Topic: Baby steps to better foods #2

[bestofour]

thanks Tina.  I'll try that.

[Tina]

I hope it works. We need Sarah to tell us how it is done. I just don't know.

[bestofour]

I soaked my oats in milk and lemon juice, cooked them in water having to add a little more than called for.  Brought them to school.  Added a little more water and warmed them in the microwave and they were yummy.  Wish I had made another serving.

I'm out of yogurt.  I ate the entire 20 ounce container. 

I brought grapefruit for snack.

[Jessica]

I made myself a healthy smoothie for breakfast this morning.  The recipe I used didn't call for yogurt. I  am going to try cutting back some of the other ingredients a little and adding some yogurt tomorrow.

[bestofour]

Have you ever tasted plain yogurt?  Don't shock yourself with a big gulp.

[Jessica]

I have tasted plain yogurt.  It is not my favorite.  That is why I use it in things or mix something in.  I much prefer vanilla yogurt.

[barleychown]

Sheri, I'm glad you liked them!  I just dump them into the pot, add a bit of water and watch them...if they need even more water, I add it.

Jessica, good idea. Plain yogurt sorta grows on you....but it takes time.

[Tina]

Plain yogurt will never grow on me. Not unless it makes a great skin conditioner of some sort for topical application. But I am trying to see if I can use it in other things. It is slow going for me.

[bestofour]

I'm with you Tina.  Yogurt sucks.  But...I bought somemore this afternoon but I got fat free plain.

[bayou girl]

I'm with you Tina.  Yogurt sucks.  But...I bought somemore this afternoon but I got fat free plain.

yep.  that'd be why i don't eat it.  although, there was a brand of blueberry that i loved.  and ate, and ate, until they quit selling it.  go figure.  i might have to try again with adding blueberries.  question.  anyone know how blueberries and cinnamon taste together?  both are good for you and i'm thinking i could add them to yogurt to make it more tolerable.

[Tina]

Blueberries and cinnamon complement pretty well.
I bought cinnamon capsules today. Actually they were free. Because Walgreens had a buy one of a brand of vitamin/supplement and get  second one free (of equal or lesser value). So I bought cinnamon caps and the cranberry caps were free or visa versa.

[Triss]

I make desserts with blueberry and cinnamon.  They are good together.

[bayou girl]

what kind of desserts triss?  i'm really wanting to try something first.  somehow, my mind is not wrapping around it.

[Tina]

Try blueberry muffins w/cinnamon added, Or a cinnamon streusel topping. Or both. It really is good

[Triss]

I have done both and I think the blueberry dessert I have posted on here has cinnamon... gotta go look...  hmmm cannot find it.  Remind me and I will find it and post it tomorrow.

[bestofour]

The fat free plain yogurt has a totally different texture than the cream at the top and tastes a little like dirt.  Maybe it's a coincidence but I have a stomach ache after eating it.

[Jessica]

You didn't have a stomach ache after the other?  Yogurt doesn't bother me but ice cream does.  I get an upset stomach after eating it.  I rarely eat it and when I do, I wonder why I did that.

[barleychown]

what kind of desserts triss?  i'm really wanting to try something first.  somehow, my mind is not wrapping around it.

Try boy bait.    I think the recipe is here.

Found it! http://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/index.php/topic,3543.0.html

[bestofour]

The fat free plain yogurt has a totally different texture than the cream at the top and tastes a little like dirt.  Maybe it's a coincidence but I have a stomach ache after eating it.

Nope.  No stomache before the yogurt but it only lasted a while.  The other is thicker and stayed thick even when I brought it to work in a container.  This was thick from the frig but today at school had gotten a little bit watery.  My granola stayed crisp in the other but was soggy in this fat free.

I'm lactose intolerate with milk but an ice cream sandwich doesn't bother me.

I was going to fix that boy bait a while back but my step dad nor Johnny would say they'd eat it so I never did.  I would have had to eat the entire thing.  It looks great.

[Triss]

The recipe I was thinking of did not have cinnamon in it.

[bayou girl]

i thought about making the boy bait when i saw it.  i will have to rethink doing that.

[barleychown]

The next three steps are cutting down on high fructose corn syrup, having better breakfasts, and adding more veggies to our diet

How is everyone doing?

I switched ice cream brands to avoid HFCS, along with juices. I had breakfast every day this week...some good, some quick like a smoothie. Today's was oatmeal with butter, raisins, apple, coconut, cinnamon and walnuts.  I've been cooking with more greens...some have slid by, some have been caught.

[Tina]

I have looked for HFCS in labels, usually after I have the product at home because that is where my reading glasses are. I was able to look over juices in the store and spotted a lot of HFCS in a lot of them. Things like Kerns nectar. What a bummer. So I bought Pepsi Throwback, real sugar.
I have eaten, all by myself a huge canister of oatmeal through this week or more. I use cinnamon and blueberries in that. No butter. I never heard of anyone using butter until I was nearly grown. Now I just add half and half. No reason for extra fat.  I don't eat breakfast until I am up for a couple of hours though. Any earlier and it just doesn't sound good most days. That is leftover from morning sickness days.
I always eat lots of vegetables. I have been really eating salads. No iceberg but lots of different greens with a boiled egg, cheese, beans, olives and sometimes meat. It is a meal when I do. But just in the last 3 days I've also had peas (a whole can), Brussels sprouts (fresh), mushrooms (fresh), a baked sweet potato, baked regular potato, and a couple of home grown tomatoes. Plus some fruits. I can't quite seem to get enough. That is a spring and summer thing with me.

[Tina]

  I've been cooking with more greens...some have slid by, some have been caught.

Do you mean by the family?

[barleychown]

Yeah. I've added greens to pasta dishes lately. Mike was okay with it...Marissa was not impressed.