Phillip wrote: > Healthier to microwave cook meats, <snip> Phillip, when I wrote the original post I did think of you and your microwaved meats. I don't know. I have tried microwaving meats in the past and they never seemed to turn out right. Maybe I did something wrong? Anyway, I think I'll stick to searing or lightly BBQing my meats. > Now of course "variety" and "quantity" are not quite > the same thing. True enough. But when the various authors mention variety, I don't think they are talking about quantity. But, of course having a wide variety of foods available does not guarantee that anyone would eat all of them.