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bump, thanks!

Right on the delicious part, but actually (North) Indian food doesn't contain coconut milk - its just these Americanized recipes that do (this one is Americanized - there is no dish called butter/makhani channa. Makhani chicken, yes). And yes, restaurant food contains all that, but homecooking is very healthy - we never…

Well for a 25lb loss in 6 weeks, I'd be asking how you're doing it too!

I made these the other day and they are DELICIOUS! I froze them and have been eating one every day :). One question though - they were pretty tall when I took them out of the oven but totally fell while cooling, anything I can do to prevent that? I did open the over a couple times while they were cooking, could that be the…

Add me! I also restarted about 6 weeks ago, a lot of my old friends aren't active so I'd like more! Good Iuck :)

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Wow what kind of stuff do you make?? It usually takes me 2 hours to make like 2 dishes lol

Wow lighten up! I was responding to your comment, isn't that how a discussion works? If it makes you feel better I can be wrong too - I'm Indian but know nothing about Indian food. Happy?

No problem! Yeah I had everything on had too - I love that and how simple it is :)

Haters to the left, they are easy quick lunches! Overall I like the Smart Ones the best - the meat lasagne is so good! It's a lot of food, idk how they do it. The Lean Cuisine chefs picks are good too - I really like the chicken & noodles in peanut sauce and the Thai curry. They aren't a lot of food - supplement it with…

Well, my recipes are from my parents and grandparents who grew up in India so I don't have anything to look up lol. Don't know how you can get more authentic than that!

Yup, mine is pink and was $59 on amazon!

Lol I hadn't either - had to look up the Hindi word for it !

I do! It's pretty consistent - when I don't work as hard the cals are a bit less etc. And I don't feel like it overestimates - I burn about 200-240 cals walking at a high incline for 30 min. I'm not sure about circuit training, but I think you are only supposed to use it for steady cardio, not weights etc.

Duck Tales! The Smurfs were a close second :)

Ditto on the HRM- I'm obsessed with mine for workouts! It's a great motivator to see how many cals you are burning while you work out. I have the Polar FT4 an it's been great!

Hmmm, I'm Indian and have never put/heard of putting methi (fenugreek) in ctm... Yeah we don't use cornstarch either, but also don't make it in a crockpot so I don't know if the cornstarch is because of that.

She's mysterious

@Krizzo -gorgeous eyes!

Well obviously you were under your calories...you lost almost half a pound a day!! I don't get it, how much did you expect to lose?

Sounds about right - 6lbs in 6 weeks and you have very little to lose, so that's a good pace.

Is there a typo in here...? 3lbs in 7 days is a LOT.

Thank you, these sound amazing!

I hate the taste of alcohol! But I love me some prosecco - since it comes in a flute it is portion controlled, about 70 cals a glass. Soda water/club soda are zero cal mixers - add those to some flavored vodka and a bunch of limes. Or sweet tea vodka with water and lemon - tastes like iced tea.

@Glynn - 18 in that pic! (I'm the brown one but you can guess my cousin's age too, double challenge :P) Edit - R2vq, 24?

The recipe looks good - but Indian dishes aren't high cal/fat when you cook at home. In restaurants, yes, like every other restaurant dish. But many dishes are light and healthy when you make them at home!

Agreed! Look up stuff before you eat - and I'm not sure why you expected a mcdonalds frappe to be the same NI as the almond milk/Splenda one you made at home...obviously theirs are going to use full fat milk/Ice cream and sugar. Chalk it up to a mistake, and next time look up items first.

truffle oil! I use a tsp on a big amount of popcorn - truffle oil is so flavorful that you don't need much at all. I also like olive oil - I use my misto to spray it on. Also add sea salt for both of these. Or I get the land O' lakes whipped butter that comes in a round tub - its delicious and only 50 cals/tbsp., 1 tbsp.…

Well, start by throwing away all that jarred stuff first of all LOL. Chicken curry isn't complicated at all but those random jars aren't going to get you anywhere - also coconut milk (or coconut anything) doesn't belong in North Indian chicken curry (which I'm assuming is what you want. Here's my traditional recipe: Brown…

To each their own, but it is absolutely not for me - I spent way too long getting an education and building a successful career to give it up. And I want to be a productive member of society, I would not be ok with my husband supporting me and not contributing myself.