Most filling fruits and veggies?

The kind you like best. I also add some nuts to mine.

I add blueberries to my plain non fat Greek yogurt. And I roast a big pile of Brussels sprouts each week and eat those with my lunch which is often baby spinach, lean ground turkey and salsa. And I munch on raw cauliflower for snacks.

I personally find that fruit is all the flavour that natural yoghurt needs. In fact, i love it on its own.

I really love fresh strawberries, and I find them pretty filling in the fruit department (watermelon does nothing for me! except being delicious lol) and they're awesome with yogurt. I also use blueberries fresh or frozen, or frozen cherries. I don't really know about 100g, but I usually put in about a 1:1 ratio of yogurt to fruit, usually around a 1/2 cup of each. That adds up to around 150-180cal depending on which fruit I choose. Sometimes I'll add hemp hearts for extra protein, and that ups the calories too.

I find carrots really filling, whether they're cooked or raw. I again don't know what 150g looks like exactly, but I used to buy bags of baby carrots and just eat them as my snacks at work and it would help wake me up/give me a lot of energy. Hm....I should do that again lol!

I would be careful eating so much raw spinach on a daily basis. Spinach is very high in iron, especially eaten raw. You can develop iron toxicity when eating a lot of raw spinach.

I LOVE steamfresh bagged veggies(I love the just broccoli version)...microwave them for a few minutes, you've got a huge portion (300g+), add a serving of ranch or spicy peanut sauce...damn good.

Of course you can get low cal dressings in the Netherlands, yogurt dressing is pretty low cal or get vinagrette (i think that how you spel it) very tasty, you should be able to get both at AH.

Sweets1954 wrote: »

I would be careful eating so much raw spinach on a daily basis. Spinach is very high in iron, especially eaten raw. You can develop iron toxicity when eating a lot of raw spinach.

jenniator wrote: »

Patttience wrote: »

For great nutrition, increase the number of different vegies you have for lunch. Why do you need to eat so much spinach at a sitting?

I find all vegies satisfying and filling. Generally speaking one serve is 75grams of half a cup if diced. This goes for the leafy ones which is about half a cup for one serve but one cup works too.

The reason I was eating so much spinach in one sitting is because the meat is actually a Spinach salad. :I planned on using 200 grams of spinach, 100 grams of meat, and 150 grams of veggies. Do you think the amount of Spinach needs to be less for a lunch salad? If so, what amount of grams would you suggest?

200 grams of spinach is 7 ounces, so more than one 5 ounce bag of spinach. That's a lot of spinach. Some people can eat that high volume; I'm not one of them. Half a bag - 2.5 ounces (71 grams) - would be plenty for me.



200 grams of spinach provides 30 mg of iron; iron toxicity is a concern at 45 mg of iron.

However, I am anemic and take 57 mg of iron before what I get in my food, and my supplements and food just gets me into low normal iron levels.

kshama2001 wrote: »

Sweets1954 wrote: »

I would be careful eating so much raw spinach on a daily basis. Spinach is very high in iron, especially eaten raw. You can develop iron toxicity when eating a lot of raw spinach.

jenniator wrote: »

Patttience wrote: »

For great nutrition, increase the number of different vegies you have for lunch. Why do you need to eat so much spinach at a sitting?

I find all vegies satisfying and filling. Generally speaking one serve is 75grams of half a cup if diced. This goes for the leafy ones which is about half a cup for one serve but one cup works too.

The reason I was eating so much spinach in one sitting is because the meat is actually a Spinach salad. :I planned on using 200 grams of spinach, 100 grams of meat, and 150 grams of veggies. Do you think the amount of Spinach needs to be less for a lunch salad? If so, what amount of grams would you suggest?

200 grams of spinach is 7 ounces, so more than one 5 ounce bag of spinach. That's a lot of spinach. Some people can eat that high volume; I'm not one of them. Half a bag - 2.5 ounces (71 grams) - would be plenty for me.



200 grams of spinach provides 30 mg of iron; iron toxicity is a concern at 45 mg of iron.

However, I am anemic and take 57 mg of iron before what I get in my food, and my supplements and food just gets me into low normal iron levels.

That package is so funny. I'd still wash it, even though it's triple clean. It could be decaclean and I'd still wash it.

How do they guarantee happiness? If we call them up and say, "I ate my spinach and I'm sad," do we get out money back?

chicory (witlof in dutch) is great for salad add a sour apple like granny smith and a gherkin, finish with half mayo half greek yogurt as a dressing (enough to coat the salad) its a you either love it or hate it veg as it has a bit of a bitter taste although you can reduce its bitterness by removing the hard core in the middle. I also love celery, apple and sultana, add walnuts to create a waldorf salad (same dressing). There are so many options really, you can do a celeriac and carrot slaw with a mustard mayo for a root veg option. Carrot and unsweetened dessicated coconut (weird I know but works!), mixed salad leaves of choice with cherry tomatoes, cucumber and peppers adding chicken, feta or mackerel is my current go to. I sometimes mix it up by adding half a small avocado or a grated carrot, red onion, gherkin, silverskin onions, the sky is the limit! I do love my salads and I do like variety.

I like to make my meal - sized salads with 170 g lettuce or spinach (or mixed) and then 85 g either finely chopped napa cabbage or broccoli slaw mix ( just the shredded raw broccoli and some carrot). I find the raw broccoli or cabbage makes the salad feel much more substantial than just lettuce alone. Also adds some satisfying crunch and mixes up the flavors!