"aem" > wrote in message
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> Ken Knecht wrote:
>> Anyone have a simple, preferably low-fat, bean burrito recipe? [snip]
>
> What are the best things to add to beans to make a tasty, interesting
> burrito? To start with, refry the beans. But good refritos are cooked
> in fat....
>
> Beef. But tasty meat has fat.
>
> Cheese. But ....
>
> That leaves you your choice of veggies but by now I'd give up. Eat a
> little less for the next week then indulge yourself with a big bean,
> beef and cheese burrito. Add a strip of Anaheim chile just to live a
> little.
>
> [Rant mode On] :
> People all the time ask for oxymoronic food -- low carb pasta, low fat
> burritos, decaf espresso, vegetarian hamburgers, [add your own examples
> here] -- as though any transgressions from their dietary limitations is
> unforgiveable. Instead, after a lengthy period of abstinence:
> splurge! Then make up for it so you can do it again after a while.
> Falling off wagons is one of life's pleasures, and doesn't have to hurt
> you. [I blame the denial of this fact on that fake religion known as
> AA, but that's a whole different rant.] -aem
>

I'm with ya!

I'd rather eat a little bit of something decadent and good than a whole pot
of tasteless gruel. And when I crave something, I don't want something
almost like it. If I'm going to eat chocolate ice cream, I want good, tasty,
fatty ice cream, and I'm happy with a little scoop that I can savor and
enjoy. If you gave me fat-free guilt-free sugar-free imitation chocolate ice
milk, I'd eat one scoop, then another and another, because I wouldn't be
satisfied. And I'll probably eat something else afterward, to kill the
strange aftertaste.

It's different if it's a medical problem or an allergy that means you
absolutely can't have some things. So maybe you give them up instead of
looking for things that just don't make sense. The one the really got me
befuddled was a guy who was looking for a bread recipe, and then listed all
the things that it couldn't include. Among those were wheat, several other
grains, gluten, and yeast. There was a whole lot more, too, that made quick
breads a problem. And he wanted a fluffy sandwich-type bread. If I couldn't
eat those things because of medical reasons, I think I'd just give up the
quest for bread and learn to love corn tortillas.

Donna