On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:37:09 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 10/17/2012 10:34 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> "KenK" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> A chicken noodle casserole recipe I DLed and tried was not very good.
> >>> Could
> >>> someone post a favorite please?
> >>
> >> What I've been making for my daughter is (and I don't measure
> >> ingredients),
> >> about 3 servings of cooked pasta, a can or box of cream of chicken soup,
> >> large can of peas drained, a little bit of pepper and parsley and a large
> >> can of chicken, drained. You can add some onions and mushrooms to this
> >> if
> >> you want. Bake at 350 for about a half an hour or in the microwave for a
> >> few minutes until heated through. If you don't want to use the soup, you
> >> could use a jar or box of gravy. Works just as well.
> >>
> >>
> > How does that work for the SB diet? I haven't been on it nor have I
> > researched it, but I thought all diets mean you have to measure
> > ingredients? Just curious...
>
> It is not necessary to measure food once you have been doing it for a while.
> Some servings are fairly obvious. Such as one medium apple or a slice of
> bread. Being a diabetic myself, I had to measure everything after I was
> first diagnosed. We don't necessarily eat only from our Corelle dishes. I
> have bought a variety of bowls in an assortment of sizes and I know how much
> each one holds. I know exactly how much pasta I am putting in a casserole
> or soup or whatever. And I know how to fluff things out with non starchy
> vegetables, more meat, cheese, fish or whatever.
>
> South Beach isn't a low carb diet as some people seem to think it is. Yes,
> the first two weeks have you eating no carbs except for those in non-starchy
> veggies and also beans. Beans are encouraged and unlimited. I don't think
> this diet would work for everyone. It is intended for those people who have
> intense carb cravings. And it is meant to stop the cravings. For that
> reason it does restrict the carbs to very specific things. And other things
> are always off limits.
>
> After the two weeks you begin adding things back in gradually. I don't have
> the books handy to look this up but I believe for the first day you add one
> fruit. And then maybe the next day that same one fruit and a carb. Fruits
> are not counted as carbs and neither are beans. Beans are always unlimited.
>
> You gradually work up to where you are eating three fruits and three carbs
> per day. Overall it is supposed to be a fairly low fat diet. You can eat
> most meats, fish, eggs, cheese, nuts, seeds, etc. I think the only fruits
> not allowed are watermelon and pineapple. Oh, no. Raisins are not allowed
> either. There could be one or two other fruits not allowed but they are not
> things that she ate so I wouldn't remember. For some reason carrots are not
> allowed, however they are a favorite raw vegetable for her and they don't
> seem to cause any carb cravings so she eats them. I don't think peas are
> allowed but there again they don't cause problems for her. White potatoes
> are not really allowed but the book does say if you do eat them, they should
> be fried. Sweet potatoes are allowed.
>
> Sugar is not supposed to be allowed but then someone...Kellogg's?...went out
> and made South Beach snack and meal replacement bars that do have sugar in
> them. So they changed to diet to accommodate these things. There are
> several versions of the book. I believe the first one said you could eat a
> serving of whatever the food was if it had 4g of sugar or less. Now it is
> 6g. Whole grains such as whole wheat, rye, quinoa, brown rice, buckwheat,
> etc. are allowed. Corn is not allowed. But that to me is confusing because
> it is a whole grain. So she does eat some popcorn. Not a lot.
>
> Once in a while we get a bag from Target and split it. We do not get a
> weekly bag like we used to. And once in a while I will make it at home for
> her. She does eat some corn tortillas. We eat out for Mexican food a lot
> and we know the owner of the restaurant. He prepares food specially for us.
> He does make a low carb burrito on a whole wheat tortilla but she doesn't
> like the tortilla or the huge amount of raw spinach that he puts in it. So
> she will have a chicken or steak dish with the vegetables, the beans, no
> rice and a corn tortilla. The way he does the plates, there is so much meat
> on there that she is usually quite full before she even gets to the beans
> and often she takes half of it home at that. And once I screwed up and
> bought some salsa that had corn in it. I don't really like corn in my salsa
> and I didn't care for it myself but she liked it. There was so little corn,
> I didn't worry about it.
>
> So on this diet you are supposed to eat three meals and two snacks daily.
> The snacks are always supposed to include protein and vegetables. The
> biggest problems she has with it are breakfast and lunch. Two meals she
> doesn't want to eat much of. She just isn't very hungry then. But she
> usually is very hungry by dinner time, especially on days like today where
> she takes several hours of dance before we eat.
>
> You can eat sugar free things and are encouraged to eat one sugar free treat
> per day such as a frozen fudge bar, pudding, frozen pop, etc. There is even
> a recipe that is supposed to be eaten in the beginning stages of the diet
> but she didn't like it. It's Ricotta cheese mixed with artificial sweetener
> and a flavor of your choice such as vanilla or cocoa. She does not eat much
> of these treats most likely because such things have never been a part of
> our diet.
>
I should take a better look at this diet. A friend does it to get
into bathing suit shape, but it has always sounded so austere that I
wasn't interested. You're making it sound a lot easier than I thought
it would be, but maybe it's because my food life has evolved
(devolved?) into a similar eating style anyway.

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