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edina
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response 102 of 154:
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Apr 14 01:09 UTC 2008 |
Tonight's dinner is going to be something I kind of invented, but going
after the guidelines of a Weight Watchers recipe. I'm doing WW right
now*, and rather than eating all packaged foods, I like to make my own
stuff.
So, I took a chicken I had in the freezer, thawed it, cut it into pieces
and took the skin off. Put it into a crockpot on top of chopped up
onions and celery and about a cup of spaghetti sauce (Muir Glen, my
favorite), put some sauce on top and set it up to go for about 7 hours.
I then pulled the chicken out and cooled it, pulled it off the bone,
and put it back into the crock pot. I sauteed some mushrooms and hit
them with a bit of balsamic and put them into it as well. I tasted it a
little bit ago and it's so good! My plan is to eat it on top of whole
wheat pasta with a bit of parmesan.
*I went back on WW to get a bit of weight off that I'd put back on, plus
it's good to have that reality check of how much calories/fat is in
stuff and portion control.
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keesan
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response 103 of 154:
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Apr 14 02:27 UTC 2008 |
We had something sort of similar - fried an onion, added a bunch of frozen
chunks of pumpkin and some dried oyster mushrooms and dried celery leaves and
chervil, and served over soy spaghetti. It did not take as long to cook.
I did take the skin off the pumpkin before freezing it.
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furs
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response 104 of 154:
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Apr 14 09:11 UTC 2008 |
re 102
that sounds good.
Do you ever use spaghetti squash? I love that stuff. I often use it in
place of pasta.
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edina
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response 105 of 154:
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Apr 14 14:33 UTC 2008 |
I have in the past and I am really not a fan - I'd rather use my oh so
valuable points for whole wheat pasta. ;-)
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keesan
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response 106 of 154:
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Apr 14 14:48 UTC 2008 |
What is a 'point'? I forgot to mention the tomato puree.
Our soy spaghetti was advertised as low carb. We got it for 40 cents/box
because it did not sell well. Different taste and texture.
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edina
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response 107 of 154:
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Apr 14 15:12 UTC 2008 |
It's a WW measurement tool. You get X amount of points per day, based
on your current weight and if you are maintaing/actively trying to
lose. It's a calculation based on calories/fat content/fiber.
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keesan
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response 108 of 154:
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Apr 14 16:27 UTC 2008 |
The soy stuff is high fiber. Tastes like it.
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edina
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response 109 of 154:
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Apr 14 17:23 UTC 2008 |
I have to say that I'd probably pass on your pasta.
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slynne
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response 110 of 154:
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Apr 14 18:47 UTC 2008 |
resp:106 and resp:107 Yeah, the more fiber a food has, the fewer
points. The more calories/fat a food has, the more points. The idea is that you
can still eat whatever you want but if you choose to eat things like giant
burgers with calorie laden special sauces, you dont get to eat much else. I
have issues with WW as I do with all diets in that I think they make false
promises, I think that WW is probably the best commercial diet out there and
the most realistic. At the very least, it does promote healthy eating.
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edina
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response 111 of 154:
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Apr 14 19:27 UTC 2008 |
This isn't a diet for me - it's a reality check. I still eat foods
that are fattening, just less of them and far less often.
They have a new plan - the Core plan, where there are foods in "the
core" that you can eat as much of as you want (lots of
fruits/veggies/non-fat dairy) and you have a small bank of points to
eat non-core foods. I tried it for a day and got incredibly
frustrated and switched back to counting. But I think for those that
don't want to count as much.
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furs
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response 112 of 154:
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Apr 14 23:37 UTC 2008 |
I just eat a treat, then run my ass off to work it off. ;)
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keesan
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response 113 of 154:
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Apr 15 02:35 UTC 2008 |
I was impressed with a Weight Watchers' cookbook.
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edina
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response 114 of 154:
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Apr 15 04:40 UTC 2008 |
I have several. My favorite recipes of theirs is Greek pastitsio and
there's a sweet and sour cabbage soup.
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glenda
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response 115 of 154:
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Apr 15 05:19 UTC 2008 |
My famous cold spicy noodles started out as a WW recipe. I just
replaced the cayenne and garlic salt with Lanchee Chili Paste with
Garlic and a couple other minor flavorings. I may have increased the
calorie count by 10 per batch.
I like a lot of their recipes, but often alter them a bit especially in
the spicing area.
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mary
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response 116 of 154:
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Apr 15 10:14 UTC 2008 |
Likewise, a few of my all-time favorite recipes are from WW. Mostly
healthier versions of comfort foods like turkey goulash, Mexican meatloaf,
and chicken enchiladas verde.
Brooke, regarding that pastitsio recipe, does it look anything like this:
http://www.weightwatchers.com/food/rcp/index.aspx?recipeid=107241
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edina
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response 117 of 154:
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Apr 15 15:55 UTC 2008 |
Mine is a bit different, in that they replace some of the beef with
spinach, and it's lighter (I think 4 or 5 points) - but this looks
BETTER. I'm changing recipes! But I'll probably still continue to
put the spinach in, as I'm always looking for ways to eat veggies that
I like.
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furs
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response 118 of 154:
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Apr 15 17:11 UTC 2008 |
that last two nights, I have made the same thing, because it is SO
good, and for some reason I'm on a spinach kick.
Sautee spinach with a tiny bit of olive oil & garlic.
then I added Eqq whites and parm. cheese and made an omlette.
YUM. It's gotta be pretty low on points.
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edina
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response 119 of 154:
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Apr 15 17:22 UTC 2008 |
I would assume so. I use a lot of egg beaters at my house (Costco
rocks!).
Last night I had Taco Bell. I can hear your collective gasps, but I
did have the points for it.
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slynne
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response 120 of 154:
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Apr 15 17:51 UTC 2008 |
I seem to remember from my WW guide to fast food that there are many
lowish choices at Taco Bell including one of my favorites (Chicken Soft
Taco).
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edina
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response 121 of 154:
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Apr 15 18:14 UTC 2008 |
For me it's a taco and pintos and cheese. I'm pretty minimalist at
Taco Bell.
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keesan
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response 122 of 154:
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Apr 15 20:24 UTC 2008 |
I got lots of spinach seed last year so I planted two rows of it this week.
I may plant even more today.
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slynne
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response 123 of 154:
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Apr 15 23:15 UTC 2008 |
Considering that this is the "what's for dinner" item and not the
gardening item (although I presume that keesan is planning on eventually
eating the spinach for dinner), resp:122 really reminds me of that one
Carl Sagan quote:
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create
the universe."
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keesan
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response 124 of 154:
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Apr 16 02:18 UTC 2008 |
For dinner we have some fresh garlic tops from down the street. The friends
of the neighbor who moved to the nursing home planted it on the easement.
I will add it to the pumpkin and fresh jerusalem artichoke stir-fry. We don't
distinguish a lot between growing and eating food.
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edina
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response 125 of 154:
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Apr 16 04:41 UTC 2008 |
Dinner tonight was at Applebee's with my CASA kid - a couple of boneless
wings, 3/4 of a chicken/veggie quesadilla off their Weight Watchers
menu, and a couple of bites of Angelo's dessert. And because I was
parsimonious during the day, I still stayed within points.
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furs
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response 126 of 154:
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Apr 16 09:08 UTC 2008 |
keesan, is spinach easy to grow? (Yes, I'm going to eat it for dinner,
so I can ask!) ;)
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