Query about Diner and Indian food
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thamizha
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 3: 32 am    Post subject: Query about Diner and Indian food
Hi folks,
Many thanks to those who helped me before. It ' s been two weeks and I ' ve lost a grand total of 14 pounds. A few more weeks and I think I ' ll lose more.
Anyhow - on to my questions.
1 ) I ' m a non - vegetarian whose family members are pure vegetarians. Since I can ' t eat meat in the home - this includes eggs. So I ' ve resorted to having an omellete at the local diner for breakfast three times a week. I try to stick to standard omelletes with decaf coffee and just leave the toast and potatoes alone. My question - is a diner omelette fine? Probably they use canola or some approved oil for non - stick purposes but who knows.
2 ) I want to confirm that I can eat spinach, cabbage and beans during induction. Spinach and cabbage should qualify as green leafy veggies. I repeatedly have them stirfried with very little canola, salt and some mustard seeds. Is my assumption correct? ( I try to eat half a bowl - this I think is the equivalent of a bowl of salad ).
3 ) For those of you familar with indian food - there is a dish called palak paneer - in conclusion cottage cheese cubes ( paneer ) in a spinach base ( can be sauce based - like in Indian restaurants or dry with just stirfried spinach ). Is this acceptable in induction? The ingredients are but is the weight greater than the parts [ / icon_smile. gif]
4 ) Italian sausage ( again at the diner ) - it generally comes pretty greasy or oily with fennel seeds and other herbs in it. Is this carb friendly? I looked at the nutri - value for a generic italian sausage at the local supermarket - it says carb = 3 gms. Can I assume this is almost universal ( 0 to 5 gms per serving )?
many thanks in advance to those who help me out.
regards,
Thamizha
bluehex
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 1: 08 pm    Post subject:
Hi, Thamizha
1. The true threat with a dinedr omelette is not the wrong kind of fat, but rather the detail that in restaurants they much add flour to omelettes so they purchase well-balanced better. Make sure your diner doesn ' t add flour or sugar ( I ' m sure if you ask in the kitchen they ' d tell you; a good way to gain true information is to say you ' re allergic to predetermine. People respect a " medical " reason much better than a low - carb WOE ) and that they don ' t use some high - carb eggs substitute.
2. You can certainly have spinach and cabbage, I think you can have more than half a bowl. But beans are another story. I think green beans are acceptable, but shelled beans are definitely not - too starchy.
3. I don ' t think cotage cheese is acceptable on Induction. Maybe you could try making it with tofu? You could then share it with your vegetarian family.
4. Make sure you read the label - not just the nutritional info, but the ingredient list. Many sausages teem with bread crumbs and sugar. Even if it is a very small amount, sugar is such a concentrated carbohydrate it should be avoided.
So much from me, I ' m sure others will also have advice for you. Good luck.
Heidi30060
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 2: 55 pm    Post subject:
Namaste
[ / icon_smile. gif] I dont ' think paneer is acceptable because it is more of a fresh cheese than an aged cheese like cheddar or swiss. I LOVE indian food. I just wonder if any kind of flower is used to thicken the curries or sauces. I know you can ' t have daals because you can ' t have any dried beans.
You are doing great though with all these restrictions put on you by your culture. It takes a lot of work to make this diet work for us westererns who can eat meats / chickens etc uninhibited. GOOD FOR YOU
Love to hear more about your progress keep up the good work.
heidi
Teuthis
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 8: 11 pm    Post subject: Menu
Considering the amounts of vegetables you probably eat as opposed to protein, I think you can eat some cottage cheese, some paneer, in moderate amounts. Don ' t eat the beans, except green beans. Eggplant, spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, salad greens, peppers, are all good.
I learned, on Atkins to be primarily vegetarian in terms of food volume. I eat a couple of eggs a day; 6 - 8 ounces of protein a day, and moderate amounts of oil and butter. If you do this you will find that you can eat a wide variety of foods in moderate amounts and still lose weight. Eating moderately, just what you need, is the most important eating issue in weight loss; even Atkins.
I think you have a real advantage to your overall menu, that can translate into significant weight loss for you if you cut your meal portions to just what it takes to be satisfied.
Good luck. [ / icon_smile. gif]
Maryanne
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Mon Sep 27, 2004 11: 56 pm    Post subject:
Ohh, you must share your recipe for paneer, I LOVE it so much.
thamizha
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Joined: 17 Sep 2004
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Location: New Jersey
Tue Sep 28, 2004 11: 58 pm    Post subject: Many thanks for all your suggestions
Thanks for all your suggestions. I did ' nt know that diner omelettes used flour in the. I ' ll be sure to ask them.
As for the beans - what is a shelled bean? The beans I refer to are long beans which are just chopped up as - is without any sort of shelling. String beans are another type of green beans I cook at home again without shelling. In fact the only shelling I used to do is with fresh peas. If you could clarify this, it would be helpful.
As for the palak paneer - I don ' t have that with the gravy since that does include sugar and flour for thickening. I usually have some stirfried spinach and just add fried paneer cubes to the wok with the spinach. I ' ll try to find out from the web if paneer is not allowed.
Re: the italian sausage - I don ' t completely understand teh comment on teh sugar. If the sausage was made with sugar, would ' nt that automatically raise the carbohydrate value? So since the carb amt was listed as 3gms per serving, it would mean that the most sugar there could be is 3gms. Do I misunderstand?
A question about foods that can be eaten. Instead of having a salad for lunch, would it be ok to have a plate of buffallo wings ( non - breaded ) for lunch and a salad for dinner? i. e. just switch my lunch and dinner around?
regards,
Thamizha
Bliss Pirate
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 6: 09 am    Post subject:
The risk with the buffalo wings... is the sauce. I have yet to find a restraunt wing that didn ' t have a lot of sugar in their sauce. Same for BBQ sauces...
WIth the sausage... just buy the lowest carb count you can find. Dextrose seems to be a common ingreedient in many... I can almost always find sausage with 2g or less per serving. But be carefull... some of them may define a serving as less then a single sausage!
bluehex
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
Wed Sep 29, 2004 6: 05 pm    Post subject:
Well, long or string beans are OK, I think. By shelled beans i meant things like kidney beans, you know? The dry, hard kind. Like the stuff with tomato sauce you so often get for breakfast in the UK.
thamizha
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Thu Sep 30, 2004 7: 15 pm    Post subject: Many thanks to all responders
Thank you to all the responders. It ' s good to know that such support for seemingly miniscule questions exist.
I ' ll stay away from the Buffalo wings until I ' m over induction then. I was at TGIF and I saw that they had an entire page of Atkins items and it listed Bufallo wings as being 5 carbs. I was equating that with buffalo wings from different places as well.
regards and thanks again,
Thamizha
Heidi30060
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 6: 32 pm    Post subject:
I eat a lot of hotwings but I always ask about the sugar - you never know - I tell them I am diabetic rather than low carbing - sounds more medical and I think they take it more seriously to tell the truth. I LOVE HOT WINGS [ / icon_smile. gif] lol
heidi