Ask HN: What do you eat, hackers?

Fish

Oats

Fruit

Yoghurt

Almonds

Eggs

Protein shakes

Salad

Cheese

Wraps

All of my friends prefer baked potatoes or fries, not me.

At home I quite like eating decent salads. Some finely chopped red onions, tuna, rosemary, thyme and parsley mixed in with some rocket, a few leaf veg, a teaspoon of mayo, a teaspoon of mustard and some olive oil are damned tasty, pretty filling and very healthy.

I've also discovered Quinoa recently and am using that instead of rice at the moment, just trying it out - quite nice stuff.

Breakfast: Shake -- strawberries, blueberries, bananas, Greens Plus superfood powder, chia seeds, flax seeds, soy milk.

Lunch: Usually turkey and field greens and a couple apples. Occasionally PBJs on high-protein bread. Sometimes Thai or Vietnamese pho.

Dinner: Once or twice a week, NY strip medium-rare in a cast-iron pan.

A ton of salmon, three or four nights a week -- fresh, canned.

Tilapia. Been replacing this with pork cutlets lately.

Mix and match any of these with steamed broccoli, baked tomatoes, cauliflower, brown Basmati rice, cottage cheese.

No butter, no sauces -- salt, pepper, sriracha, habanero powder etc. for seasoning.

It'd be possible to add a lot more variety if I wanted to take the time to get creative with it.

Meals should be prepared with a calm mind, full focus and thought. I love getting each seasons specialities. The fall in Norway has great mushrooms, lamb and fresh apple juice.

I'll make a mental note of becomming more food savvy.

I have a list of a dozen or so dishes that I cook on a regular basis, to keep costs down and to try to eat healthier. I only have two red meat dishes on that list, a steak dish and a chili (that I will often use some ground pork in as well if I have it). I use a lot of chicken, and I'm trying to incorporate more seafood, but my wife is very picky about it. She likes tilapia, which I find boring, so I don't use it much. She doesn't like salmon, so I never use it. I'm keeping my eyes open for fresh wahoo and mahi (we always called it dolphin in Miami, but people everywhere else think flipper).

I don't usually cook much for lunch. I prefer an easy sandwich or leftovers from dinner the night before. I'll also go out for lunch a lot, if for no other reason than to get out of the house. I rarely eat breakfast, but I'm trying to eat more oatmeal. I like it a lot and it's good for you!

For lunch, chicken or prawn sandwich from a local deli most of the time. If I have money I'll go for lunch to a bar or restaurant with friends.

For dinner, pasta and tuna (so cheap and easy to make) or a pizza if I'm lazy. I try to avoid takeout but working late means this can easily happen.

Fruit Juices

Burritos/Tacos

Pizza

Sausage

Cheese

Then anytime during the day - I highly recommend fruits (my favs are apples, organges, bannanas, mangos, kiwis).

And for a great snack, raisins are win

Delish.

(SF Mission)

Monday: Coffee, Whole Wheat Bagel, Apple (fugi), Subway Turkey Sandwich (no mayo, no oil, no cheese), 24oz Beer, Cliff Bar

[1,497 calories]

Tuesday: Coffee, Whole Wheat Bagel, Cookie (1), Large Chicken Breast, Brussel Sprouts, Cucumber & Tomato salad

[1,052 calories]

Wednesday: Coffee, Cookie (1), Whole Wheat Bagel, Subway Turkey (no oil, no mayo, w/cheese), Glass Milk, Apple (fugi), Large Chkn Breast, Green Beans, Cucumber & Tomato Salad

[1,792 calories]

Thursday: Coffee, Whole Wheat Bagel, Whole Wheat Bagel w/2 eggs (sandwich), Chinese food

[1,542 calories]

Friday: Coffee, Whole Wheat Bagel, Glass Milk, 3 large fig bars (Whole Wheat), Pint Beer, Chinese

[1,872 calories]

Saturday: Coffee, Whole Wheat Bagel, Apple (fugi), Large Chkn Breast, Cucumber & Tomato salad, Yukon Gold Potatoes, Homemade Pudding (low sugar)

[1,353 calories]

Sunday: Bran Muffin, Coffee, Homemade Pudding (low sugar), Subway Italian w/cheese, Apple (fugi), Glass Milk, Cucumber & Tomato Salad

[1,592 calories]

Not my best week as far as food diversity, but it was a busy week. I usually try to eat a larger volume of diverse food that I cook at home (lower calorie count), if I can...

Supplements: Multivitamin gummies

Breakfast: Kashi + rockstar

Lunch: I usually eat out- Subways, Thai, greek, sushi, Indian whatever my co workers and I feel like.

then afternoon Rockstar drink

Afternoon snack-power bar

Dinner- Some greens, lean meat, protein shake, and fiber drink.

I try to eat health throughout the week, but on weekends I usually eat mexican food.

I also bake a fair bit. Here is a dead simple cake recipe: http://cixa.org/about.php.

I have a pretty high metabolism so I snack during the day on fruit: pears, bananas, apples. Dried fruit: cashew-nut, almonds, walnuts, prunes.

I have increasingly become become vegetarian over the last year after having eaten fish and meat for the last decade. In a previous life I was vegan for sixteen years.

This has less to do with calorie-counting or religious dogma than the gradual awareness of things; mindfulness, if you will.

The manner in which meat and fish are raised, butchered, transported and sold in the west is disgusting. This has led me to eat a mostly vegetarian diet.

Soup (homemade mushroom soup, or Heinz Tomato)

Falafel (made from a packet) in pita bread with lots of humus