Best ways to add fiber?
Hi, I am working on increasing the fiber in my diet--what are your favorite tips and tricks for sneaking in a little extra fiber? Where can I buy bran to use in baking (bran muffins, etc.)? Thanks in advance!
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Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I absolutely hate jello. I don't know why, but it just gives me the shivers and even though I'm the laughingstock of my family, I will not eat it under any circumstances. I also don't care for raw onions. Cooked onions are ok as long as they are chopped well and not in big pieces. (I don't mind if they are used in cooking dishes, but I will eat around them if possible.)
Your Typical Breakfast: Weekday and Weekend
On weekdays, I usually eat breakfast at work. I'll have either Honey Nut Cheerios with milk or two slices of whole wheat toast with peanut butter. I'll have a side of fruit (an orange, blackberries, whatever looked good at the corner fruit stand) with both options. I don't drink coffee, so I'll have a Diet Coke instead. Can't start the day without it.
On weekends, it's pretty much the same thing, with the toast and fruit. My big splurge is a toasted bagel with lox cream cheese. YUM. I love pancakes, waffles and omelets too, but for some reason when I make them at home, they never turn out as well as they do when I go out to eat. :)
What lunch box did you have - what was in it?
@bitchincamero, I had one of those "purse" lunchboxes!! I had forgotten all about that. It was quite the popular thing in my day. One of the very first lunchboxes that I remember though, was a blue plastic one with a picture of the Mapletown rabbit family on the side. I wanted that lunchbox so badly, and I finally got it as a first day of school treat.
I usually packed my own lunch, because I was inordinately picky and Mom wouldn't put up with it. Usually some kind of sandwich, with a side of apple or carrot sticks, and a little dessert, like a Little Debbie brownie or something. Of course, I always envied everyone else's lunches. In high school, I mostly ate cereal for lunch. No milk, just dry out of a baggie. At the time, I was also very serious about ballet, so although I was never anorexic, I did take watching my diet to a bit of an extreme. Can't believe I missed out on some great eating!
What's the chintziest food that you love to eat?
@robincat--wow, you brought back memories with the Chef Boy-ar-dee pizza!!! We just called it "box pizza" at our house and thought it was so fun to make. I had forgotten all about that. I LOVED the dough and always went around collecting the crusts from the rest of my family, ha!
Also, Little Debbie fudge brownies with walnuts on top were a daily staple in my life all through middle school and college. Yum!
Movie Theater Food
My movie snack of choice is usually Junior Mints, in a box from the drug store. I usually bring my own drink too.
There are days when I cave and splurge on the popcorn with no butter, but somehow it's never as good as what I remember as a child. And sometimes it tastes old. That's always depressing to me, and next time I go right back to my Junior Mints!
Cooking With Kids: Eat Your Veggies
I was not a big veggie eater as a child, but I love them now. Growing up, our vegetables consisted mostly of salad, green beans and carrot sticks. Fruit was more popular. As I've gotten older and realized the health benefits of vegetables though, I've been more adventurous about incorporating them into my diet. Now I love broccoli, asparagus, spinach, sweet potatoes...things I would never have touched as a child.
My baby brother, on the other hand, has always loved vegetables. He used to eat lettuce straight out of the fridge as a snack and has been known to devour a pound of baby carrots while watching TV. I would have gone straight for the chips! :)
Best ways to add fiber?
Yes, thank you everyone for all the tips! I really appreciate it and plan to start incorporating some of them into my diet slowly.
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Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I don't care for any food, or food discussion, that's pretentious, no matter how carefully nuanced.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I dislike onions (in most circumstances) and also raisins. I'm usually turned off if either is a main component in a dish (although I'm more lenient with onions because I don't always have a choice!)
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Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I hate anything that tastes fuzzy - i.e. made with peaches, bananas or tequila. Peaches and bananas are fine as the intact fruit unit, though...
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
I have a passionate hatred of bananas, in any form or even tiny bit of the flavor. The smell even makes me nauseous. GROSS. Its not a texture thing for me I eat plenty of wierd stuff but bananas make me gag. I am also not a fan of rasins. So two of the childhood go-to healthy snacks were out of the question for me.
Not a big fan of excessive mayo/sour cream that sort of thing and I can't eat yogurt from one of those diet fruity things. I love yogurt in savory things and enjoy frozen yogurt, but not the sweet refigerated kind yech!
I have issues with overcooked veggies and actually prefer many raw, but I am usually willing to try them. I'm still not a fan of cooked peas or lima beans, but I love to eat raw peas from the garden. Also not a big fan of the sweet+meat idea, maple bacon?- not so much. I also dont like pineaple and ham, but I can usually pick around it. I still try that kind of stuff, its just not my thing.
Other than these few things I am a quite adventerous eater and will try pretty much anything, as long as there are no bananas involved.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
as for food catagories, there is nothing i wont try, usually multiple times. there are some recipes i dont care for, and there are some people i dont trust to cook for me. Aboutthe only thing i can think of as disliking outright is cilantro, although thats not really true, because a very small amount in the right application is good. hmmm i guess i'm just not that picky, which explains my ex :-S ;-)
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Now that Jello has been mentioned a few times, I've got to say that I'm not fond of that either, but it's not something I run across very often, so I don't think about it much.
It's not like I hate jello, really, it just seems kind of pointless. I think I've gotten over the jello horrors of my childhood, so if some ended up on my plate accidentally, I'd eat it. But I wouldn't waste the energy to actually put it on my plate.
On the other hand, I bought some Jello recently with a mad plan to use it as an ice cream add-in, but I never got around to the experiment. I'll have to give that some more thought again.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Raw greens - salads specifically. I am really not a fan of salads...
I'll eat them out of politeness (so many a time I've eaten at friends houses, and the meal would be meat and carbs, and the only veggie concession was a bag of pre washed greens and bottled dressing. I weep).
In certain cases, I'll eat for the flavor, say if I were at a nice restaurant and someone offered me a taste of salad, I would go for it.
But in general, I was never raised on raw greens, and I staunchly believe that there are better ways to incorporate vegetables into the meal rather than treat them as such an afterthought.
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
In my opinion milk, as a drink, should be abolished. I didn't like it as an infant either, so please don't give me grief about growing bones/aging bones or small children! Cottage cheese would be next to go -- I refuse to ingest anything that looks like spit-up. I have yet to taste sushi (and probably won't) and although I still enjoy an occasional piece of bacon, I'm eating less and less meat these days. Other than that -- no, wait! bananas have a 5-minute window of eating opportunity, then they become bread or they're trashed -- I'm as fair-minded about food as anyone. No, wait! Did I mention mayonnaise?
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
i mostly have a texture issue -- that's why i like the flavor of bananas, just not them in their real state because the texture grosses me out. this is also why i struggle with a lot of fish. sushi is fine, rare beef i adore, but that mushy steamed fish texture is a problem. veggies that are boiled and mushy i hate, but i will eat any vegetable stir-fried.
@Cassaendra, i would be scared to cook for you!! but at least you know what you like :) :)
Your food dislikes -- items or categories or methods or recipes?
Wanted to defend myself: I will try things at least once though! Even if there are items in it I don't care for...Does that help my case??
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