I love Potatoes and all things Savory...

just eat potatoes?

I love potatoes.

I still eat them, I just make sure that I'm combining them with lots of other things to bulk up my meal (green vegetables, protein, etc). I've had good results with using equal parts cauliflower to make a yummy mashed potatoes (simply cook the cauliflower in the last ten minutes with the potatoes and mash with them). This cuts the calories.

janejellyroll wrote: »

I love potatoes.

I still eat them, I just make sure that I'm combining them with lots of other things to bulk up my meal (green vegetables, protein, etc). I've had good results with using equal parts cauliflower to make a yummy mashed potatoes (simply cook the cauliflower in the last ten minutes with the potatoes and mash with them). This cuts the calories.

I do this exact same thing, which is very filling, easy and so tasty. There are also lots of recipes in which potatoes are a part, but not necessarily the star. Even a simple veggie soup with potatoes in it can really satisfy your craving for savory stuff. My favorite has potatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions, broccoli, mushrooms, tomatoes and dill.

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poodledoodlepop wrote: »

In trouble as in if I start eating potatoes I won't stop kind of thing.

An alcoholic knows to avoid alcohol. If you really can't stop, avoid potatoes. No semi potatoes, faux potatoes, or even small portions of potatoes.

WBB55 wrote: »

So let's say you took a baked potato and you topped it with some veggies and salsa or bacon and an egg or something.

Let's say that was 400 calories. What would happen then? You'd make a second potato? You'd head back to the cupboard for potato chips?

Here's why I'm saying it. For me, if it's French fries or some kind of cheesy potatoes, I'm with you about not stopping. But if I literally make 1 baked potato and I put a goodly amount of unsaturated fats and low fat proteins on it, I typically find that very satisfying potato-craving-wise. We're all different, though. So maybe that wouldn't work for you.

This is a really good point. I find it REALLY difficult to stop eating french fries. But when I chop up a potato and put it in a brothy soup with other vegetables, I don't have the same problem. A big bowl of mashed potatoes leaves me wanting more. But a portion of mashed potatoes topped with a high-protein stew or curry is enough for me.

I love potatoes. I always say it's not the potato at fault but the toppings I could select for on top of the potato. The toppings can be troublesome because they can add up quickly. I rarely make mashed potatoes. I often have baked whole or oven baked potato wedges or boiled. I like making a whole dinner around a baked potato and top it with cooked veggies and protein. I keep my serving to one medium potato.

So you love potatoes, and have the concern that when you indulge in them it is hard to eat a reasonable amount, making it difficult to work into your caloric budget.

Potatoes aren't all that good raw; you're making big batches at a time, more than one serving. Your trouble is portion control.

I do almost all my cooking in bulk, and i only cook things i'm really going to like. In the past, i'd cook up a pan full of food, fill my bowl, and enjoy it. Before too long, i'd be back at the pan for seconds that i didn't really need, but sounded good. Then i got fat.

Now i still cook in bulk, but before i eat, i portion the meals out, and throw them in the freezer. I'll only reserve one reasonable portion's worth.

Now that i've learned about portioning my food, it's a rather simply matter and not a struggle for willpower to resist that pot of delicious mashed potatoes starting at me as i go for another glass of water.

Also, you don't need to sub out foods you love entirely, instead you can enjoy them by complimenting them with something to bulk out the portion:

• Mashed cauliflower is okay. Mashed cauliflower bulking out mashed potatoes is fantastic! You get a heap of potatoes at half the calories, and it is hard to tell the difference with a 1:1 ratio.
• I like to oven roast potatoes, but now i add some zucchini or squash, and portion them out before eating.

Still eating tasty food in satisfying portions, all within my calorie budget. And feeling fitter and more in control each day.

I personally wouldn't stop eating them all together. Everything in moderation. Here are options that you could possibly try you:

- Don't buy them all together (if they aren't in the house you can't eat them)
- Only make a small portion so that once it's done it's done
- Use a smaller plate scoop out a bit of potatoes but make sure to add more vegetables and protein to your plate so that you don't rely solely on potatoes to help fill you up.

If I had to pick something to sub for potato, I'd pick parsnips. They can do much of what potatoes can do and kinda/sorta taste like potatoes (but not really, lol.)

I eat a lot of potatoes. If you don't load them up with a bunch of crap, they're not all that high in calories and have lots of potassium, which I (like most Americans) do not get as much as I should. So, they're helpful on the potassium front and work for me.

But if I couldn't have them and had to make Mashed Something, I'd pick our friend, the parsnip.

I'm the exact same way, I don't have a sweet tooth but I get cravings for savory things, mostly carbs and fats. Mac and cheese, mmmmm... I'm also a potato fanatic.

I've learned to fit all the things I love into my daily intake. If I want a potato, I buy potatoes at the store and bake them or make them into french fries (in the oven, not fried). If I want mac and cheese I get mac and cheese but a small portion... or I make my own at home with whole grain macaroni and reduced fat cheese.

Don't deprive yourself of the things you love, it only leads to failure... enjoy those potatoes!

I know where you are coming from. I LOVED potatoes, I could eat potatoes till the whole bag was gone. Same with pasta, I really had to cut those two items out of my menu cause I could not portion control. I have replaced potatoes with cauliflower, when I really really want garlic mashed potatoes I make garlic mashed cauliflower it is truly amazing but you have to eat it hot (it is also kid approved) as for pasta I use spaghetti squash or zucchini zoodles so yummy and can eat lots without all the carbs and calories. I just Google to find recipes and play around with them. Best of luck to you.

jgnatca wrote: »

BUT if you were to bake your one ideal potato, prepare the fixings measured out (careful of the cheese!), grill it till the cheese bubbles, instagram that perfect potato, then take apart that bad baby one bite at a time, savouring the texture and taste, smelling it, rolling it around on your tongue, observing how it feels as it enters your stomach, you will have anchored that memory of the perfect potato. It should take at least thirty minutes to consume the perfect potato. And one will be enough. Every time you prepare potatoes after that, the scent will take you back to that perfect moment.

Mother of god. Your post just did naughty things in my head. If I weren't at work I'd be racing to the grocery to go make this amazing deliciousness so I could do as you wrote, LOL. I think I love you.