Are You Eating Your Veggies? Challenge #2

[meena-beena]

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17 carbs for me on monday and I tried my spag squash for the first time... does anyone else think they're extremely tough to cut through? I had to leave mine out of the fridge for 2 days and still had to chop at it quite a bit??????????????

The key to getting through a spaghetti squash is a VERY sharp knife and a non slick mat so it doesn't get away from you. They're tough for me too but I bought a new knife and what a difference.



My menu from yesterday because I didn't get the chance to post it last night----I think I'll probably end up being a day behind because I don't plan my menus, I wing em.

How's it look?

[elsy]

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I'm happy to report that eating all my veggies yesterday helped me with a whoosh. I was due for one in a long, long, long time. I had stalled between 187-190 lbs for almost a month. I am now down to 184!


I Love Veggies!!!

[mary]

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I just squeaked by yesterday - I had 17 net carbs after I rounded up. I got them from pumpkin, cucumber, lettuce and tomatoes. Today I'm having ratatouille for lunch so it should be easier to hit that 17 carbs.


One thing I'm noticing is that with all the veggies I'm eating, my calories are not where they should be. How are you all getting high enough calories with all of these relatively low cal veggies?

[jimmie 48]

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mary, i don't even worry about my calories. i've always found that if i quit eating when i'm full, eat from the plan, the calories are always fine.

i can report that already today i've had 28 NVC's.
i baked my Delicata squash, which was a new treat for me. it is not as sweet as the golden nugget squaxh. sillybud, if i don't check in again today, you've got my total for the day.

[*Emma*]

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I think im gonna fail today, i'm unplanned and on a double shift at work...

what is the highest vet carb veggie? ignore pumpkin and jicama and anything else we cant get in this country! maybe i can manage something when i get in

[mitzimarie]

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Emma - I'm not sure what you can and cannot get over there. Do you have bell peppers there? A whole yellow bellpepper has 10 net carbs. The red is similar, and the green ones are a little lower. I often eat bellpeppers... I eat them raw. Just scrape out the seeds and cut into strips. I hope you have them there, because it is so easy and good. Good Luck!

[mitzimarie]

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Originally Posted by PinkBikini
I tried my spag squash for the first time... does anyone else think they're extremely tough to cut through? I had to leave mine out of the fridge for 2 days and still had to chop at it quite a bit??????????????

I never slice it till after it's cooked. You can just peirce it with a knife or I use and ice pick several times all over and then either drop it in a baking dish with about 1/2 cup of water or place it directly in the microwave and cook it. Afterwards when it's cooked and soft it slices right in half easily and then you scrape it out.
Heidi

Heidi - this is how I do it, too. I used to try to cut it in half first and bake it in the oven in a pan of water. Then I read where I could pierce it a few times and microwave it... much, much easier and faster!

[*Emma*]

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Emma - I'm not sure what you can and cannot get over there. Do you have bell peppers there? A whole yellow bellpepper has 10 net carbs. The red is similar, and the green ones are a little lower. I often eat bellpeppers... I eat them raw. Just scrape out the seeds and cut into strips. I hope you have them there, because it is so easy and good. Good Luck!

ahh shucks, me allergic to them !

[LooseShoes]

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Tomatoes are fairly high net carbs.

[misplaced southerner]

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checking in from YESTERDAY! (it was nutville around here...) i met my goal for monday. i tried spaghetti squash....and i did not really like it. boo hoo. i was so excited since all of you LOVE it. it just tasted kinda....ummm...i'm not sure. maybe it was the texture. but ernie LOVES it so he is now turned on to a new veggie! so yea for the veggie challenge!

[biogeek]

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Jimmie, thanks for listing those new veggies for us. I'm gonna look for the chayote squash, but I'll wait on the korlorabi thing until you've tried it and report back to us.

Emma, that's terrible that you have to work an unplanned double shift. Maybe someone can bring some good veggies to you while you're at work? Rich maybe?

[sallyseachange]

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HERE YA GO! GUESS THE VEGGIES! if you were paying attention yesterday some of these will be easy. HAPPY PUZZLING!





THE PUZZLE WILL ALSO BE IN THE PUZZLE FORUM AND THE ANSWERS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE SECOND POST OF THE THREAD.

Guess The Veggies

Do we answer here or in the puzzle forum?

1 Spring onions
2 Turnip... or celeriac
3 not a clue
4 Swiss chard
5 Brussels sprouts (on plant)
6 Brussels sprouts (off plant)
7 Daikon (?)
8 Leeks
9 Something of the zucchini family....
10 Garlic (or is it my eyesight?)
11 Onions
12 Sprouting something or other (lol)
13 radicchio
14 Sweed (or is it spet swead?)

[LooseShoes]

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I must admit, I cheated! I looked at the answers--but some of those have never been seen in our grocery stores.

[meena-beena]

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#2 looks like some sort of fresh herb--maybe basil?
#10 looks like tomatillos to me.

[Purple Rain]

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Yesterday I got a little over 17 net veggie carbs from:

1 avocado
1 cup jicama
3/4 cup grean beans
1 cup celery

And I think on the puzzle above, #14 is a jicama.