What new foods have you tried?
donnawtm
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Who else has discovered new foods since joining MFP? What did you like/dislike?
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I discovered that baked sweet potatoes are possibly the tastiest thing on earth, it almost seems wrong that they are good for you!
That Omlette is actually quite nice with salad instead of chips or toast, I used to think eggs with salad or veg was really strange combination.
And that I definitely don't like celery!
Trying nuts in a smoothie tomorrow0 -
Not necessarily since joining MFP, but since I started to take a closer look at the food I'm eating I've discovered I like salmon, something that before I never ate.0
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Sweet Potatoes, Brussel Sprouts, Spaghetti Squash, Quinoa. I also discovered I feel better if I don't eat bread. And no carby stuff in the AM. It makes me hungry and sleepy by 10am.0
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Not necessarily since joining MFP, but since I started to take a closer look at the food I'm eating I've discovered I like salmon, something that before I never ate.
Salmon is on my list of things to try, I have never liked any fish before so don't think I have ever even tried Salmon0 -
kristen6350 wrote: »Sweet Potatoes, Brussel Sprouts, Spaghetti Squash, Quinoa. I also discovered I feel better if I don't eat bread. And no carby stuff in the AM. It makes me hungry and sleepy by 10am.
I'm trying to keep carbs low until my evening meal. What do you have for breakfast? Im experimenting with Smoothies at the moment
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I recently started eating fish ... and have found that fish tacos (with cabbage, corn tortilla, and homemade mango salsa) is my favorite food. I was NEVER a fish eater at all and now I want fish tacos EVERY day. I am sure I will burn out on it soon and have to find another obsession.
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Eating mild white fish (Basa mainly) is very tasty. I used to avoid fish like the plague. I also ate cantoloupe for the first time, willingly. I used to avoid it because it smelled like rotting death. Baked tofu is now delicious and i actually crave it sometimes. I love the texture of Quinoa!
Melwoodard: So it's not just me! i made fish tacos 3 weekends in a row after trying it for the first time. So good! lol0 -
Quinoa. I never tried it before starting this journey. I'm amazed at how healthy it is. Not super tasty so I usually boil it in chicken or vegetable broth. My new love is avocados. I eat them like crazy.0
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I really like Greek yogurt, quinoa, and sweet potatoes
Surprisingly, I'm not a big fan of quest bars (not worth the high price for something so tasteless), celery, and kale.0 -
I've always been adventurous about trying food, but I do find myself seeing things in stores and googling them on the spot to find out more about them. Especially in the Asian market....always things there I'm not sure what to do with lol. Chayote squash is the most recent new thing. It's not exactly exotic, but I never used to see it. I haven't prepared it yet but it seems I have many options for it.
I have unfortunately seemed to develop an allergy to celery, and already knew my okra allergy, so I also look at what new things are related to and how closely.
About the fish tacos, I have always eaten fish, but as a taco option it sounded so unappealing. Then I made it one day on a whim with some leftover flounder and holy hell are they good!0 -
I tried kale chips after reading about them on here. Several posts said it was a good alternative to potato/corn chips. Those posts lied. It wasn't bad, but there are so many better ways to use kale.0
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-Veggies and fruit that aren't the standard broccoli and lettuce / Apples and oranges
-bison, good but too expensive to become common on my table
-protein powder and bars
-chocolate that ain't hersheys or nestle
-different fish, shark being the most memorable to me because it was disgusting and I threw the rest of it out
I do try to eat different things that aren't too expensive or a pain to cook.
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zucchini always came into my house in bread form - now that's completely out and it's shows up as zoodles or baked sticks;
quinoa - LOVE it - replaces rice a lot - i fix it with a can of rotel to add some flavor to it - i've recently found it in sticks and chips in the store - tasty;
brussel sprouts - just never appealed to me - love it grilled in the oven now;
eggplant - cooked it once in my life - now it gets spiralized or takes the form of baked sticks;
beets - NEVER ate them no matter if they were red or golden ones - now they get spiralized or baked or even in my morning smoothie;
spaghetti squash - never had it - LOVE it now;
i actually like the quest bars - chocolate chip cookie dough is my fave - peanut butter supreme comes in 2nd - they're perfect to me for that 'candy' fix;
at 52 y/o i'm discovering foods i've never eaten before and actually enjoy them - guess it's about time i grew up! ;-)
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Ive found calorie free chocolate peanut spread(works well on toast) and calorie free salad dressing(every flavor).0
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Sun dried tomatoes and sweet potatoes. Also almonds (and raw nuts and seeds in general instead of roasted, salted ones). I never used to like almonds and I'd avoid them in prepackaged trailmix, now I love them. Unfortunately, I can eat too much of all of these foods.0
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Creamed soups (bought an immersion blender, usually any vegetables+bacon).
Smoothies (bought a Nutribullet, use milk+banana+sour fruit).
Sardines.
Bison
Poached egg
Foie gras
Millet.
Tapioca.
Buckwheat (need more time to figure out how to prepare that)
Nut butters (besides peanut and Nutella equivalents).
Greek yogurt, mixed with nuts/nut butters and sweetener.
Maple syrup.
Dates.
Freeze dried cherries.
Edamame.
Kohlrabi.
Beets.
Romanesco.
Celery.
Parsnip (had it baked with honey and sesame seeds yesterday OMG (*)0 -
Quinoa. Tried it recently and it's meh, taste like wet socks. But I use it as a filler to other ingredients in two vegetarian dishes I do, one being an eggplant cannelloni and a veg shepherd's pie and it adds protein and gives the dishes a consistency that I was searching for.0
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neanderthin wrote: »Quinoa. Tried it recently and it's meh, taste like wet socks. But I use it as a filler to other ingredients in two vegetarian dishes I do, one being an eggplant cannelloni and a veg shepherd's pie and it adds protein and gives the dishes a consistency that I was searching for.
I tried this, too. And chia seeds and nutritional yeast. The list grows. I liked Quinoa but it was the same as rice and oatmeal for me, I could just eat the entire box and still be hungry. I also learned that chia seeds mixed with boiling water and a little brewer's yeast make an interesting gravy for sweet potatoes.0 -
Chia Seeds
Flaxseed
Qinoa
Millet
Sprouted Grains
Steel cut oats
Dried cherries
Kale
Homemade larabars, granola bars, yogurt
I'm sure there are others but these are some of the things I have tried and liked.
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Sweet potatoes and lentils! I'd eaten both in the past but it's been in the last two months that not am I eating them regularly, but I'm putting both into a lot of the new recipes I've been trying out!0
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Funny to think about being 27 years old and having tried so many new things. One would think that is something you grow out of...
Scallops-love
Spaghetti squash-LOVE. Roasted with evoo, salt and pepper and it's good to go!
Roasted brussell sprouts-NOPE
Sweet potatoes-NOPE
Broccoli in eggs and on pizza-YES
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Pesto ,hummus,protein smoothies,turkey sausage,zoodles,egg whies scrambled with lots of veggies,mushrooms with tiny amt of cheese....garlic & Italian seasoning,melted in micro,cashew milk,low fat cheese sticks,all yummy
Quinoa....nope,low fat salad dressing ditto,chicken thigh meat just no,heavy " good for you bread" ditto,fake food.0 -
I recently tried a Peanut Butter Bacon Cheeseburger !! Heavenly......
Not calorie friendly, but it was my daughters birthday so it was OK !!
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I might have to try this Quinoa everyone is talking about. What do you do with it?
I can also now add Walnuts to my list,
Didn't like them on their own but I chucked some in a apple and kiwi smoothie yummy!
Almonds tomorrow, I'm thinking maybe Melon and pineapple smoothie0 -
I might have to try this Quinoa everyone is talking about. What do you do with it?
I can also now add Walnuts to my list,
Didn't like them on their own but I chucked some in a apple and kiwi smoothie yummy!
Almonds tomorrow, I'm thinking maybe Melon and pineapple smoothie
Qunioa is a grain, so you eat it like other grains. It doesn't have the starchy porridge like consistency of barley or oats. It's more similar to rice in that respect. It looks a bit like couscous when cooked. Couscous with little tendril thingys.0 -
@Need2Exerc1se Thank you, might pick some up on my next trip to the supermarket.0
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roasted beets and parsnips, beet greens, kale or swiss chard in my omelettes, Green smoothies with radishes, beet greens half a lemon chia flax seed and hemp hearts0
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Qunioa is *gross*... like eating tiny spiders with their curly things
Poached eggs - never tried them before then decided to try cooking one, and now I have at least one every day. I don't feel like my day has really started until I've had a cup of coffee and a poached egg!
Chili Pepper - I used to hate spicy food. HATE. ANY kind of 'hot' spice AT ALL. Bell peppers were too spicy! Now I put chili pepper on *everything*
Konjac Noodles (aka miracle noodles aka shirataki noodles) - mom in law had tried to make them as she was diabetic and looking for an alternative to noodles. Icky and spongey and just bluh. Then I came across a thread here about how to properly cook them. Now I eat them about as often as I eat poached eggs. I've even had them WITH my poached egg (just add a little butter and soy sauce. Nom!)0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »I tried kale chips after reading about them on here. Several posts said it was a good alternative to potato/corn chips. Those posts lied. It wasn't bad, but there are so many better ways to use kale.
I never had the nerve to try kale chips,don't even care for it cooked or raw.potato or corn chips,yum,,,,,poor ole kale doesn't even show.
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I've always been kind of a foodie so I really haven't discovered anything new being on MFP. That said, until MFP I didn't know people substituted cauliflower for everything that is white...I eat a lot of cauliflower, but I never knew that.0
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