Low-cal favorites

On Jan 23, 2:12 pm, " wrote:

Exactly, whatever works. I would go without before eating canned green
beans, very little nutrients left and they taste mushy. Actually, nutrients are not lost in canning the green beans, at least
that is what I read. They are high in protein and fiber to boot....but
if you don't like them. Actually, I think they are such a good food
that people should learn to like them. I had to learn to eat tomatoes,
because I hated them a few years ago, but the evidence was that they
are good food....so, I started choking down tomatoes with food I did
like and after a while they taste just fine.

Part of the green bean thing with me is that I am vegetarian and all
beans help complete the protein mix for complete proteins. Some people
do think they are mushy, but I prefer them to frozen which taste like
erasers to me and that noise they make when you chew them gives me the
willies like chalk on a chalkboard. Different strokes for different
folks. dkw

Whoa... if you are going to be a vegetarian - and a dieting one at that
- you really owe it to yourself to educate yourself on nutrition. While
both are good healthy choices, green beans are NOT equivalent to dried
beans. For example:

Calories in one cup:
- Green beans: 34
- Kidney beans: 217

Fiber per cup:
- Green beans: 4 g
- Kidney beans: 16 g

Protein per cup:
- Green beans: 4 g
- Kidney beans: 13 g

Above are figures for fresh green beans; canned green beans are
slightly lower on all counts.

If you're interested in some vegetarian recipes that use beans, let me
know... we incorporate beans into our meals a few times a week.
Meatless chili (red chili or white chili), 9-bean soup, black bean
soup, sprinkled over salads, white bean puree smeared on whole wheat
bread, mashed up to make a meatless meatloaf or veggie burger.... the
list is endless. Crockpot is useful, but not necessary: canned beans
are very versatile. For example, one of our favorite quick meals is to
take canned Fat-free refried beans (I like the spicy kind, by Old El
Paso), wrap it in a burrito with a sprinkle of cheese and a heap of
salsa, and nuke for 1:30-2 minutes.

But make no mistake, green beans are NOT in the same category when it
comes to vegetarian protein needs. Think of green beans as a vegetable,
and kidney, navy, black, white, pink, french beans etc as counting
towards your vegetarian protein. (I hate to say meat replacement...
because that sounds like a disservice to the beans!)

I do love green beans fresh, however, sauteed with a bit of garlic and
olive oil, to count towards my "green" veggie. Or in a minestrone along
with canned tomatoes, zucchini, and white beans. Yum.


jen

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The jelly beans are just sugar. The problem is that you get very little
food for the calories. That's what I want to avoid. I want a lot of
food for my calories. Apparently a lot of people agree with your
philosophy though, because I hear time and again how people watching
their weight choose high calorie foods for snacks. Whatever works. dkw

A big bowl of steamed broccoli, spritzed with a little olive oil spray (from
a can), sprinkled with a little bit of salt and some dried herb blend.

A huge spring mix salad with Newman's Own Light Low Fat Sesame Ginger
dressing, and maybe a small amount of finely chopped nuts. I love this
dressing so much I'm tempted to drink it straight out of the bottle.

A chunk of fat free mozzarella. I know a lot of people dislike fat free
cheeses, but I love the stuff and 1 oz is only 35 calories. If you want a
100 calorie snack, you can have a nice sized piece.

Sugar free Jello. I like adding extra plain gelatin to mine, to make it
nice & thick (finger food!).

A couple of plain rice cakes with fat free cream cheese and homemade pumpkin
butter.


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Liz
HW:268 CW: 157 GW: 148

"shinypenny" wrote in message
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I do love green beans fresh, however, sauteed with a bit of garlic and
olive oil, to count towards my "green" veggie. Or in a minestrone along
with canned tomatoes, zucchini, and white beans. Yum.

That's my favorite mehtod of preparing fresh green beans. I might have a
couple of cans in the pantry just in case, but I have't used them or looked
for them in ages. I also like the frozen French green beans that Trader
Joe's sells. I try to keep a bag in the freezer in case I can't get to the
store for anything fresh.


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Liz
HW:268 CW: 157 GW: 148

"shinypenny" wrote in message
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On Jan 23, 2:12 pm, " wrote:

Exactly, whatever works. I would go without before eating canned green
beans, very little nutrients left and they taste mushy. Actually,
nutrients are not lost in canning the green beans, at least
that is what I read. They are high in protein and fiber to boot....but
if you don't like them. Actually, I think they are such a good food
that people should learn to like them. I had to learn to eat tomatoes,
because I hated them a few years ago, but the evidence was that they
are good food....so, I started choking down tomatoes with food I did
like and after a while they taste just fine.

Part of the green bean thing with me is that I am vegetarian and all
beans help complete the protein mix for complete proteins. Some people
do think they are mushy, but I prefer them to frozen which taste like
erasers to me and that noise they make when you chew them gives me the
willies like chalk on a chalkboard. Different strokes for different
folks. dkw

Whoa... if you are going to be a vegetarian - and a dieting one at that
- you really owe it to yourself to educate yourself on nutrition. While
both are good healthy choices, green beans are NOT equivalent to dried
beans. For example:

Calories in one cup:
- Green beans: 34
- Kidney beans: 217

Fiber per cup:
- Green beans: 4 g
- Kidney beans: 16 g

Protein per cup:
- Green beans: 4 g
- Kidney beans: 13 g

Above are figures for fresh green beans; canned green beans are
slightly lower on all counts.

This is exactly what I was thinking but didn't take the time to post. Green
beans are a vegetable, they do not count in the "beans for protein"
vegetarian diet.

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:25:01 -0500, "Elizabeth Blake"
wrote:

A chunk of fat free mozzarella. I know a lot of people dislike fat free
cheeses, but I love the stuff and 1 oz is only 35 calories. If you want a
100 calorie snack, you can have a nice sized piece.

Where do you find this? I used to buy fat-free mozzarella, but I
haven't seen it in a long time. I'd love to find it again.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:25:01 -0500, "Elizabeth Blake"
wrote:

A chunk of fat free mozzarella. I know a lot of people dislike fat free
cheeses, but I love the stuff and 1 oz is only 35 calories. If you want a
100 calorie snack, you can have a nice sized piece.

Where do you find this? I used to buy fat-free mozzarella, but I
haven't seen it in a long time. I'd love to find it again.

It shows up irregularly in supermarkets here (NYC). The Stop & Shop near my
apartment had some in last week (Polly-o brand) so I grabbed 2 of them. I
also used to be able to find the pre-shredded fat free mozzarella by Kraft,
but haven't seen it in ages. That was great for making
tortilla/flatbread/pita pizzas.


--
Liz
HW:268 CW: 157 GW: 148

On Jan 23, 8:17 pm, "shinypenny" wrote:
On Jan 23, 2:12 pm, " wrote:

Exactly, whatever works. I would go without before eating canned green
beans, very little nutrients left and they taste mushy. Actually, nutrients are not lost in canning the green beans, at least
that is what I read. They are high in protein and fiber to boot....but
if you don't like them. Actually, I think they are such a good food
that people should learn to like them. I had to learn to eat tomatoes,
because I hated them a few years ago, but the evidence was that they
are good food....so, I started choking down tomatoes with food I did
like and after a while they taste just fine.

Part of the green bean thing with me is that I am vegetarian and all
beans help complete the protein mix for complete proteins. Some people
do think they are mushy, but I prefer them to frozen which taste like
erasers to me and that noise they make when you chew them gives me the
willies like chalk on a chalkboard. Different strokes for different
folks. dkwWhoa... if you are going to be a vegetarian - and a dieting one at that
- you really owe it to yourself to educate yourself on nutrition. While
both are good healthy choices, green beans are NOT equivalent to dried
beans. For example:

Calories in one cup:
- Green beans: 34
- Kidney beans: 217

Fiber per cup:
- Green beans: 4 g
- Kidney beans: 16 g

Protein per cup:
- Green beans: 4 g
- Kidney beans: 13 g

Above are figures for fresh green beans; canned green beans are
slightly lower on all counts.

If you're interested in some vegetarian recipes that use beans, let me
know... we incorporate beans into our meals a few times a week.
Meatless chili (red chili or white chili), 9-bean soup, black bean
soup, sprinkled over salads, white bean puree smeared on whole wheat
bread, mashed up to make a meatless meatloaf or veggie burger.... the
list is endless. Crockpot is useful, but not necessary: canned beans
are very versatile. For example, one of our favorite quick meals is to
take canned Fat-free refried beans (I like the spicy kind, by Old El
Paso), wrap it in a burrito with a sprinkle of cheese and a heap of
salsa, and nuke for 1:30-2 minutes.

But make no mistake, green beans are NOT in the same category when it
comes to vegetarian protein needs. Think of green beans as a vegetable,
and kidney, navy, black, white, pink, french beans etc as counting
towards your vegetarian protein. (I hate to say meat replacement...
because that sounds like a disservice to the beans!)

I do love green beans fresh, however, sauteed with a bit of garlic and
olive oil, to count towards my "green" veggie. Or in a minestrone along
with canned tomatoes, zucchini, and white beans. Yum.

jen

You are not looking at protein correctly. Besides, you notice I eat egg
whites...8 per day. They are a complete animal protein. I get plenty of
protein. Green beans are pulses which enhance non-animal protein
because of the lysine they contain which many vegetables do not. You
get about 3 gms of protein and 8 gms of fiber per can, which is a lot
for the 70 calories.

The daily requirement for protein is .8 gms per KG. which for me is
about 50 gms. I get over that daily...20 gms in egg whites alone, 8 gms
in the cup of non-fat milk I drink, 6 grams in green beans (2 cans), 10
grams in 2 servings of oatmeal, plus 5 grams in bread. This does not
include all the other vegetables I eat daily.

I know a thing or two about nutrition. dkw

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:34:38 -0500, "Elizabeth Blake"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:25:01 -0500, "Elizabeth Blake"
wrote:

A chunk of fat free mozzarella. I know a lot of people dislike fat free
cheeses, but I love the stuff and 1 oz is only 35 calories. If you want a
100 calorie snack, you can have a nice sized piece.

Where do you find this? I used to buy fat-free mozzarella, but I
haven't seen it in a long time. I'd love to find it again.

It shows up irregularly in supermarkets here (NYC). The Stop & Shop near my
apartment had some in last week (Polly-o brand) so I grabbed 2 of them. I
also used to be able to find the pre-shredded fat free mozzarella by Kraft,
but haven't seen it in ages. That was great for making
tortilla/flatbread/pita pizzas.

Yeah, we used to have the Kraft pre-shredded also, but no more. I'll
have to look around more for the Polly-O.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

On 23 Jan 2007 08:29:10 -0800, "
wrote:

If anyone is interested, here are some of my favorite low-cal recipes.
Since I really don't cook, they are all quite simple. I eat low-fat so
these are also all very low fat.

Thanks, these look great!

Amy
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On 23 Jan 2007 18:17:53 -0800, "shinypenny"
wrote:

if you are going to be a vegetarian - and a dieting one at that
- you really owe it to yourself to educate yourself on nutrition.

Are you on a special diet? I use WW's and being a vegetarian would be
hard for me.

Amy
~*~*~Save a Tree, Save our planet - Recycle, Think Organic~*~*~
________________

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