6th SemiAnnual Veggie Challenge

[mitzimarie]

Re: 6th SemiAnnual Veggie Challenge

Rosie and Suzanne - thanks for the discussion! Here are a few points about rutabaga and turnips:

rutabaga = Swede turnip = Swede = yellow turnip Pronunciation: roo-tuh-BAY-guh Notes: Rutabagas look like turnips, only they're a bit larger and have a yellow complexion. Use them just as you would turnips.

turnip Notes: Turnips can be roasted, boiled, steamed, or stir-fried. Select small turnips that feel heavy for their size.

Have any of you checked out the link to the Nutritional Spreadsheet that I included in the first post of this thread? It lists each food, the weight of the food per cup, the nutrition facts, and which rung the food is allowed. I LOVE this list! I printed it out, and use it all of the time.

Here is the link to it again: (Sorry I can't get it to look like it does in the first post)http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/useful_files/CARB_COUNT.pdf


Very awesome tool for those of us who like to measure our veggies by weight, rather than trying to figure out just how much veggie we should put into a cup to consider it a full cup.

As you can see from the spreadsheet, turnip is an Induction veggie, and rutabaga is a Rung 8 Strachy veggie.

[Fancy1952]

Re: 6th SemiAnnual Veggie Challenge

Hi Rosie, yes, rutabaga IS one of the OWL rung 8 vegies, but as I mentioned, I grew up knowing it as TURNIP, imagine my surprise to find REAL turnip I made that mistake during induction, but was quickly put on the right track by imagood1 Interesting how cooking a vegetable changes the sugar content, eh? Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of raw rutabaga or turnip ;(

See you in the vegie aisle,

Suzanne

[RosieC]

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Isn't rutabaga (which we call swede) a starchy vegetable, like carrots? I didn't think it would count as a turnip ...?

Surely Dr Atkins wouldn't have allowed something with 21g carbs and no fibre in the early levels ...?

EDIT ... I think the database must be wrong about the fibre, though, because raw rutabaga has quite a lot, and fibre doesn't disappear in cooking.

Glad to hear about avocados!

[Fancy1952]

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Wow, I was just being busy on Fitday comparing "cooked from fresh" and "cooked from frozen". Almost twice the vegie carbs in "cooked from fresh"! So I will try cooking fresh broccoli, since it's one of my favourites, and since my local store seems to have stopped carrying frozen broccoli

I was also checking out rutabaga versus white turnips, lordy, 1 c. of cooked rutabaga has 21 grm of carbs and no fibre! Whereas the same amount of turnip has 7.9grms of carbs and 3.1 grms of fibre. We always called rutabaga "turnip" when we were growing up, and never had white turnip, so I'll check it out as a new vegie.
Suzanne

[mitzimarie]

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I guess guacamole counts too!

You bet!

Doesn't tequila come from a vegetable? LOL OK, I'm a good boy, I am I am!

LOL! Oh, yeah... you're an angel.

And a joy. I'm glad you're here. It's been a long time!

[mitzimarie]

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What the heck, let's give this a go.

Yay! Thank you for joining.

barrnone - OWL
Blueberrylady - OWL
Fancy1952 - OWL
Georgiana - OWL
goin2befit - Induction
gonnabskinny - Induction
happymom - OWL
imagood1 - Induction
jimmie 48 - OWL
kntrylady - OWL
liv - OWL
mitzimarie - Maintenance
mizski - OWL
RosieC - OWL
Sham - Induction
somethings gotta give - Maintenance
Valinerya - Induction
Whatsername - OWL

[gonnabskinny]

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Yes! I do allow avocados to count toward your veggie totals. Aren't they awesome?

I guess guacamole counts too! Goodie, we got invited out tonight for mexican food. Three days back on track and my first big challenge. Doesn't tequila come from a vegetable? LOL OK, I'm a good boy, I am I am!

[Kntrylady]

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What the heck, let's give this a go. I have NO problems eating my veggies, it's keeping enough fresh ones on hand ) Maybe I can come up with a new recipe for something canned or frozen to get me through the winter months.

barrnone - OWL
Blueberrylady - OWL
Fancy1952 - OWL
Georgiana - OWL
goin2befit - Induction
gonnabskinny - Induction
happymom - OWL
imagood1 - Induction
jimmie 48 - OWL
kntrylady - OWL
liv - OWL
mitzimarie - Maintenance
mizski - OWL
RosieC - OWL
Sham - Induction
somethings gotta give - Maintenance
Valinerya - Induction
Whatsername - OWL

[mitzimarie]

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Where do I get an old man pushing veggie icon?

Hello! Welcome to the Challenge.

Here is the old man icon:



You can just copy and paste it into your signature. Thanks for participating.

barrnone - OWL
Blueberrylady - OWL
Fancy1952 - OWL
Georgiana - OWL
goin2befit - Induction
gonnabskinny - Induction
happymom - OWL
imagood1 - Induction
jimmie 48 - OWL
liv - OWL
mitzimarie - Maintenance
mizski - OWL
RosieC - OWL
Sham - Induction
somethings gotta give - Maintenance
Valinerya - Induction
Whatsername - OWL

[mitzimarie]

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Sign me up... I need a change and will see what happens.

Amanda, I'm glad that you're joining us.

I have you down for Induction... is that correct?

barrnone - OWL
Blueberrylady - OWL
Fancy1952 - OWL
Georgiana - OWL
goin2befit - Induction
gonnabskinny - Induction
happymom - OWL
imagood1 - Induction
jimmie 48 - OWL
liv - OWL
mitzimarie - Maintenance
mizski - OWL
RosieC - OWL
Sham - Induction
Valinerya - Induction
Whatsername - OWL

[mitzimarie]

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Do avocados count?

Yes! I do allow avocados to count toward your veggie totals. Aren't they awesome?

[somethings gotta give]

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Where do I get an old man pushing veggie icon?

[somethings gotta give]

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Count me in, this will be my first challenge (maintenance is getting a little boring already), I am new to all this but I think I copy your names and add mine..here goes

barrnone - OWL
blueberrylady - OWL
Fancy1952 - OWL
Georgiana - OWL
gonnabskinny - Induction
happymom - OWL
imagood1 - Induction
jimmie 48 - OWL
liv - OWL
mitzimarie - Maintenance
mizski - OWL
RosieC - OWL
Sham - Induction
Valinerya - Induction
Whatsername - OWL
somethings gotta give- Maintenance
ps. do we check in here or will you let us know?

[Fancy1952]

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Usually when I'm working, I make our lunches from the salad vegie list, using 2 cups (approx.) ie, 1 cup of some kind of green, the others are usually mushrooms, cucumber, celery, peppers, tomato, olives, cheese and some kind of meat/fish. My husband likes tomatoes in his salad, I don't, so the salads are "custom-made"
Before we started Atkins, I used to just fill the plastic container with greens, then add the other vegies, which would have been at least 2 c. of greens. Now I always weigh the greens, since not all greens weigh the same. As far as raw goes, I have to watch which vegies I eat raw, as they don't all agree with me. One of my daughters is very restricted in her choice of vegetables. The only greens she can eat raw, is Romaine, and then it can't be really dark green. She stays right away from most other raw vegies and is also very careful about cooked vegies, I don't think she eats cabbage, but can eat broccoli & cauliflower. When ever they come over for a meal, I always check with her before deciding what to serve (her, anyway)

Well, must get to work, and do something beside read posts, lol.

Next time, Suzanne

[goin2befit]

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Sign me up... I need a change and will see what happens.