I'm headed off to NYC in a few weeks and am hoping to find a few bakeries to stop at. Do you have any favorites in the city? Do you know of any (ahem) healthy bakeries? Ones that specifically focus on making lower fat or lower sugar treats?
I'm really pretty clueless and I'd love any suggestions!!
Just a fun question.
My birthday is coming up, and I've been thinking about the type of birthday cake I want. How do you celebrate and what are your favorites? With ice cream or without (or perhaps the best of both worlds, an ice cream cake)? What kind of frosting?
Top of my list of foodie things to do in 2008 (hopefully January, 2008) is to try Greek yogurt. I've been seeing the name pop up in different places and was wondering just what is so good (or bad) about it. What brand should I go for? Is it good to eat with other foods, like regular yogurt or cottage cheese is with fruits and granolas?
I'd appreciate any words of wisdom!
With all this talk about Emeril leaving, people have been complaining that so many FN hosts are not actually great chefs. While I believe this is true, there are still a few that I like. Who is or was your favorite?
I have always liked Giada. She is talented in my opinion (unlike Sandra Lee), and her personality is not too much (like Emeril or Rachael). Plus, I love Italian cooking. She's best on her original "Everyday Italian" series versus her "Weekend Getaways".
I saw the first snow falling this morning when I woke up and it made me crave some hot cocoa to sip in front of the fireplace. It's so cheesy and unoriginal, I know, but true nonetheless! What is your favorite cozy, hot, winter food that makes you warm inside?
Oatmeal raisin, Double Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodles...There are countless varieties, but most people have their very favorite. What is yours? Who makes it the best? Are you known for a particular cookie that you make yourself?
I found a recipe for Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (It's got it all!) that I love and make often. I also love a cakey Pumpkin Spice cookie, especially at this time of year!
Tis the season for homemade, spice-filled foods. What are your favorite spices, and in what dishes do you use them?
I love cinnamon and add it to basically anything: hot cocoa, cereal, sticky buns, and my aunt's pumpkin pie. My mouth is watering just thinking about them!
I also love all bran--I usually mix half a serving with half a serving of another cereal such as Kashi Go-Lean or even just plain old Rice Krispies. Then, I add berries on top for a high fiber--high filling--breakfast. Throughout the day, add fruits and veggies in and you'll reach that 100% RDA in no time (BUT, if you are starting out, add fiber in slowly!!)
I also love high fiber sandwich wraps instead of white flour torillas or bread (or find a high fiber, whole wheat/grain bread).
OMG. there is NOTHING I look forward to more than summer dinners with fresh corn on the cob. I just boil or microwave the corn and sprinkle some pepper on top and it is perfect. I can easily have 2 or 3 ears with dinner (and still crave more after that!)
I like a good omelet, though I'm most partial to sunny side up. Nice and runny, with a side of toast to sop up the yolk! Mmm.
Strawberry jam. Homemade, pure fruit no sugar added. I could also do raspberry jam, but that wasn't on the list, was it ;) ? Grape is alright, and I've never done the orange marmelade spread, but good ole' strawberry--can't go wrong!!
As far as texture goes, maybe feta? Plus, feta just tastes awesome, so why not! :)
First of all, I was quite annoyed that Mark left. I thought he had a fun vibe, and as far as the overall dishes went, I was disappointed that Stephanie's combo of peanut butter and tomatoes did not send her home (though granted, I have liked Stephanie up until last night). Perhaps Stephanie is more talented overall, but I do hate when it seems as the though judges make decisions based on their past abilities. Stephanie, your dish last night sucked, and you should have gone home. I would have eaten that curry over your meal any night...Regardless, my cheap meal would consist of:
1.Chicken Tortilla soup (or chicken chili...), with a fresh tomato/corn/cilantro/black bean salad on the side, and if the budget allowed for it, some cornbread (maybe I would just spruce up a good ole box of 39cent jiffy :) )
2. Chicken Cacciatore with whole wheat angel hair, and a sauce of crushed tomatoes, onions, zucchini, green bell pepper, and tons of garlic and herbs.
3. Grilled Ham and Cheese sandwiches on a thick slice of grainy bread (onions on the sandwich if desired), with Chunky Tomato Soup (maybe filled with other veggies too? Like carrots?).
4. Chicken Tacos with tons of fresh veggies piled on top, and a side of either fresh tomato salsa, or a fresh corn salsa.
I actually think it doesn't look too bad. the whole "fresh" concept is very appealing to me. Fresh mozzarella, parmesan, wheat from the farm. Sounds good to me...maybe I missed something...
After Monday morning kindergarten, my best friend and I would always go back to her house before our afternoon piano lessons. Our favorite meal was good ole Kraft macaroni and cheese, with apple slices dipped in caramel, and pretzels. The best memory I have is when I swallowed my tooth while eating, thinking at the time I had just bit down on a large chunk of salt from the pretzel (hey--I was only in Kindergarten!). A bit later, I felt that my front tooth was missing, looked all over her house for it, and then made the connection that no, it was not salt but rather the tooth I had bitten.
That's always the question I ask, as well! Last night I had a spinach salad with veggies, a hard boiled egg, and croutons. Just plain old italian dressing on top. Then, I had a side of soy crisps (like mini rice cakes, but high in protein!) and a banana. It doesn't sound too exciting, but that's what you get for having to eat in the dining commons every night at college!
I'll second lattelatte and say poached on top of asparagus.
For breakfast (and often dinner) I do eggs-in-the-hole -- cut a hone in the middle of 2 slices of whole-grain bread. Lightly toast them on one side in a skillet. Flip, then crack one egg into each hole and fry, so that whites are cooked well but yolks stay fairly runny. Flip again, sprinkle with lots of black pepper. Pour small pool of hot sauce onto plate. Place eggs-in-hole on plate, cut up so that yolks run, dip each bite into hot sauce pool. YUM.
scrambled until just set with a drop of sesame oil and sriracha over steamed rice.
scrambled at a diner- they rarely taste the same cooked at home.
frittata with pasta, ricotta and herbs.
hard cooked, removed from shell, and marinated in leftover pepperoncini juice, pickle juice, or straight up red vinegar.
A little shy of hard cooked on a salade nicoise.
fried and served on a buttered hardroll.
hi everyone...new here. great site. i've read others say this but i just want to reiterate...if you haven't tried organic/free range eggs, you really must. they are fabulous and well worth the extra $$$ but where we live, they really are not THAT much more (2.50 a doz.)
plus it is fun to support a local farmer, too.
over easy with hash browns, 2 pieces of wheat toast (1 with jam) salt and a little pepper. coffee with cream and sugar (the real stuff) and a small oj
I agree with all the calls for fruits and veggies (raspberries are a fiber powerhouse - 8g per cup!), and beans, and grains. Also, if you're like me and enjoy a late afternoon snack, try Gnu bars. I love the chocolate brownie flavor, but they have several others as well, all with 12g fiber, less than 150 calories, and no scary ingredients.
http://www.gnufoods.com/ourproducts/
Yes, thank you everyone for all the tips! I really appreciate it and plan to start incorporating some of them into my diet slowly.
Such a wealth of knowledge - I'm so appreciative to all for sharing.
@Siseye.......thanks for giving me so many options to think outside the cereal box! Great line and fantastic advice. You rock!
Fiber may be easier to get if you think outside the cereal box.
3 Tablespoons of unsweetened coconut has twice as much fiber as the equivalent All-Bran. In fact, when the fiber is equalled the coconut has less calories.
You can get about 4.5 grams per 2 servings of bran muffin at 136 calories or eat 18 green olives for about the same fiber and calories. A half cup of fresh or frozen raspberries gives the same fiber for about 20 calories. Smoothies made with frozen fruit, hazelnut or oat milk (other sources of fiber) with perhaps some hemp seeds added would not only add a lot of fiber to your diet but be a refreshing dessert this summer (or even an entire meal). You could also add spirulina for a bunch of B vitamins, minerals and Omegas, and/or a touch of kelp powder for the iodine (a pinch is good).
2/3rd of a cup of sauerkraut is even less calories than the raspberries while having more fiber than an average slice of wheat bread. A cup of raw spinach also has more fiber than the slice but a mere 8 calories. A half package of frozen peas is better than two slices.
And beans are indeed the power house of the fiber world. A cup of chickpeas (think hummus) has as much as four slices of wheat bread (or wheat pita...), while a cup of pintos (refried) has as much as six slices of bread.
Even nuts are good for fiber and a great add in for many things from sandwiches to pizza toppings or just as a filling snack. Three tablespoons of peanuts has about the same fiber as a slice of wheat bread for just a few more calories (and good vitamin E) and I personally can't eat bread plain.
However, going with the grains... Brown rice gives about twice as much as white (and more than 5 times what instant does). Brown Basmati is pretty delicious. Quinoa is about the same as brown rice and both are about twice the average of a slice of wheat bread. Bulger (think tabouli) is really good with one cup having more than three slices worth. Maybe put together a falafel sandwich in a wheat pita with hummus and tabouli. I like brown rice tortillas with hummus and fresh veggies such as spinach, red peppers, onions, cucumber with walnuts and dry-roasted flax seeds rolled up.
I started by just adding a piece of fruit or veggie I wouldn't normally eat each day. That had the benefit of displacing something else I would have eaten. Fiber is good as it scrubs the cholesterol out of the intestines before it's taken up into the blood stream.
Hope this helps. :)
I think red adzuki beans (Japanese sweet red beans) are really high in fiber. I ate a pre-packaged sesame seed-studded sweet red bean bun once without checking the information facts, and aside from being really high in calories (600 for the whole thing) it provided a freakish amount of fiber: 1000% of your daily value! Considering the way my guts cramped up afterwards and, er, you know, more frequent visits to the toilet...I'm thinking it actually *WAS* that much....
Awkward anecdote over.
Oatmeal has a lot of soluble fiber, flaxseeds even more. You can actually make a cream of wheat style porridge out of coarse oat bran, which in addition to a large dose of soluble fiber, has a pretty significant amount of protein. I think Hodgeson Mill also puts out an oat bran flour, which I imagine could be subbed for oat flour in almost any recipe. As for insoluble, I find the simplest way to get more is to just eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. That gives you the fiber, plus all sorts of other micronutrients, like potassium for example.
I don't have any experience with fiber supplements like benefiber, so I can't offer any advice there.
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Favorite foods: Too many: Carrots w/peanut butter, peas, apples, bananas, all-natural PB, cottage cheese, Kashi anything, pizza, salsa, ham and cheese sandwiches, grainy bread, anything w/ cinnamon, eggs, pumpkin anything, cappucinos, smoothies, frozen yogurt...
Last bite on earth: Could I have everything I listed above? Maybe just the frozen yogurt!