facepalm" should actually be my line here.

Edit: I think because you started your post "To The Haters," I felt you meant in reference to what people were hating on, ie: the concept that was voted on by Congress.

Good lord. Here's your answer key:

1. There was a short back-and-forth on the first page arguing whether or not things such as "healthy pizzas" existed. Apparently some people don't have the same common knowledge as you and I.
2. Assuming this to be the case due to said posts, I sought to address the concerns once and for all by giving some neat example recipes of foods colloquially viewed as unhealthy, yet reconstructed with healthy substitutions. Again, one would think this common knowledge, but apparently it needed to be spelled out.
3. "To the haters" was my sassy way of addressing those who were in denial of the existence of healthier versions of aforementioned, notoriously unhealthy foods.

BONUS ANSWER!

My hint: All it would take to understand this and prevent yet another idiotic post would be going back and skimming every thread in the post, applying what I said to those specifically addressing the concept of healthy "unhealthy" foods.

This is basic close reading comprehension, so I figured, as smart as you claim to be (a claim also evidenced by your persistence in posting that you're right), you'd figure it out without wasting more of this thread's bandwidth. Whatever.

To the haters: pizza, pasta, burgers, etc. can all be prepared in extremely healthy ways. Personal favorite examples:

- Apple and Gouda Turkey burgers (99/1 ground turkey mixed with diced apples and dijon mustard, topped with romaine, slice of gouda, tomato, all between a whole wheat bun)

- Whole wheat rotini mixed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lots of spinach, red and yellow pepper, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and diced fat-free sausage (what I've been eating the past two days, absolutely in love with it)

- Whole wheat pizza dough topped with crushed/chopped tomatoes instead of paste, then covered with whatever assortment of vegetables you'd like (broccoli, garlic, onions, olives, parsley, basil, peppers, mushrooms, you name it) and a sprinkling of mozzarella

F'ucking duh. Almost anything in this world can be made healthier if you deconstruct its basic components and substitute healthier options. The best example of this would be sandwiches, which I'm sure is pretty self explanatory if you just look at the options out there.

That is probably the biggest derp post I've seen in quite a while. Congratulations.

The USA feels like the planet's comedian.

The USA feels like the planet's comedian.

 Spoiler

The USA feels like the planet's comedian.

We like to laugh and pretend it's someone else.

But then when we get home we cry and just eat.

misleading title is misleading.

That is probably the biggest derp post I've seen in quite a while. Congratulations.

If you dont tell us why, then this post is absolutely worthless.

YAY! I'VE EATEN A LOT OF VEGITABLES!

/Troll

Unless it's a vegitable pizza, it's makes no sense to consider pizza a "vegitable."

That is probably the biggest derp post I've seen in quite a while. Congratulations.

Nah, I'm pretty sure yours takes the cake for not even explaining why. Congratulations.

Regardless, this is pretty hilarious, I wonder if my family knows about this.
Congress at its finest, indeed.

The sad thing is that it doesn't matter what the guidelines for school lunches are.
The kids will always get the cheapest, crappiest "food" that can just barely qualify.