Me tooo but i have no idea of any sailong on tgw same boat shewbedo58

Agreed! Cauli-mash is the best! (If you have a food processor it's super easy and fast!) I break up the whole head of cauliflower in to smaller parts, sprinkle with garlic powder, and steam it until very soft (10-15 minutes). Then put the cauliflower, minced garlic, salt and pepper to taste in to the food processor until it's nice and smooth. It's not EXACTLY like mashed potatoes, but it's satisfying and delicious.

Have you tried spaghetti squash? I cut mine in half. Clean it out. Place it in a glass cake pan upside down with a little water in bottom of pan. Microwave it for 10-15 minutes. Cool a little then scrape it out with a fork. It has the texture of pasta but without the carbs. I put a little light butter, salt and pepper on it and it is good! Some people put sauce on it like real spaghetti! Good substitute!

flicker73 wrote: »

Hi. I just joined on Friday...finding out how to track everything....so much work right now.

Hi there, I think I started Friday, also. I learning how to track and now watching my nutrition macros and seeing where I need to adjust. Best wishes!!
~Beth~

Hi there l have been on this FITNESS pal now for 3weeks l feel l am not going to reach my goal in time please help x

Hummus is easy...buy canned chck peas or aalso known as garbonzo beans. Drain can add 1 tbs oil and about 1/2 cup water. Puree using stick blender, food processor or regular blender. Add juice of 1 lemon and hot sauce to taste. add more water if too thick. Enjoy with pepper strips. nothing exotic just yummy.
another...
cut zucchini in strips, dry on papper towel for 1hour to dry out. spray with pam or dip in egg wash. roll in bread crumbs. Bake at 350 for about 30 min till crispy

powell9376 wrote: »

I have been on mfp for 5 days now. I'm looking for recipes that I can find ingredients for. I live in a rural area where Wal-Mart is the only grocery store. My plan is to go to a farmer's market once a week to get fresh veggies. There's no way I'll find things like salmon or hummus here. If you don't farm it or hunt it, you won't find it!!

You don't have to change the foods you like to eat, just eat less of it. Smaller portions is the key. Weigh it out to find out how much you are really eating. I like to eat out at Texas Roadhouse and what I do is immediately cut my steak and potato in half and only eat half and take the other half home to heat up for another meal. Yeah don't have to cook. Now if you like to eat sweets I would definitely try to cut out as much as possible. Maybe only have that sweet high calorie dessert on your eat up day that way you don't have to eat more which I found I couldn't do just eat higher caloried foods you like on your eat up days. (In case you don't know what an eat up day is, it is the days you eat at maintenance calories instead of deficit calories which should be once or twice a week. This resets your system to continue burning fat.)

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Hi all. Look forward to adding what I can to the group!! And making the stuff others post

clairepeppin91 wrote: »

Hi there l have been on this FITNESS pal now for 3weeks l feel l am not going to reach my goal in time please help x

Hello,

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leesandra25 wrote: »

Have you tried spaghetti squash? I cut mine in half. Clean it out. Place it in a glass cake pan upside down with a little water in bottom of pan. Microwave it for 10-15 minutes. Cool a little then scrape it out with a fork. It has the texture of pasta but without the carbs. I put a little light butter, salt and pepper on it and it is good! Some people put sauce on it like real spaghetti! Good substitute!

What kind of squash do you use?

i Hi, I am just now joining. I will have to try the squash.

Normandy Blend Soup

This is the world's easiest soup and I feel great every time I have it.

Pour a bag of Birds Eye Normandy Blend frozen vegetables into a pot with one cup of water. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer on low heat for about 30 minutes. The vegetable should be quite soft. Cool a little then thoroughly blend it up with an immersion blender.

It sounds too easy to believe but that's all there is to it! It's good with no seasoning because you get the sweet taste of the vegetables. But if you want (and I do this too), make it with some low fat chicken broth instead of water, and/or add 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper, or to taste.

Note: Normandy Blend is a very large bag that I have found at Walmart and Meijer. It contains Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Zucchini, and Yellow Squash.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Birds-Eye-Normandy-Blend-72-Oz/11047233

I figure out the calories per cup for soup by adding up the total amount of calories in a recipe and dividing it by the number of cups it makes. That means I have to count out the number of cups of soup a recipe made by measuring it into another pot. Fortunately this only takes a few minutes. I wish I had the number of calories per cup for this recipe but I can't find it.

Hello everyone,New to the group too. Thanks for all your ideas.