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Atta2531
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Posted: 21 Jul 2006 04:47 pm |
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Okay I have vegetables. I know I need to grow up...but Seriously though, I have tried to eat vegetables and I gotta say how do you eat that? The best I have done is a salad, and even then I have to add chicken to it or else I wont like it. Are their any type of recipes you know that disquises vegetables? I got a smoothie and Juicer book that has some vegetables with fruits but I don't have the juicer *yet*.
In the meantime what can I do to get my basic servings of vegetables...any ideas?
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Peter
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Posted: 21 Jul 2006 05:17 pm |
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Who even likes eating dead animals? 
Well, I do but I love veggies too. Last night I lightly boiled a can of cut green beans with a small can of mushrooms. Drained, and added a little Asian sauce for flavor. :yumm:
Anyway, sometimes we just have to do what's good for us.
Peter
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IndecentOpinion
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Posted: 21 Jul 2006 07:27 pm |
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What about adding low fat sour cream or low fat ranch dip to carrots, broccoli and celery? It's a healthy snack, and it tastes pretty good, too.
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Atta2531
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Posted: 21 Jul 2006 08:41 pm |
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IndecentOpinion wrote: What about adding low fat sour cream or low fat ranch dip to carrots, broccoli and celery? It's a healthy snack, and it tastes pretty good, too.
I'll try it. Sour cream...hmmm...well I had sourcream pringles chips and thoes tasted good.
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 21 Aug 2006 09:28 pm |
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What about a chiken pot pie? (I know I'm a little late responding, never noticed this forum). We make a chiken pot pie that has corn, green beans, potatoes, I think peas, and carrots. Oh, and of course chicken. My bro, who absolutely HATES vegetables, loves this meal. It is one of his favorites. It also has cream of soups and a biscuit topping...i'm not sure how many calories it has, but it is one wayto get veggies.
This one my mom makes, but I'm sure there are some pre-packaged frozen versions that are pretty healthy, or you could find a recipe...it isn't all that hard to make.
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Atta2531
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 03:03 am |
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Yes! A meal with veggies and meat! I'll try a chicken pot pie. Can't say I liked the sour cream.
I'm getting a juicer though so that should also help with my veggies!
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 03:13 am |
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not sour cream...cream of soups...on the soup aisle...
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sugarNspice
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 05:39 am |
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Brazilian...breakfast..Blackbean soup..use cummin and cherry puree..Champagne is optional
Lunch..Pumpkin..baked in the shell, sprinkled with cinnamon
Dinner Chinese Stir Fry...add a bit of fruit..pineapple for instance..
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 11:14 am |
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you can bake pumpkin!? that sounds really good...
wait, how do you that? What size is manaagable as fas as eating a pumpkin? I mean, i couldn't eat a jack o lantern pumpkin in a whole day I bet. What do you do about the seeds? What temp to you put the oven on? How long do you leave it in? Do you cut the big stem thing off first?
Thanks!
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sugarNspice
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 12:51 pm |
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Pumpkin is a squash..It is valuable because it could be stored in a root cellar and would keep for a long time..A summer squash would not keep over the winter..hence the moniker "summer squash."
Pumpkin is bland compared to other squashes and resembles a sweet potato..Pumpkin can be baked using any summer squash recipe. Squash can be substituted in any recipe for potatoes..It can be baked, boiled steamed ..grilled..sauteed, fried..Look up recipes for baking squash..for oven temp..Roast the seeds....Pumpkin seeds are good.
Summer squash is sweeter and is excellent baked. It is also smaller than pumpkin if the size is a consideration..so baked summer squash or winter squashes such as pumpkin are good for lunch.
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sugarNspice
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 01:56 pm |
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Popcorn iis a vegetable...Sugar cane is a vegetable..Tomato sauce is a vegetable..Vanilla Bean is a vegetable..Cocoa is a vegetable...There are many vegetables that are used in different ways by different cultures..Vanilla has many uses other than "ice cream." and can make "vegetables" taste really good..
Taste vegetables in their raw form..try a piece of sugar cane...taste cocoa straight..and think about what those flavors would enhance..I have friends who love cinammon and cocoa on baked summer squash..
Combine the flavors you like..be creative..and look for recipes from the cultures who have had those other vegetables for centuries..For Instance..Peanut soup from Africa..or the Russians..1 million and 1 things to do with a cabbage..and a turnip..
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jillybean720
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 04:11 pm |
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I don't like most vegetables, either. I hide them or disguise the flavor as often as possible. I like stir fyr dishes--I cook lots of chicken, a bag of frozen sugar snap peas, and a bag of mixed corn, broccoli, and red pepper all together in some teriyaki sauce (preferably low in sodium by using reduced-sodium soy sauce, pineapple juice, and spices). I also hide additional veggies in my pasta sauce. Instead of just tomatoes, I also add chopped onion and spinach (I put about half a box of frozen chopped spinach in my Magic Bullet to make it sauce consistency, then mix into the tomato sauce).
Soups are great, too...I like to make a chowder-type thing by cooking black beans (I buy canned and rinse to get rid of some of the sodium), some frozen corn, chopped onion, low-sodium chicken broth, fat-free cream cheese, frozen chopped spinach, salsa, chili powder, garlic, and a bit of reduced-fat shredded cheddar cheese (sometimes I also add chicken). Similarly, I like a crock pot of potatoes (cut into small chunks), frozen corn, frozen chopped spinach, frozen chopped broccoli, chopped onion, low-sodium chicken broth, skim milk, parsley, and a few other spices (I have a thing for paprika especially).
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 10:44 pm |
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Also, when you say you don't like vegetables...what vegetables don't you like?
I am not terribly fond of green beans. I'm just not. But if someone asked me, "do you like vegetables?" I would most likely say yes. I love broccoli, carrots, corn, potatoes, peas...
So, are there any vegetables you haven't tried? check this list og veggies on the food calculator on here and see if there's something you've never tried...you might like it...you never know 
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jillybean720
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Posted: 23 Aug 2006 12:58 pm |
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I definitely agree with clarinetgurl that you can't say you hate all veggies if you haven't tried them--and tried them multiple ways. For example, some people don't like cooked carrots but love raw baby carrots. I know I have tried carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, green beans, turnips, mushrooms, tomatoes, red/yellow/green peppers, asparagus, spinach, sprouts...I think I've tried pretty much any vegetable you can infd in a typicaly supermarket  I've discovered I don't care for many of them at all--I like asparagus, but only when broiled with lots of butter, salt, and bread crumbs, so that kind of defeats the purpose. Same with cucumber--I only like it with a heavy ranch or onion dip. So basically, the only way I like most veggies is if there's so much bad stuff on them that I can't really taste the actual vegetable anymore  But at least I've tried. And I've tried many raw and cooked (broiled, grilled, roasted...). I still keep buying them, though (mostly frozen), and now have a freezer full of veggies I keep trying to like 
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Skipperdox
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Posted: 23 Aug 2006 07:30 pm |
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Do you like salsa? Mostly vegetables...but you can add mango, papaya, pineapple to get different flavors.
Peppers: red, yellow, jalapeno, chili peppers
Marinara sauce, tomato sauce. pizza ? Can you add veggies to your pizza? Chop spinach into tomato sauce...awesome!
Potatoes are a vegetable, sweet potatoes too. French fries don't count.
What about legumes...beans green, yellow, kidney, butter beans, baked beans, refried beans?
What do you eat if you don't eat vegetables? I can't imagine not eating vegetables.
Juicing unfortunately removes most if not all of the fiber.
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jillybean720
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Posted: 23 Aug 2006 09:07 pm |
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Skipperdox wrote: What do you eat if you don't eat vegetables? I can't imagine not eating vegetables.
I don't know about anyone else who is anti-veggie, but as for me, I eat a lot of meat (mostly chicken, ground turkey, and ham--I don't care for red meat or white pork). I also love whole-grain pastas and lots of fruits. I can probably find more days with zero veggies than days that actually include them. I've almost never eaten veggies (I did like peas when I was little, but not anymore), and I've certainly never starved I grew up on a lot of mac n cheese, hotdogs, pizza, pasta, spaghetti o's...anything quick and easy since my mother ran a daycare out of our home and had to feed multiple whiney brats every day. Now, I try to be more health-conscious and not consume so much sodium, but still not much in the way of veggies. I do enjoy potatoes and yellow corn, but they are so starchy they may as well be considered carbs instead of veggies--which is probably why I like them! Last edited on 11 Jan 2007 05:09 am by
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Atta2531
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Posted: 24 Aug 2006 08:50 pm |
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sugarNspice wrote: Popcorn iis a vegetable...
Popcorn is a vegetable! No way!!!
Their was (I can now remember) 1 vegetable I found okay which was brocolli. The only thing is in order for me to eat it I have to eat it while it's hot and put cheeze on it or else I wouldn't eat it at all.
Skipperdox, to answer your question what do i eat? Really boring stuff. Ceral, toast, chicken, Spaghetti, fruits like apples, bananas, strawberries, grapes, and oranges (my fav), and sometimes I'll have other itallian food because it has veggies in it and tastes like a pizza. I can tolerate prego sauce and tomato sauce because when I was really young I hooked on to pizza instantly. It was love at first bite. Their's some other stuff but I don't want to think up a list of all the foods I eat and or have eaten...that'd be to boring.
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Peter
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Posted: 25 Aug 2006 06:28 am |
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I long ago observed:
Corn on the cob is a vegetable.
Dried corn is a grain.
And popped corn is, well... popcorn. But it hardly seems a vegetable anymore!
Go figure.
Peter
P.S.
That got me thinking. If the grain corn is a vegetable before it's dried, why isn't wheat a vegetable before it's dried?
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NevD
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Posted: 28 Aug 2006 06:48 am |
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One problem with having your veg pureed or as a smoothie is that it's no longer solid food. That means it's easier to digest and asks less of your metabolism. It's amazing how those little things make the difference for weight loss. Six meals a day speeds up your metabolism, but not if they're six smoothies.
If de-solidifying your veg is the only way you can eat what you should, then go for it. But you should try to wean yourself onto solid stuff if you want serious weight loss success.
As others have mentioned, there are lots of different vegetables out there. Just find those that you like, then try expanding your variety over time.
Good luck,
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Hisgal
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Posted: 28 Aug 2006 07:11 pm |
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Atta,
Have you had your blood work checked?
When I was eating a low fat, low calorie diet, not paying much attention to the variety of what I ate....I ate a lot of carbs. I found breads, pasta, rice, fruits etc. to all be low fat and low calorie, if I chose the right one and very filling.
The problem with that was, my cholesterol was high to start with. After 9 months of eating like that, I went to get my cholesterol checked, because I wanted to see how much it had dropped. I was sure that I was being good to my body by losing weight and eating low fat. Well, my triglycerides went from 157 to 298 When your triglyercides are high, they make your bad cholesterol even "stickier" and more likely to clog up your arteries. It was the high carb diet I was eating that did it.
I have read reports that recommend that your cholesterol and your triglycerides should both be under 150. I've now gotten my cholesterol down to 164 and my triglycerides down to 60, at last check. I now eat a lot of veggies and I've come to love them like never before. My idea of veggies used to be potatoes (fries, fried, scalloped, baked with butter and sour cream), peas, corn....you get the picture, they were all very starchy ones. I now eat very little starchy forms of veggies, and concentrate on the low calories ones, with lots of color. They do so many wonderful things for your body, besides nourishing it. They are full of phytonutrients, they say more than we even have discovered yet.
I just don't want you to think you are eating "healthy" if you aren't eating veggies. I can't remember the exact number, but I read somewhere that if you eat a food a certain number of times, you will learn to like it. That's what happened to me and veggies. You should read "Eat to Live", you would have a new understanding of the foods we eat.
Trying to stay healthy, Hisgal.
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Atta2531
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Posted: 28 Aug 2006 08:54 pm |
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I'll check out that book, Hisgal. I haven't had my blood checked because I'm not like old or anything. I'm only a sophomore in higshcool. Still I should get over my stubborness and just eat veggies. I never ate a single vegetable as a kid. As a toddler, maybe but as a kid, never.
So let that be a lesson to you all. Make your kids eat veggies! I was kind of a brat though. Their was no way my mom could have gotten a carrot down my throat.
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jillybean720
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Posted: 29 Aug 2006 01:32 am |
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Atta2531 wrote: I haven't had my blood checked because I'm not like old or anything. I'm only a sophomore in higshcool.
ha, you definitely don't have to be old to start having problems, nor do you have to have problems already in order to have blood tests. I was your age when I was first diagnosed as being pre-diabetic. I've been having blood tests every year or 2 since just to check up on things for my own personal knowledge, even though I fixed my sugar issues soon after I was diagnosed (I'm 24 now). In addition to sugars, I keep an eye on things like thyroid and cholesterol levels, even though I've never had problems with these in the past, just to make sure to keep everything in check.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 29 Aug 2006 03:21 am |
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Atta.
Here's a quote from "Eat to Live"
"Most ominous were the results reported by the 1992 Bogalusa Heart Study, which studied autopsies performed on children killed in accidental deaths. The study confirmed the existence of fatty plaques and streaks (the beginning of atherosclerosis) in children and teenagers! These researchers concluded: 'These results emphasize the need for preventive cardiology in early life.' I guess "preventive cardiology' is a convoluted term that means eating healthfully.
Another recent autopsy study appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine found that more than 85 percent of adults between the ages of 21 and 39 already have atherosclerotic changes in their coronary arteries. Fatty streaks and fibrous plaques covered large areas of the coronary arteries. Everyone knows that junk foods are not healthy, but few understand their consequences-serious life threatening illness. Clearly, the diets we consume as children have a powerful influence on our future health and eventual premature demise.
There is considerable data to suggest that childhood diet has a greater impact on the later incidence of certain cancers than does a poor diet later in life."
I was trying to find the section that talked about the autopsies of young soldiers (average age 21) killed in WWII. Maybe that was in the book, "The China Study"? Anyway, they found the same evidence of clogged arteries in these young men. And in those days, the junk food and foods high in trans fats and saturated fats didn't seem to be as prevalent as they are today.
So, Atta, just think carefully about what you put in your mouth. We all want you healthy and living to a ripe "old" age.  Hisgal
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Chiffa
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Posted: 29 Aug 2006 04:32 pm |
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Peter wrote: Who even likes eating dead animals?
Well, I do but I love veggies too. Last night I lightly boiled a can of cut green beans with a small can of mushrooms. Drained, and added a little Asian sauce for flavor. :yumm:
Anyway, sometimes we just have to do what's good for us.
Peter
Interesting Peter, because until 4 months ago, the smell of cooking meat was the delicious odor to me.
And now... it flips my stomache to smell the flesh and blood cooking.
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Atta2531
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Posted: 29 Aug 2006 08:23 pm |
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Chiffa wrote:
And now... it flips my stomache to smell the flesh and blood cooking.
The smell makes me salivate
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OWF
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Posted: 30 Aug 2006 02:53 am |
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Jillybean,
That is so interesting. I, too, grew up on ALL the same foods (if you can call them that) as you!! Spaghetti-O's + Raviolis from Chef Boyardee, kraft mac and cheese, boxed scalloped potatoes, hot dogs, pizza, mcdonalds, pasta...pop tarts and fruit snacks (The ones in the box that are gummy candies but because they had the word "fruit" it was ok) and cereals.
I have come a LONG way. I still eat some candy and junk and ice cream and pizza. BUT...I actually drink WATER now, instead of just chocolate milk and soda. I now eat some veggies-I NEVER ate veggies growing up. (My mother was busy working late nights and my dad had two jobs and was always sleeping in the chair and he gave us whatever would shut us up-like pizza, chocolates, doritos, pudding and ice cream for dinner.) But, I have always LOVED fruit!! Now, I eat some veggies, some fruit and lean meats. I have discovered that I can enjoy celery dipped in peanut butter, cucumbers + green and red peppers + carrots dipped in lowfat ranch, broccoli and mashed cauliflower , sauteed spinach with olive oil...and I have always liked corn and potatoes-nobody has to force me to eat those! I have recently discovered I enjoy edamame with soy sauce too-you might like that! I know how you feel and you will one day start to try new veggies and some will grow on you. I guarantee it. However, I still dont LOVE salad-I feel its pretty boring.
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jillybean720
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Posted: 30 Aug 2006 11:58 am |
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ObsessedwithFitness wrote:
I know how you feel and you will one day start to try new veggies and some will grow on you. I guarantee it.
Oh, please don't think I don't try new things. My current diet consists mostly of lean meats (ham, lean ground turkey, boneless skinless chicken breast...I don't ever cook red meat at home, so only an occasional burger out), fruits (esp. pineapple and strawberries), nuts, whole grains (whole grain pastas, brown rice, whole-wheat bread, etc.), reduced-fat dairy, and whatever veggies I can sneak in without gagging I have definitely tried just about every veggie I can find in the store (including every color pepper I could find, mushrooms, multiple types of beans, celery, cauliflower, broccoli...okay, I guess I don't really need to list them ALL here ), but I still can stomach very few (lettuce, baby spinach, chopped cooked broccoli, potatoes, corn, small amounts of onion, cucumber, black beans, and that's about it!). I even tried most of the veggies in multiple ways (microwaved, raw, roasted, with seasonings, etc.) because I WANT to like them--it would make losing weight so much easier if I could fill up on veggies instead of more calorie-dense foods!
I do take a multivitamin since I know I'm missing out on some of the nutrients in veggies, and I still sneak them in when I can (for example, I'm going to try to choke down some peas in a healthy fried rice recipe tonight for dinner!). I've lost about 13 pounds in the past 3 weeks (and had lost about 15 pounds somewhere over the past year), and my cholesterol, sugar, and blood pressure are all within a normal range, so I guess not eating many veggies isn't doing too much harm so far
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Peter
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Posted: 30 Aug 2006 06:44 pm |
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I rarely mix veggies, but after spending three days working on the Green Giant list (and nearly getting frostbite on my fingers) for the food calculator, I have to admit that some of the combinations sounded pretty good. Especially with the sauces.
Of course the sauces get you further away from eating pure, natural foods, but if they can get you to eat veggies, well...
Peter
You can surely find something you'll like:
Alfredo Vegetables (Broccoli, Carrots & Peas) - box
Baby Brussels Sprouts & Butter Sauce - box
Baby Lima Beans & Butter Sauce - box
Baby Sweet Peas & Butter Sauce - box
Baby Vegetable Medley (Sugar Snap Peas, Cauliflower & Baby Cut Carrots) - box
Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower & Cheese - box
Broccoli & Cheese Sauce - box
Broccoli & White Cheddar Cheese Flavored Sauce - box
Broccoli & Zesty Cheese Sauce - box
Broccoli Spears & Butter Sauce - box
Candied Sweet Potatoes - box
Cauliflower & Cheese Sauce - box
Cheesy Rice & Broccoli - box
Cinnamon Spiced Squash - box
Cream Style Corn - box
Creamed Spinach - box
Cut Leaf Spinach & Butter Sauce - box
Green Bean Casserole - box
Honey Glazed Carrots - box
Niblets Corn & Butter Sauce - box
Asparagus Cuts without Sauce - box
Baby Lima Beans without Sauce - box
Baby Sweet Peas without Sauce - box
Broccoli Spears without Sauce - box
Broccoli Cuts without Sauce - box
Green Beans and Almonds without Sauce - box
Shoepeg White Corn without Sauce - box
Spinach without Sauce - box
Sugar Snap Peas without Sauce - box
Sweet Peas & Pearl Onions without Sauce - box
Rice Medley (Rice, Peas & Mushrooms) - box
Rice Pilaf (Rice, Carrots, Peas & Mushrooms) - box
Roasted Potatoes with Broccoli & Cheese Sauce - box
Roasted Potatoes with Garlic & Herbs - box
Shoepeg White Corn & Butter Sauce - box
Szechuan Vegetables (Broccoli, Water Chestnuts, Sugar Snap Peas & Red Peppers in Sauce) - box
Teriyaki Vegetables (Broccoli, Carrots & Cauliflower) - box
White & Wild Rice (Rice & Green Beans) - box
Asparagus Spears, Extra Long - can
Cream Style Sweet Corn - can
Cut Green Beans - can
Cut Green Beans, Low Sodium - can
Cut Spears Asparagus - can
Cut Spears Asparagus, Low Sodium - can
French Style Green Beans - can
Kitchen Sliced Green Beans - can
Le Sueur Brand Very Young Small Early Peas - can
Mexicorn (Corn, Red & Green Bell Peppers) - can
Niblets Extra Sweet Whole Kernel Sweet Corn - can
Niblets Whole Kernel Sweet Corn, No Salt Added - can
Niblets Whole Kernel Sweet Corn - can
Super Sweet Yellow & White Corn - can
Sweet Peas - can
Sweet Peas, Less Sodium - can
Three Bean Salad - can
White Shoepeg Corn - can
Whole Kernel Sweet Corn - can
Whole Kernel Sweet Corn, Less Sodium - can
Chicken & Cheesy Pasta Complete Skillet Meal
Chicken Alfredo Complete Skillet Meal
Chicken Lo Mein Complete Skillet Meal
Chicken Teriyaki Complete Skillet Meal
Garlic Chicken Pasta Complete Skillet Meal
Extra Sweet Corn-on-the-Cob
Nibblers Corn-on-the-Cob
Niblets Corn - box
Lo Mein Create a Meal! Stir-Fry
Sesame Create a Meal! Stir-Fry
Spicy Teriyaki Create a Meal! Stir-Fry
Sweet & Sour Create a Meal! Stir-Fry
Szechuan Create a Meal! Stir-Fry
Teriyaki Create a Meal! Stir-Fry
Alfredo Vegetables - family
Baby Brussels Sprouts & Butter Sauce - family
Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower & Cheese Sauce - family
Broccoli & Three Cheese Sauce - family
Broccoli & Carrots with Garlic & Herbs - family
Select Broccoli & Cauliflower Florets with Roasted Garlic & Herb Sauce - family
Cauliflower & Three Cheese Sauce - family
Select Cauliflower, Broccoli Florets, Whole Green Beans & Baby Carrots with Tuscan Herb Sauce - family
Super Sweet Corn, Peas & Herb Butter Sauce - family
Garden Vegetable Medley (Sugar Snap Peas, Roasted Potatoes, Red Peppers & Garden Herbs) - family
Niblets Corn & Butter Sauce - family
Pasta, Broccoli & Alfredo Sauce - family
Pasta, Broccoli, Carrots & Cheese Sauce - family
Pasta, Broccoli, Carrots, Sugar Snap Peas & Garlic Sauce - family
Roasted Potatoes with Broccoli & Cheese Sauce - family
Roasted Potatoes with Garlic & Herb Sauce - family
Select Sugar Snap Peas, Cauliflower & Red Pepper with Parmesan Asiago Sauce - family
Sweet Potato Casserole - family
Broccoli Cuts without Sauce - box
Chopped Broccoli without Sauce - box
Cut Green Beans without Sauce - box
Extra Sweet Niblets Corn without Sauce - box
Mixed Vegetables without Sauce - box
Niblets Corn without Sauce - box
Sweet Peas without Sauce - box
Broccoli & Cheese Sauce Just for One!
Corn & Butter Sauce Just for One!
Mushrooms Pieces & Stems - jar
Sliced Mushrooms - jar
Whole Mushrooms - jar
Pasta Accents Pasta, Broccoli & Alfredo Sauce - box
Select Le Sueur Baby Sweet Peas - box
Select Broccoli Florets without Sauce - box
Select Early June Peas without Sauce - box
Select Shoepeg White Corn without Sauce - box
Select Sugar Snap Peas without Sauce - box
Select Whole Green Beans without Sauce - box
Broccoli & Carrots Simply Steam Box
Garden Vegetable Medley (Sugar Snap Peas, Roasted Potatoes, Red Peppers & Garden Herbs) Simply Steam Box
Le Sueur Brand Tender Green Asparagus Spears, Extra Large - can
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OWF
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Posted: 30 Aug 2006 07:20 pm |
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Peter,
Thanks for the very good long list of veggies!!!
I was wondering your advice on this while we're on the subject. If you dont mind helping....?
I dont really like veggies that much either-and all of these tend to come with sauces and cheeses....do you think it better I eat those rather than my other "processed" snacks, even though they come in fattening cheese sauces and butter? What do you think about that?
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Posted: 30 Aug 2006 07:48 pm |
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It depends on what two products are being compared. Certainly a large serving of veggies -- even with sauce -- would be better than a box of cookies.
Peter
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H2OSprtlvr
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Posted: 31 Aug 2006 08:03 pm |
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There are many ways to disguise vegetables that are very tasty and low in calories. Weight Watchers have a soup that is called Taco soup, which has many vegetables. Adding melted low fat cheese is another way to cover up vegies. Check out the many ways the Jolly Geen Giant packages their vegetables.
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| I use to hate veggie too. Last year, i could have eaten in like 5 days only in the whole year. Recently, after i realised(finally!) i am getting obese, i started dieting. Then i started tasting veggies cooked by my mom. All of a sudden, i have become a veggie lover, hehe. I still love meat, but i eat less of it nowadays.
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aislinga
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Posted: 10 Nov 2006 11:29 pm |
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Ah well, corn is a seed isn't it? even though we use it as a vegetable, sort of along the lines of a tomato is considered a vegetable, instead of a berry. Not that that is unusual, all the squashes are fruit, potatos are tubers(?) and onions and carrots are roots, if you want to get technical
Peter wrote:
I long ago observed:
Corn on the cob is a vegetable.
Dried corn is a grain.
And popped corn is, well... popcorn. But it hardly seems a vegetable anymore!
Go figure.
Peter
P.S.
That got me thinking. If the grain corn is a vegetable before it's dried, why isn't wheat a vegetable before it's dried?
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