your most filling vegetable

LernRach
LernRach Posts: 286 Member
edited November 21 in Food and Nutrition
So for sugar and other health issues i am trying to keep off carbs (PCOS issues)
What vegetables do you find to be least calorific/carby and most filling please?
Thank you

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  • rdix333
    rdix333 Posts: 111 Member
    I find broccoli and cauliflower fill me up. Cauliflower is my go-to for almost everything.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I eat a lot of coleslaw mix (shredded carrots and cabbage). It's 25 calories for 86 grams (about a cup and a half) and it goes with just about everything. I use it for a salad, in sandwiches, as a bed for saucy foods.

  • LernRach
    LernRach Posts: 286 Member
    rdix333 wrote: »
    I find broccoli and cauliflower fill me up. Cauliflower is my go-to for almost everything.
    i don't like the smell of them when they cook - i want someone else to cook and deliver them :smiley:

    janejellyroll wrote: »
    I eat a lot of coleslaw mix (shredded carrots and cabbage). It's 25 calories for 86 grams (about a cup and a half) and it goes with just about everything. I use it for a salad, in sandwiches, as a bed for saucy foods.

    Do u cook or eat raw?

  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Find a vegetable with higher fiber to carb ratio. It sounds like you are not found of the cruciferous (stinky) veggies.

    Also, adding a little fat will help with the satiety (but not the weight loss).

    It looks like all the legumes are good.

    https://greatist.com/health/surprising-high-fiber-foods

    http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-011006000000007000000-w.html
  • MommaGem2017
    MommaGem2017 Posts: 405 Member
    I find broccoli very filling as well. I also steam-fry cabbage and find that extremely filling for the calories.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    LernRach wrote: »
    rdix333 wrote: »
    I find broccoli and cauliflower fill me up. Cauliflower is my go-to for almost everything.
    i don't like the smell of them when they cook - i want someone else to cook and deliver them :smiley:

    janejellyroll wrote: »
    I eat a lot of coleslaw mix (shredded carrots and cabbage). It's 25 calories for 86 grams (about a cup and a half) and it goes with just about everything. I use it for a salad, in sandwiches, as a bed for saucy foods.

    Do u cook or eat raw?

    I typically eat it raw, but it's also good cooked.
  • Adc7225
    Adc7225 Posts: 1,318 Member
    My go to is brussel sprouts, I like mine cut in half in a small skillet with a little water (2-3 Tablespoons), pepper and olive oil when the water evaporates they get a little glaze from the olive oil :)
  • bababs89
    bababs89 Posts: 307 Member
    broccoli, zucchini, sweet potatoes!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Spaghetti squash and mushrooms (yeah, yeah, I know it's not really a veg). Both super low in calories but still very filling. And they taste good together.
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    Broccoslaw, butternut squash puree, salad greens, cauliflower rice
  • Juniper210
    Juniper210 Posts: 77 Member
    Sugar Snap peas. I can have a plate of those with nothing else and be quite satisfied.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,598 Member
    Cucumber, eggplant, summer squash (especially cousa), celery, radishes, jicama, long beans, celeriac, cantaloupe (yeah, not a veg, but I just ate 200g of the stuff for 69 cals & 16g carbs, so it might as well be), . . .
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    Celery sticks dipped in Franks Red Hot. It's so crunchy and spicy- I end up drinking a ton of water and then feeling full :smile:
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited August 2017
    Another vote for spaghetti squash.

    Watermelon is really filling for the calories too. I know it's a fruit, but if Anne can go with canteloupe... ;)
  • Cbean08
    Cbean08 Posts: 1,092 Member
    Definitely broccoli and cauliflower. If you buy the frozen stuff, I don't think it smells nearly as much as cooking from raw.
  • LynnJ9
    LynnJ9 Posts: 414 Member
    MommaGem2017 wrote: »
    I find broccoli very filling as well. I also steam-fry cabbage and find that extremely filling for the calories.

    I also steam fry cabbage. Throw in some green beans at the end. .. low calorie and yummy
  • kokonani
    kokonani Posts: 507 Member
    Zoodles, cucumber, celery
  • solovino1
    solovino1 Posts: 29 Member
    Mashed cauliflower.
  • albin9072
    albin9072 Posts: 26 Member
    I think brocole,whole grains,appel,spinach ,like that ..not to eat cake, potatoes,white bread,and not to drink soft drink ,beer
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
    Baby carrots. You'd be surprised about how MANY are in a 3-6oz portion. You'll be chewing for a good 30 minutes.
  • Calichusetts
    Calichusetts Posts: 100 Member
    Cucumber. Just straight cucumber. Love it.
  • clayelliott847
    clayelliott847 Posts: 125 Member
    Spinach for me. Then a huge salad with lettuce, tomato, CUCUMBER, carrots.

    Just a note, apples are higher in carbs than most vegetables. Not as bad as a banana though.
  • LernRach
    LernRach Posts: 286 Member
    hmmm, ok i better start branching out a little. It's not that i don't like vegetables, but hubby doesn't eat any at all. (maybe cooked pepper if he feeling particularly generous to me) so I am cooking for myself, which is annoying.

    I have cabbage in the fridge, I will shred that and keep half fresh and steam the other half... and take it from there really...
  • sawyergarden13
    sawyergarden13 Posts: 15 Member
    Celery stalks & raw courgette seems to really fill me up!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I don't find a huge difference between vegetables in how filling they are, and I really would not start worrying about green veg (non starchy veg, since they aren't all green) in how many carbs they have.

    A big salad with lots of greens can be good, though. I LOVE brussels sprouts and find them super filling (but they are not super low carb compared to, say, asparagus if you do end up worrying about that). Zucchini and summer squash, broccoli and cauliflower, cooked greens like spinach (great raw or cooked) or collards or mustard greens or chard, etc. (or the non green ones like radicchio and endive). Radishes and kohlrabi are nice just to snack on. I think tomatoes are filling and they have fewer carbs than you might think.
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