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daniella_maria
02-14-2010, 12:46 PM
I'm a really big fan of the spice tumeric. It helps balance blood sugar levels, and helps speed metabolism. It's and acquired taste, but I'm really starting to love it.

papillonluvr
02-16-2010, 06:24 AM
^^ tumeric on cottage cheese with some ginger and nutmeg is delicious!

daniella_maria
02-16-2010, 09:11 AM
^^ tumeric on cottage cheese with some ginger and nutmeg is delicious!

I don't do dairy, but it lends itself very well to rice and most vegetables, and is great paired with garlic, ginger or cilantro. I should also mention that it acts as a blood thinner. Anyone already taking drugs like coumadin should avoid tumeric. I don't use it for thee days before getting tattooed, and two days after, just as a precaution.

Miss Jessica
02-16-2010, 12:17 PM
I'm a really big fan of the spice tumeric. It helps balance blood sugar levels, and helps speed metabolism. It's and acquired taste, but I'm really starting to love it.

You could always put it in a gelatin capsule to get the benefits minus the taste.

Glamgirl
02-16-2010, 12:24 PM
I love munchng on grapes and baby carrots....oh and pickled beetroot!!

charlie61
02-16-2010, 02:47 PM
Just came up with a new one. Isn't the healthiest...but better than eating meat/gluten.

Gluten free tortilla (homemade: see book Gluten Free Baking Classics) with tomato, raw spinach, and cheese + tofu. For the tofu, I put it in my food processor with an egg (to help it all stick together), onion, parsley, shoyu, and other spices to taste. I then fry it in a pan. SO good!!

rubyredlipsss
02-16-2010, 03:45 PM
^ there's also a tofu mix you can buy and you mix it all together and then cook in a pan with a little oil for tofu tacos. i like to mix to a little ketchup with diced tomatoes, green onion and avocado and add cheese. my fav tofu taco :)

charlie61
02-16-2010, 04:41 PM
^ I was seriously impressed by how good it was. Like, I'd prefer it to meat when cooked that way.

miabella
02-16-2010, 05:55 PM
there's nothing wrong with meat as meat, although there is a fair bit wrong with modern gluten.

now i want some pork roast. whee!

rubyredlipsss
02-16-2010, 06:10 PM
yeah, i eat meat but like tofu too...but when there's additives and unnatural flavorings added it typically has gluten. a lot of foods have unnecessary gluten in them. i love me some pork roast too, i just have to make it myself because i've never found a restaurant that makes it w/o gluten ;(

charlie61
02-16-2010, 09:39 PM
there's nothing wrong with meat as meat, although there is a fair bit wrong with modern gluten.

now i want some pork roast. whee!

Agreed...but I'm going vegetarian (animal cruelty/environmental issues), so that's off of the menu. And agreed with gluten. I've gone off of it completely.

daniella_maria
02-17-2010, 09:22 AM
You could always put it in a gelatin capsule to get the benefits minus the taste.

Oh, I like it, but a lot of people don't. I'd rather just put it on food, you don't need to eat that much of it.

daniella_maria
02-17-2010, 09:35 AM
Agreed...but I'm going vegetarian (animal cruelty/environmental issues), so that's off of the menu. And agreed with gluten. I've gone off of it completely.
Heres some fake meats for you to try. Okay, its really a list of my faves, but...
-Yves chicken stirfry pieces. They are really tasty! Like really, really good.
-Morning star farms breakfast sausage. The first time I ate this I had to look and make sire there was no meat in it; its that good.
-Yves the good ground. I made stuffed shells with this and it was divine. I'm going to use it for canneloni too.
-i don't remember the name of the brand but you can get it at whole foods. It was a four pack of mesquite grilled chicken breasts. I made chicken salad with them, and it was nothing short of awesome.

I hope that's helpful, and I hope you like them. Cheers.

rubyredlipsss
02-17-2010, 03:54 PM
correct me if i'm wrong but most morningstar products contain gluten unfortunately...i used to eat them all the time but unfortunately i can't now, but i agree the sausage is good so if you're not sensitive to gluten morningstar is great.

charlie61
02-17-2010, 04:32 PM
^ Yeah, I was afraid of that....

rubyredlipsss
02-17-2010, 04:46 PM
soyrizo (soy chorizo) doesn't though!! and it's tasty...its best though if you cook it with something like eggs or beans.

mediocrity
02-17-2010, 04:52 PM
^^ The Gimme Lean vegetarian sausage is damn good too. As far as I have read it's gluten free but I don't know seeing as I don't have issues with gluten.

rubyredlipsss
02-17-2010, 05:31 PM
^^ yeah it contains wheat :( luckily im only gf and not vegetarian though i don't eat meat much. i'm lazy and buy a lot of frozen dinners like amy's (expensive but healthy and really tasty, they're all vegetarian, some vegan i believe and many are gluten free). my fav amy's is the tikka masala and gluten free mac and cheese--it's reaaallly good and they have a tofu scramble that i like. also cedarline is another good brand for frozen vegetarian, gf food, so if you're in a rush those are really good. i've found them to taste much better than regular frozen dinners.

daniella_maria
02-17-2010, 09:38 PM
^^^^^^^^^^Amy's is pretty good. I'm not gluten free, so my fave is the regular Mac & cheese. Sooooo yummy.

charlie61
02-17-2010, 09:40 PM
You gluten free ladies should buy Gluten Free Baking Classics. I'm gluten-free retarded, and yet every recipe I've tried in there has been fabulous.

http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Baking-Classics-Annalise-Roberts/dp/1572840994/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266468005&sr=8-1

rubyredlipsss
02-19-2010, 12:00 AM
^^^^^^^^^^Amy's is pretty good. I'm not gluten free, so my fave is the regular Mac & cheese. Sooooo yummy.

i swear to you they taste the same!!! i used to eat the regular kind before i knew i was gf, but sooo good. i love amys,, it's like not even eating frozen food!

J.D.
02-19-2010, 12:51 AM
Brussel sprouts and garlic cloves tossed in salt, pepper and olive oil, roasted in the oven for 30-40 minutes.

shasta
02-19-2010, 01:18 AM
I go to bodybuilder websites to get new ideas for low cal snacks. I just took a can of garbonzos, drained and mixed with a bit of oil (I used grapeseed), hot sauce, and brags (you can use soy sauce). I used very little liquid, just to coat. I spread the beans out and cooked them in the toaster over for 15 minutes. I just enjoyed these. They were great, but i think next time i will cook them longer.

miabella
02-24-2010, 01:45 AM
Agreed...but I'm going vegetarian (animal cruelty/environmental issues), so that's off of the menu. And agreed with gluten. I've gone off of it completely.

go figure, i eat meat because of environmental issues (more sustainable).

charlie61
02-24-2010, 07:16 AM
^ What about the maniacal amounts of fresh water wasted on watering grain for the animals?? I've read in numerous places that it's literally impossible to be an environmentalist and also eat meat.

Isis Star
02-24-2010, 10:08 AM
go figure, i eat meat because of environmental issues (more sustainable).

Meat is NOT NOT NOT more sustainable. You couldn't be more wrong. There are two ways of producing food.

1. Industrial agriculture. Factory farms, antibiotics, steroids and slaughterhouses. GMO crops that don't rotate and deplete the soil, use pesticides. Both ship their meat and produce thousands of miles away for the purpose of maximum profit.

2. Permaculture. Small cruelty free organic truly free range farms. Organic highly diverse crops on smaller plots of land grown and distributed locally in tune with the seasons.

Even in the ideal instance 2, meat is still not as sustainable as veggies because of the amount of water and food that goes into producing the product, pound for pound. The animals also produce methane and their waste goes into the water runoff possibly contaminating crops with e.coli, salmonella, etc.

The problem is HOW the food is produced, not WHY a singular person decides to or not to consume meat or veg.

I don't care about meat-eaters as long as they are educated and get their meat organic from LOCAL farms. Same goes for vegetarians- if you're going to be vegetarian for environmental reasons- then put your money where your mouth is and choose local and organic, because buying your produce from the store and not caring if it's GMO or not is almost just as bad as buying meat- environmentally.

Ethically- killing animals is another story. First commandment is thou shalt not kill. In the yoga sutras the first yama (restraint) is Ahimsa- non violence- which applies to all living creatures.

Charlie- have you tried tempeh? It's indonesian and high in protein- fermented soybeans. I try to not eat soy unless it's fermented because of the way it can mimic estrogen.

Miss Jessica
02-27-2010, 03:20 AM
Latest snack addiction, fat free cottage cheese w/sugar free apricot preserves. Nom.

GlitterBexie
02-28-2010, 11:23 AM
Carrots with cottage cheese :)

Bran flakes (If i crave crisps or something i eat these dry, they're yummy)

Porridge :) Fills me up, stops me snacking, delish :)

hot4ablackchick
03-02-2010, 05:51 AM
When I was vegetarian, I felt absolutely terrible. I can't believe so many of you have had good results with it. I felt GREAT when I was vegan however. Vegetarian I just can't do. I would love to try vegan again when I get older though.

charlie61
03-02-2010, 02:06 PM
^ Damn, that's surprising. How does that work? Do you have any theories as to why it made you feel so much better?

hot4ablackchick
03-02-2010, 07:28 PM
^^ I don't know. I was vegan for 2 months first. Felt great the entire time, but I was seriously craving meat and other non vegan items. It was a constant struggle for me everyday. I also still had to cook it and have all sorts of non vegan items for our 4 kids at the time. I went vegan because I really do love animals and I hate the way they are treated. Even if we are going to just eat them, I wish they had more humane treatment. But anyway, I decided to try vegetarian because I thought that would be better than going all the way back to eating meat. Maybe I over-did it on cheese?? I dunno, but I felt fucking terrible. I can't recall exactly what I was eating, this was a couple years ago. I really wish I could have stuck with veganism, but it was too hard for me. Meat never got "gross" for me and I never stopped wanting meat no matter how many vids on animal cruelty I watched.

lisamarie
03-02-2010, 08:08 PM
my favorite foods are: carrot, apple and parsely juice-i make it fresh at least 4 days a week with the JackLaLanne juicer, I love salads with avocados and olive oil and roasted red peppers, i snack on raw cashews and raisins at club, and ususally buy a smoothie and sip on it as the night goes on, I can not eat much while dancing, my favorite when I go home is natural peanut butter with half bananna on whole grain toast. I basically eat a vegan diet myself have been doing it for a few yrs ever since I went to a music festival in 2004 and this cute girl selling hand made purses had a whole bunch of Go Vegan literature on her table. I read it and had a tough time with the small amounts of chicken I used to consume and with dairy especially ever since. I can't believe the treatment these animals recieve-it is truely horrifing and I don't have to be part of it. I also go to there are tons of reciepes and ideas on there!

ghostinshell
03-02-2010, 08:16 PM
I did the master cleanse/ Lemonade Diet for as long as I could take it (I only lasted four days). My goal was to stop my latte/espresso addiction which cost me 30 - 70 dollars a month, and during midterms and finals up to 100 a month.

This website helped me through, step by step

http://themastercleanse.org/

Day 2, I had terrible withdrawal headaches. I wanted to punch anyone in the face who was holding a Starbucks cup. But it's been three months, and I have not had a latte or any coffee beverage since December 2009. The other thing is that I have more natural energy for the whole day, AND I no longer get my sugar/carb cravings in the afternoon. These cravings really sabotage my attempts at eating clean. I am very grateful I gave the Lemonade Diet a chance and plan on doing it again. I lost some weight as well (mostly annoying back fat)

J.D.
03-02-2010, 11:33 PM
I LOVE canned sardines! Also, those flavored packets of tuna, I just ate the Tomato Pesto, it was good! It has 26g of protein and no carbs, so great for late at night.

mediocrity
03-03-2010, 02:59 PM
I have found recently I am able to tolerate yogurt again, so fat free 100 cals Harvest Peach yogurts have been in my belly the last few days. It's been like fucking Xmas!

angelicat
03-03-2010, 09:55 PM
I'm a really big fan of the spice tumeric. It helps balance blood sugar levels, and helps speed metabolism. It's and acquired taste, but I'm really starting to love it.

It is also a super powerful anti inflammatory!


My favorites:
pomegranate/honeycrisp apple juice (OMG! Can't wait until season!!!!)
kale chips (recipe on vegweb.com)
carrots and hummus
a spoonful of raw honey with the cappings
whole umeboshi plums (pricey but sooo tasty and healthy)
my fav salad- chopped baby spinach, alfalfa sprouts, grated raw beets and carrots, raisons, ginger dressing.... Mmmmm!!!
Last but not least...... I put garlic on everything :D

miabella
03-04-2010, 01:35 AM
Meat is NOT NOT NOT more sustainable. You couldn't be more wrong. There are two ways of producing food.

1. Industrial agriculture. Factory farms, antibiotics, steroids and slaughterhouses. GMO crops that don't rotate and deplete the soil, use pesticides. Both ship their meat and produce thousands of miles away for the purpose of maximum profit.

2. Permaculture. Small cruelty free organic truly free range farms. Organic highly diverse crops on smaller plots of land grown and distributed locally in tune with the seasons.

Even in the ideal instance 2, meat is still not as sustainable as veggies because of the amount of water and food that goes into producing the product, pound for pound. The animals also produce methane and their waste goes into the water runoff possibly contaminating crops with e.coli, salmonella, etc.

The problem is HOW the food is produced, not WHY a singular person decides to or not to consume meat or veg.

I don't care about meat-eaters as long as they are educated and get their meat organic from LOCAL farms. Same goes for vegetarians- if you're going to be vegetarian for environmental reasons- then put your money where your mouth is and choose local and organic, because buying your produce from the store and not caring if it's GMO or not is almost just as bad as buying meat- environmentally.

Ethically- killing animals is another story. First commandment is thou shalt not kill. In the yoga sutras the first yama (restraint) is Ahimsa- non violence- which applies to all living creatures.

Charlie- have you tried tempeh? It's indonesian and high in protein- fermented soybeans. I try to not eat soy unless it's fermented because of the way it can mimic estrogen.

Meat's more nutritionally complete. Also, there's waaaaay more to meat and sustainably producing it than beef/chicken/pork. Agriculture is not sustainable long-term without animal inputs, and even there, without animal products a vegetarian diet is not nutritionally complete.

Vegetarian 7th day adventists live shorter lifespans than meat-eating mormons (both groups abstain from alcohol, caffeine and smoking, and exercise regularly).

meat is completely sustainable for large populations, because they can be integrated with vegetable and fruit production to form a mixed whole that renews topsoil and preserves nutrients in the soil. Can't get that doing agriculture without animals.

For a number of complex reasons, we aren't taking modern high-yield organic methods and utilizing them as broadly as we could. but animal protein production on a large scale is quite common in places like china and peru, where rodents and insects are cultivated and consumed as protein. the nutritional profiles are excellent for these sources of protein. and there are dozens of other options beyond the extremes of bugs or beef.

no, we can't all live on steaks (not even delicious buffalo steaks) sustainably. but we can certainly live on a wide range of animal protein garnered from all over the animal kingdom and in fact it is the optimal way for humans to eat.

it will be super difficult to get people to accept a more complete, holistic view of food production that doesn't make idols out of plant production as viable in the long haul without animals.

it doesn't even make sense to talk about eating animals being 'unsustainable' because you literally cannot do sustainable agriculture without involving animals in the proceedings. even the inputs that animals consume can be diverted right back to the land, as with rotational grazing. what the animals consume is almost immediately dumped right back onto the soil and blended in by the animals' walking and scratching and sequestered afterwards. so it's a false dichotomy that animals are sucking up resources that could go for more tomatoes.

also, there's an underestimation going on in your assumptions regarding technology. technical advancements are processes and rediscoveries and ways of doing, not just shiny metal stuff and things in tanks. we have better tech to do sustainable meat+vegetable production even if it's not a new machine.

food sufficient (all food for 1 yr) on 1/8 acre with animals-- doable and is being done right now. not possible without having meat. actually could probably manage with <1000 sq ft of production area, but i haven't found anyone quite that efficient yet.

there's more to getting people food than industrial or permaculture (another false dichotomy). there is a range of options, and within that range lies sustainability and diverse, nutritionally complete dining for all. but you gotta have meat and/or animal products in there somewhere as part of the final plate-serving step.

i wouldn't do the work i do if the math wasn't there. i would load up on vegetables and loudly proclaim the vegan gospel and be a little janey appleseed. but the math isn't there for meat-free sustainability, especially not once you get into high-yield without chemicals territory.

we're made of meat, not wheat.

rubyredlipsss
03-04-2010, 04:30 PM
that was extremely interesting mia...and the last part, "we're made of meat, not wheat" couldn't more true...wheat is becoming excessively used in so many products which is causing wheat/gluten intolerances in our society...only a few other countries' populations are on par with gluten intolerances, namely italy.

charlie61
03-04-2010, 07:00 PM
I guess I don't really understand your point, mia. I mean, if you look at how little meat is produced using a TON of fresh water resources and whatnot, how is that more sustainable than crops?

I also don't understand your argument about us being made of meat, not wheat. Are you trying to say there isn't enough protein in non-meats to sustain us? Because there definitely is enough protein in vegetables/fruits/nuts/etc to sustain a human.

I'm not trying to call you out, just confused.

K Sweet
03-04-2010, 10:09 PM
On the vegan vs. vegetarian thing... One possible theory...
Vegetarians eat dairy (which inhibit iron) and not meat (source of iron), so you may have developed anemia.
Vegans eat neither dairy or meat, but get all their iron from vegetables.
Basically, if you want dairy yuo may want to have meat or to eat more vegetables.

Also my fav thing food is veggie sushi.
I do pickled mango, pickled beets, cucumber, carrot, sprouts/spinach, and avocado. It's sooo goood.

hot4ablackchick
03-06-2010, 02:16 PM
I guess I don't really understand your point, mia. I mean, if you look at how little meat is produced using a TON of fresh water resources and whatnot, how is that more sustainable than crops?

I also don't understand your argument about us being made of meat, not wheat. Are you trying to say there isn't enough protein in non-meats to sustain us? Because there definitely is enough protein in vegetables/fruits/nuts/etc to sustain a human.

I'm not trying to call you out, just confused.

I'll agree here. I do eat meat, but it sounds like too much "justification" that its "better" to eat meat. If you are looking at it from an environmental/cruelty aspect, veg and vegans win hands down. Of course you could find justification/research to support either cause, but in my own mind it just makes sense that not eating meat is better in those aspects.