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| Vegetarian | Fluffy Vegan Pancakes? Do they exist? | Oct 01 2008 18:56 (UTC) |
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Thanks everyone for the great advice...I am making this my current mission, LOL. cellophane_star: thanks for the fatfreevegan link! I've been reading a little about Dr. Mcdougall...the fatfreevegan blog is right in line with his beliefs. thinthinnerthinnest: does this look like the recipe you used? Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes |
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| Vegetarian | What is a typical *MEAL* like for you? Need ideas for whole meals, B.L.D. | Aug 29 2008 00:19 (UTC) |
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Just wanted to thank everyone some more for the ideas. Things are going well :). I've made some *yummy* stuff that I probably never would have tried. This Quinoa salad was soooo good: Quinoa Salad with Lime-Cilantro Dressing Toast the quinoa in a dry skillet for a few minutes. Add boiling water, apricots and sun-dried tomatoes. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Add the corn kernels and let rest for 10 minutes. Transfer to a fine mesh strainer and allow to rest for another 10 minutes so it is well drained. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Dressing: Place all dressing ingredients into a food processor or blender and process until well mixed. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired, adding salt to taste (optional). Toss with the quinoa mixture and serve. The grains will absorb some of the tartness of the dressing, and it will seem milder when served with the grains.
I'm going to try lentils next week....wish me luck cooking them :) ;) |
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| Vegetarian | I *really* liked this newsletter about Soy, thought I'd share.... | Aug 29 2008 00:13 (UTC) |
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I mostly liked the section that shows what *could* be bad about soy and what the benefits are as well. I liked that it balanced things out a bit. We use rice milk too :). The fat requirements for 12 months to 1 year are pretty high...so we opted to use soy for cereal some of the time because it has a higher fat content than rice milk. Funny side note: I was a soy formula baby myself...I'm very flat chested, LOL! Interesting information/experience that everyone is providing...thanks! |
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| Vegetarian | Trying one entire week of Vegetarian meals... | Aug 26 2008 19:23 (UTC) |
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A friend introduced me to this vegetarian Doctor's website. Anyway, I found a 2 week vegetarian meal plan on it and remembered your request ;). Here you go! Good Luck! |
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| Vegetarian | What is a typical *MEAL* like for you? Need ideas for whole meals, B.L.D. | Aug 25 2008 00:53 (UTC) |
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Excellent. Thank you all so much. This is really helpful. I'm making a modified version of beans and greens for dinner (puree'd the beans so my 2 year old would eat it and added some "reds" ;). Yum. (not)meatloaf LOL. Tell me more about "meat substitutes", I don't know much about them. Are they mostly made from soy? Are they processed a bunch? (She said while a box of Town House crackers peeked around the back of the laptop, LOL). |
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| Foods | Michael Phelps' breakfast | Aug 12 2008 15:25 (UTC) |
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I wonder why he even bothers with the lettuce, LOL. *sigh* I love the olympics :) |
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| Foods | Bah! Food Scale = Bye Blissful Ignorance! | Aug 11 2008 21:51 (UTC) |
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Ha! I just saw this clip linked from the hungry girl site and it reminded me of this thread from the other day. http://avidityfitness.net/fat-loss-tips/ Happy weighing :) |
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| Recipes | Zucchini/Squash recipes | Aug 11 2008 21:37 (UTC) |
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We make a yummy dish of saute'd zucchini and onions with garlic, salt and pepper, with a little reduced fat pork sausage and your favorite pasta mixed in....yummmmm :) |
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| Foods | Is honey "healthier" than sugar? | Aug 09 2008 02:07 (UTC) |
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i'm an idiot..... I JUST LOOKED AGAIN....YUP, 60 CALORIES PER TABLESPOON (130 SERVINGS PER BOTTLE. *sorry for any honey confusion, LOL* |
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| Foods | Is honey "healthier" than sugar? | Aug 09 2008 01:59 (UTC) |
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Hmmmm...I wonder if the label is wrong??? Hopefully ;). It's organic, it should be healthy, right~LOL. The recipe called for 3/4 cup honey, I only used 1/2...the granola bars are *plenty* sweet. Maybe I'll use less next time, or look for a different brand. Anyone know if (other than the calories) honey would be better for you than sugar -or vice versa?
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| Foods | Frozen bananas = healthy and surprisingly delicious & quite ice cream-like! | Aug 06 2008 21:39 (UTC) |
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mmmmm....me too!! I like to freeze the for a while then blend up with some diet hot chocolate powder....very chocolate ice-cream like ;) |
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| Foods | When was the last time you ate Circus Peanuts? | Jul 28 2008 03:54 (UTC) |
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Original Post by laurme: LOL!!! You are too funny that you looked on wikipedia for circus peanuts!! LOL. |
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| Weight Loss | *bangs head against wall furiously* Anyone tag the threads I'm looking for? | Jul 28 2008 03:52 (UTC) |
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2beittybitty: THANK YOU! That website is awesome!!! Yes, that calculator is so fun….weird how this stuff is starting to be “fun” :). I liked the part that confirmed how if you eat too few calories you burn muscle in addition to fat….great resource, THANKS! Oceanbeach82: Welcome! Glad you found us (she says as a still relatively-new, newbie ;). bubbaluffaguss…What can I say…you are awesome! Thanks for posting all that info!!!!!!!!!! That was super nice of you :) !!!!!!!!!! Does anyone know the actual formula for calorie deficit? I’m thinking it is just BMR*activity level-calories consumed for the day?? Is that all you have to do? inbloom: Glad you got some use out of this silly thread, LOL. I liked that advice too...it makes sense that if you can maintain then you should be able to meet your overal health goals. Thanks again everyone!! |
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| Foods | When was the last time you ate Circus Peanuts? | Jul 27 2008 04:04 (UTC) |
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They are banana flavored??? I just thought they tasted like pure sugar, LOL. Twink...LOL....there are two types of people in this world. Those who like circus peanuts, and those who don't. LOL. We can still be friends though. Now that I think about it...there must be 3 types...because wishfulxthinking didn't know about them ;) |
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| Weight Loss | *bangs head against wall furiously* Anyone tag the threads I'm looking for? | Jul 26 2008 16:30 (UTC) |
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Original Post by vegetariangeek: I don't know how else to thank you....so I just added you as a buddy, LOL. Which I'm not completely sure what that means...as sometimes I get a notification that somone has added me, but then I never hear from them :D. Let me pull a term out of the 90's..."You're the bomb" |
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| Foods | My hands are burning! | Jul 26 2008 06:19 (UTC) |
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Original Post by durgy: LMAO! And a big fat owww! to Alysha. I made Mole once it was a total disaster. I think I tried to put chocolate chips in it if I remember correctly, too funny. |
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| Foods | What is the meaning of devastation…. ? | Jul 25 2008 15:03 (UTC) |
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Oooo Ooooo! I made YUM-O 300 calorie creamy mac and cheese the other day. 2.5 oz ronzoni smart taste pasta, around 3/4 cup cooked spaghetti squash (seriously it bulked it up and just tasted like pasta when mixed in), 1 laughing cow (of course, ha!), 1 fat free cheese slice. I just cooked the pasta and then (in the same pan ;) added the drained pasta, squash and melted the cheeses over medium low....so creamy and yum! (I think I added a little parmesean now that I think about it). My heartbreaker: "real" chips and salsa.
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| Weight Loss | Had 900 calories for breakfast, please help | Jul 25 2008 02:17 (UTC) |
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I know that you probably don't think this sort of thing is "funny". But the title of your thread just really made me LMAO for some reason. Hope you get it figured out ;).....I'm sure it will be okay in the long run :) |
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| Weight Loss | the food scale: in love, but a lot of lectures! | Jul 24 2008 05:51 (UTC) |
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Eh, roomates come and go. If you want I could pull out a number of crazy stories from my college days :P. Do what *you* need to do and *try* not to worry about it. Although, I know how you feel, I brought mine on a family vacation and rarely used it. Good luck!!!!! |
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| Weight Loss | Are "burning fat" and "losing weight" essentially the same thing??? | Jul 23 2008 19:19 (UTC) |
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Hmmmmm...so it sounds like "weight loss" is generally a more appropriate term? Interesting that when I read different magazines or websites it seems like there is always an article about "eat this to burn fat" or "do this workout to burn fat". |
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| Fitness | I'm retro like that...."Core Secrets"??? | Jul 23 2008 16:19 (UTC) |
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Thanks! |
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| Foods | Tell me about greek yogurt.... | Jul 22 2008 17:20 (UTC) |
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Thanks guys....I just checked out the website...the packaging looks familiar, so maybe I have seen it where I shop. Thanks! *Still open to recipe suggestions ;)* |
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| Foods | SAVING calories till dinner | Jul 22 2008 17:02 (UTC) |
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SS to hear about your struggle. I've been losing weight steadily and I do eat about half of my daily calories for dinner and a snack later. I think what is most important is to stay within your overall daily limit. Good luck! |
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| Foods | Tell me about greek yogurt.... | Jul 22 2008 17:01 (UTC) |
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Well, I guess it's settled then, LOL. I'll look for it next time I'm out. Is it located near the other yogurts, generally? Any brands I should look for? |
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| Foods | What is your favorite tortilla brand? | Jul 16 2008 16:14 (UTC) |
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I kind of live in the sticks, LOL. My grocery store didn't have any of these, LOL. I'll have to check at the health food store next time I go. I ended up with corn (again)...yum. I also bought some tostada shells....that I thought were 60 calories each....I must have been in a hurry b/c when I got them home it was 160 calories for 2. What brand of tostadas is 50 calories??? Thanks for all the input :) |
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| Weight Loss | Fastest way to track/log calories consumed? | Jul 15 2008 23:49 (UTC) |
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Original Post by aoifek: I admit...I have "recipe analyzer" fear. I will overcome :). Cool that it calculates so many things, I'll have to figure it out ;). And thank you so much for the tip about how to find yesterday's info, you seriously rock! Becky....pm me and I'll give you my favorite online shoe websites (that have free shipping...*sigh* ;). You are a smarty pants to log when you get home from the grocery store! I did make kind of a menu plan for dinners for the week....I can see how that would be helpful. I think my hardest part is recipes and cooking for DH as well as me at the same time (my 2 year old is easy ;). I don't use recipes much but I guess I'll have to start writing down the measurments of things so I can plug them in to the analyzer. Ha!....I'm Still looking for someone to tell me that it is easier to log on paper so I don't have to figure out the recipe analyzer :-P ;) ;) ;)
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| Weight Loss | Fastest way to track/log calories consumed? | Jul 15 2008 15:04 (UTC) |
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So, if I prepare a meal for my family (lets say a pasta, meat and veggie dish)....generally I would figure out the caloreis for the whole dish and then divide up the portions to know how many cals I eat. Would you tag each item in the dish? I was thinking that it might be eaiser to just have a list of common foods/ and meals that I eat with the calories per serving....Although it would be a pain to make the list. For "fun" ;) I logged my entire day last night here on this site based on what I had written down...it made the math eaiser, but I did have to sub "similar" foods for things that I actually ate b/c they were not in the database. (In retrospect, I should have tagged most of the items b/c they were things that I eat often...but it is gone now, LOL). Does anyone just keep track and log everything all at once? I'm open to ALL ideas :)
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| Recipes | Have a salty/crunchy craving? RECIPE INSIDE | Jul 14 2008 18:02 (UTC) |
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Just added cauliflower to my shopping list ;) Thanks :) |
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| Foods | What is your favorite tortilla brand? | Jul 14 2008 17:33 (UTC) |
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Yes! I LOVE corn tortillas too :). I mainly eat them, but sometimes I'm in the mood for a flour one. I'll check out these brands thanks! "thhq"....I read somewhere on this forum that someone uses tostada shells in the place of corn chips. I love chips and salsa...but haven't had them forever b/c chips are so high in calories (and I never know when to stop). Thanks for the reminder, I've been meaning to try this. If anyone else wants to chime in, I'm still open to suggestions :) |
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| Weight Loss | Who to listen to when losing weight? | Jul 02 2008 05:29 (UTC) |
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"Who to listen to when losing weight" I like to listen to "ZZ Top" while I am losing weight ;) ;) Good luck! |
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