Posts by madegirl

Original Post by avboston:

Beans + Spinach = Fiber. Increasing your fiber quickly can throw your digestive system into a gassy and upset system. Are you sure it's the protein that was giving you gas?

She says in her post that they've been a part of her diet for a long time, so clearly it isn't a sudden increase in fiber.

Agreed. And it bothers me that we have so many meat-eaters posting in our forum, advocating omnivorous eating.

Seriously, people? This is the vegetarian forum. Let us have some space. If you're an omni who wants to post in here with vegetarian recipes or vegetarian love or something, go for it. But don't post in here about eating meat and how wonderful you think it is. You can do that in the lounge or somewhere.

Awwwwww, man, I LOVE falafel. I made some the other day because my boyfriend requested it ... so delicious!

But yeah, falafel is fried, so that obviously reduces the healthiness factor. If you make homemade falafel, you can try baking it, though I've heard that doing so definitely alters the texture. But hey, baked falafel vs. no falafel ... I bet the baked would win!

(btw, I made falafel loosely following this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Seans-Falafel-an d-Cucumber-Sauce/Detail.aspx --- I used flour instead of breadcrumbs, left the oil out of the recipe intentionally --- they get enough oil when you fry them! --- and accidentally ommited the baking powder. But it was really yummy! Use a different recipe for the yogurt sauce, though ... a bonafide tzatziki recipe would be the best [that's what I made]).

Neither. Oatmeal looks like baby puke. GROSS. But if I HAD to eat oatmeal, I'd go with sweet.

Coffee ice cream or peach frozen yogurt?

Pot of soup. Never been a huge chili fan. I mean, it's okay, but nothing special.

Pasta with alfredo or marinara?

Fiber One Raisin Bran

Half my boss's big-ass croissant

A Cinnabon minibon roll

Some watermelon

A garden fresh salad with blue cheese dressing (bad call on the dressing! I know blue cheese dressing is ridiculously high call, but goshdarnit! I wanted it at the time. And then I regretted it. Ah well!)

Apple

Lentils with a peanut Thai sauce

Original Post by leronia:

one cup is 8 ounces. that is standard so when something says "one cup" then you know that means 8 ounces. YOu can add or subtract from there. if you add four ounces (or a half a cup) that is twelve ounces, if you subtract four ounces you now have just a half cup.

But I agree with cherry buy a scale! it really does make it easier and you can be "more" accurate.

That's a fluid ounce, though, not a weight ounce. It's a measure of volume. A "weight" ounce is measure of mass, and is different.

100 g is equal to 3.512 oz, but that doesn't mean you can take just under a half-cup (because while that's 4 oz., it's 4 FLUID OUNCES, which is different) of something and call it 100 g, because then you're converting between mass and volume, which really doesn't work.

Mozzarella and pesto... leave out the ham! (vegetarian )

A frap or a milkshake?

Well, I've never had a flavored one, so I'll go with CRUNCHY, baby! Buuuuuut I have had toast with pb and then added chocolate to it, and that was scrumptious. So choco PB will be my second choice.

BAGELS: Sweet ones (blueberry, choco chip, etc.), savory ones (everything, onion, etc.), or plain? And if you choose sweet or savory, which actual flavor is your favorite?

Granola for the taste, cereal for the cals. But granola is just so delicious! Yummy :-)

Ranch dip, onion dip, or some other creamy dip (doesn't include hummus or guac!)?