Underrated foods?

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  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Losingweightforgood2019 wrote: »
    Seems to be cauliflower these days👀

    this is a joke, right?
  • eahrenee
    eahrenee Posts: 154 Member
    Apple Butter!!!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    Beet greens, definitely beet greens. And for some reason there are plenty of 'em lately at my Michigan farmer's market, locally grown, in March. Must be early beet thinning season, or something. So good.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Beet greens, definitely beet greens. And for some reason there are plenty of 'em lately at my Michigan farmer's market, locally grown, in March. Must be early beet thinning season, or something. So good.

    LOVE beet greens!! I remember making a post here a few years ago asking what that magic green was in my mixed greens, and it changed how I do shopping forever. Every time I enter a grocery store, even if I'm just buying toilet paper, I will check the produce section if they have one looking for my next beet greens "fix". We don't get them often around here.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    Fiddleheads, and the season is slowly coming here.
    Mushrooms. I've been living on those things lately.
  • Priasmama416
    Priasmama416 Posts: 103 Member
    Lentils and baby spinach. I eat both several times a week, they are both very versatile and delicious
  • mydogisthebestdogever
    mydogisthebestdogever Posts: 703 Member
    Mushrooms and turnips are so underrated. They are delicious, nutritious, and filling.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    mydogisthebestdogever wrote: »
    Mushrooms and turnips are so underrated. They are delicious, nutritious, and filling.

    I wouldn't say mushrooms are undderrated. Depends on the type I guess.

    Turnips, while undderrated sure, are disgusting
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Priasmama416 wrote: »
    Lentils and baby spinach. I eat both several times a week, they are both very versatile and delicious

    Ew to lentils! imo
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,145 Member
    I think dried beans/legumes aren't given their due credit. Either it's canned or none. Since having an Instant Pot I make them all the time (don't need to soak) and they taste way better than canned, I eat a batch a week in salads alone now.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Katmary71 wrote: »
    I think dried beans/legumes aren't given their due credit. Either it's canned or none. Since having an Instant Pot I make them all the time (don't need to soak) and they taste way better than canned, I eat a batch a week in salads alone now.

    I love frozen peas... still frozen. Does that count? haha
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    mydogisthebestdogever wrote: »
    Mushrooms and turnips are so underrated. They are delicious, nutritious, and filling.

    A really delicious thing is sliced turnips layered with a savory fresh-mushroom-heavy bread stuffing (I like whole grain bread). No, I don't have a recipe, but it's just basic bread stuffing (like for poultry) with sage, garlic, etc.; and the turnips; then baked in a casserole dish until done. To keep calories manageable, I think one could reduce the bread part to just enough to nicely absorb the mushroom juices, if desired.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    mydogisthebestdogever wrote: »
    Mushrooms and turnips are so underrated. They are delicious, nutritious, and filling.

    I wouldn't say mushrooms are undderrated. Depends on the type I guess.

    Turnips, while undderrated sure, are disgusting
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    Priasmama416 wrote: »
    Lentils and baby spinach. I eat both several times a week, they are both very versatile and delicious

    Ew to lentils! imo

    @pancakerunner, I think you and I are nearly food-preference opposites. I love turnips and lentils . . . and you know what I think about those Lofthouse cookies you seem to obsess over. :lol:

    I think we could avoid interpersonal conflict if we were shipwrecked together on an island with a decent grocery store! ;):flowerforyou:
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    mydogisthebestdogever wrote: »
    Mushrooms and turnips are so underrated. They are delicious, nutritious, and filling.

    I wouldn't say mushrooms are undderrated. Depends on the type I guess.

    Turnips, while undderrated sure, are disgusting
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    Priasmama416 wrote: »
    Lentils and baby spinach. I eat both several times a week, they are both very versatile and delicious

    Ew to lentils! imo

    @pancakerunner, I think you and I are nearly food-preference opposites. I love turnips and lentils . . . and you know what I think about those Lofthouse cookies you seem to obsess over. :lol:

    I think we could avoid interpersonal conflict if we were shipwrecked together on an island with a decent grocery store! ;):flowerforyou:

    Haha... Yay! Don't eat me. Also, for the record, I'm NOT a fan of those Lofethouse sugar cookies!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    mydogisthebestdogever wrote: »
    Mushrooms and turnips are so underrated. They are delicious, nutritious, and filling.

    I wouldn't say mushrooms are undderrated. Depends on the type I guess.

    Turnips, while undderrated sure, are disgusting
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    Priasmama416 wrote: »
    Lentils and baby spinach. I eat both several times a week, they are both very versatile and delicious

    Ew to lentils! imo

    @pancakerunner, I think you and I are nearly food-preference opposites. I love turnips and lentils . . . and you know what I think about those Lofthouse cookies you seem to obsess over. :lol:

    I think we could avoid interpersonal conflict if we were shipwrecked together on an island with a decent grocery store! ;):flowerforyou:

    Haha... Yay! Don't eat me. Also, for the record, I'm NOT a fan of those Lofethouse sugar cookies!

    I'm vegetarian. You'd be safe. For a long time, at least. ;)
  • PrimaryAdjunctOfUnimatrix1010
    PrimaryAdjunctOfUnimatrix1010 Posts: 64 Member
    The ancient grain, farro.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    PrimaryAdjunctOfUnimatrix1010 wrote: »
    The ancient grain, farro.

    Bulgur is also underrated!
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    tapioca pudding... and rice pudding. yum
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    tapioca pudding... and rice pudding. yum

    Forgot all about these two...yummm
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    I confess, I haven’t read through the thread. Did someone mention parsnips?
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Pizelles great cookie and low calorie
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    Pizelles great cookie and low calorie

    good as a sandwich for ice cream!
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    edited March 2020
    Egg salad. I don't eat it a lot, but this being Lent and all it's made a return to my lunch rotation. 'Tis good.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    AngryViking1970 wrote: »
    Egg salad. I don't eat it a lot, but this being Lent and all it's made a return to my lunch rotation. 'Tis good.

    I can't do egg, macaroni or potato salads... ahhhh
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    Since we are talking salads....... crab salad.

    CRAB salad though... and tuna salad. Love them.
  • stephaniezinone
    stephaniezinone Posts: 22 Member
    I think iceberg lettuce is underrrated. I love a creamy dressing and iceberg lettuce holds up nicely to a creamy dressing. Yes, low in nutrition but refreshing and crispy.

    Also, plantain. It’s a great alternative to potato/sweet potato/rice or any other starchy carbohydrate you may eat. You can boil it, fry it, bake it and it’s relatively low calorie.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    stephaniezinone wrote: »
    I think iceberg lettuce is underrrated. I love a creamy dressing and iceberg lettuce holds up nicely to a creamy dressing. Yes, low in nutrition but refreshing and crispy.

    Also, plantain. It’s a great alternative to potato/sweet potato/rice or any other starchy carbohydrate you may eat. You can boil it, fry it, bake it and it’s relatively low calorie.

    I like shredded iceberg on tacos. Also a nice wedge salad is good!
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    stephaniezinone wrote: »
    I think iceberg lettuce is underrrated. I love a creamy dressing and iceberg lettuce holds up nicely to a creamy dressing. Yes, low in nutrition but refreshing and crispy.

    Also, plantain. It’s a great alternative to potato/sweet potato/rice or any other starchy carbohydrate you may eat. You can boil it, fry it, bake it and it’s relatively low calorie.

    Iceberg is my favorite kind of lettuce! I use it on wraps, salads, everything. Romaine is a close second.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    stephaniezinone wrote: »
    I think iceberg lettuce is underrrated. I love a creamy dressing and iceberg lettuce holds up nicely to a creamy dressing. Yes, low in nutrition but refreshing and crispy.

    Also, plantain. It’s a great alternative to potato/sweet potato/rice or any other starchy carbohydrate you may eat. You can boil it, fry it, bake it and it’s relatively low calorie.

    Iceberg is my favorite kind of lettuce! I use it on wraps, salads, everything. Romaine is a close second.

    I only like shredded or wedges of it! Haha. I don't like just chopped up leaves of it.. Idk
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Malted milk powder.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    edited April 2020
    MUSSELS!!! Super healthy, convenient and all around amazing

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