Baked beans: good or bad?

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  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
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    sarahjaneohare wrote: »
    Are baked beans (Heinz) good or bad when trying to maintain a diet designed for fat loss?

    Beans are a complex carb

    Baked beans often get sugar added for a tasty sauce. They get bacon or something that was bacon in a previous life added in.

    The label will tell you.

    Your personal nutrient mix and calorie limits are gonna be your guide.

    227 calories in a cup of boiled black beans

    All dressed up, about 320 calories

    Much more tasty. Add 100 calories.

    Seems like a good choice if it fits your plan.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    I have them for breakfast often. They're tasty, low calorie and fill me up til lunch.
  • hollyrayburn
    hollyrayburn Posts: 905 Member
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    wizzybeth wrote: »
    hollyrayburn wrote: »
    My moms baked beans are amazing: homemade sauce, onions, boppers, hamburger meat, topped with a "crust" of brown sugar and bacon.

    Things like that are why I'm on MFP. Haha.

    What is a bopper?

    Lmao don't ask me how iphone autocorrected peppers to boppers. Must've had a dyslexic moment. :open_mouth:
  • Maquillage_
    Maquillage_ Posts: 194 Member
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    How can something that tastes so good, be bad? :O If it fits inside your calorie allotment then it's good, if not then have them another day :) Weight loss is purely about calories. If you're talking about your health then they're not the best food to be consuming, but everything in moderation
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
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    I don't care for the canned baked beans much, but some of Alton Brown's recipe slow cooked in a dutch oven is the best darned thing next to some pulled pork and homemade potato salad.

    It's not low calorie, but oooooh so worth it.

    http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/the-once-and-future-beans-recipe.

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