In article >,
brooklyn1 > wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:20:07 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > brooklyn1 > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:06:58 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article >,
> >> > Goomba > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Omelet wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > And I have duly stored the ones that sounded good. Thanks for them!
> >> >> > I have yet to try making hummus, but I eat very few grain dishes at
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > moment....
> >> >>
> >> >> When did hummus get grains in to it???
> >> >
> >> >I wondered about that. Hummus always has tahini in it, which is made
> >> >from sesame seeds. And garbonzo beans seem somewhat like grains for
> >> >dietary purposes.
> >> >
> >> >But yeah, it's more of a bean dish than a grain dish.
> >>
> >> Um, it actually is a bean dish... legumes are not grains. Sesame seed
> >> is not a grain either.
> >
> >Damn. I'd not investigated sesame seeds much. Just used them mostly as a
> >condiment.
> >
> >Thanks to this post, I checked them out by googling their nutritional
> >content. They are practically carb free...
> >
> >Cool!
>
> But sesame seeds are higher in fat than just about any food.

Yes, I did note that... but I guess it depends on your views on Atkins.

For me, total calories still count so I have chosen to cut fat. I can
eat a LOT more lettuce than I can cream cheese or macadamia nuts for the
same number of calories.

Baby spinach and other leafy greens help me control weight more than
anything else along with a reasonable amount of protein.
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