I’m very much of the opinion that you should eat what you like. However, when the temperature drops it can’t be healthy to only eat potatoes.

But that’s what I do. We’re talking potato waffles for breakfast, jacket potato for lunch, mashed potato for dinner - except during the festive season, where I enjoy roasties and mashed potato. What if I get rickets? What if I don’t make it through the winter, because of the lack of vitamins in my body?

I know potatoes have some good stuff in them, but nothing is positive when consumed at this frequency. Not even kale. I used to actually like making kale chips in the oven - until it hit sub zero, and now I’ve swapped them for potato chips.

SOLUTION

If you find yourself only wanting potatoes (or, insert your craving of choice here) during winter, try forcing yourself to be more creative while satisfying the urge to be very full and very happy.

For example: I’ve learned how to make leek and potato soup. Still potato-ey, but there’s a leek in it, for anyone unsure as to the components of such a meal.

Add an egg and some avocado to your waffle and you won’t go grey. Also try recreating food you get all the time while out and about, like burrito bowls and pad thai rather than not thinking about it until you get home, panic about what to have, open the cupboard, see a potato and cook it.

4 of the most frustrating things about winter and how to solve them