Underrated foods

[y2k]

Here we should discuss underrated foods that bring good health.

 

I really believe string beans are very underrated. I eat them as if they were french fries (meaning I eat a ton of them).

 

I buy the organic ones, steam them for a little while, then I CHOW DOWN!!!!

 

Let me say, it's got PLENTY of vitamins and minerals, low calories (a monster plate of them barely gets to 200 calories and I'm full for hours by the time I finish em), and HIGH FIBER!!!! This will clean you out completely (when you go to the bathroom, you'll see why).

 

Whether you're bulking up or cutting, string beans carries a BIG PUNCH and will keep you full and HEALTHY (and pushing out a good one in the bathroom, lol).

 

String bean info:

 

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=134

[Star Gazer]

I wish I liked string beans...but I HATE them.

[johan]

Plain rice cakes. Yum. I could sit in the middle of an empty, quiet unheated room and eat them for hours. They are especially good with some tap water.

[desertIslandCactus]

Here we should discuss underrated foods that bring good health.

 

I really believe string beans are very underrated. I eat them as if they were french fries (meaning I eat a ton of them).

 

I buy the organic ones, steam them for a little while, then I CHOW DOWN!!!!

 

Let me say, it's got PLENTY of vitamins and minerals, low calories (a monster plate of them barely gets to 200 calories and I'm full for hours by the time I finish em), and HIGH FIBER!!!! This will clean you out completely (when you go to the bathroom, you'll see why).

 

Whether you're bulking up or cutting, string beans carries a BIG PUNCH and will keep you full and HEALTHY (and pushing out a good one in the bathroom, lol).

 

String bean info:

 

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=134

 

 

Fiber: Have you ever tried eating the string beans raw (uncooked) ..

[desertIslandCactus]

I wish I liked string beans...but I HATE them.

 

I like string beans and especially spinach .. but hate the sorting and cleaning .. Have yet to find a frozen spinach product that's any good.

 

Also prefer cauliflower to brocoli ..

 

I can eat many vegetables raw .. But the greatest dip is Good Seasons dry Italian Dressing mix in sour cream .. Is that breaking the healthy food barrier over here?

[reservoirdog1]

Edamame (steamed soybeans) with a bit of salt on them. The Japanese eat them the way westerners eat chips, except they're actually good for you. And with good reason... they're tasty.

[LisaLee]

Radishes... I don't know how they're good for you, but I am positive they are!

 

Beets... whenever SO and I go to the Med. restaurants I always eat his beets. So delicious. Hmm, now I wonder how they're good for you...

 

Vegetables as a whole. It seems to me people eat less and less vegetables (at least in the southern U.S. they do). Other than onions I have not met a vegetable I don't like. I love veggies.

[y2k]

Radishes... I don't know how they're good for you, but I am positive they are!

 

Beets... whenever SO and I go to the Med. restaurants I always eat his beets. So delicious. Hmm, now I wonder how they're good for you...

 

Vegetables as a whole. It seems to me people eat less and less vegetables (at least in the southern U.S. they do). Other than onions I have not met a vegetable I don't like. I love veggies.

 

Veggies with fruits, some grains, and white chicken or turkey meat, along with fish, make the extremely healthy lifestyle eating.

 

In that, you got the fiber, vitamins, minerals, and enough protein and calories to gain muscle. But never forget plenty of water with all that or else you lose plenty of it's benefits.

[eerie_reverie]

My favorite vegetable, the eggplant, is severely underrated.

 

It seems all people know it for is eggplant parmigiana, which is pretty yummy, but the eggplant is so versatile!

 

It makes a great side dish sauteed, or an amazing sandwich with some feta, olives, perhaps some grilled onions. You can throw it in a stir-fry or curry.

 

The trick my mom taught me for preparing an eggplant is to slice it up and soak it in salt for half an hour before rinsing and cooking. The salt sucks up the eggplant's acid (or something).

[tinktronik]

I really love broccoli and brussle sprouts. I like the idea of eating mini things, mini trees and mini cabbages, yum, yum, yum.

[bobdole]

I like the idea of eating mini things, mini trees and mini cabbages, yum, yum, yum.

 

I really couldn't help laughing out loud on that one I like broccoli too, but hate the stalk. So I guess I like eating the mini-tree's leaves.

 

My most under-rated food: raw carrots - the ones you have to "peel / strip / etc". Very crisp and much more flavorful than pre-peeled baby carrots. They're about 30 calories for a largish carrot and 2 carrots fill me up practically. Great for snacking on while on a diet.

[tinktronik]

I really couldn't help laughing out loud on that one I like broccoli too, but hate the stalk. So I guess I like eating the mini-tree's leaves.

 

My most under-rated food: raw carrots - the ones you have to "peel / strip / etc". Very crisp and much more flavorful than pre-peeled baby carrots. They're about 30 calories for a largish carrot and 2 carrots fill me up practically. Great for snacking on while on a diet.

 

I grew up with a vegan parent and we only ate the most strange foods, mostly smelly and not very well cooked. So as an adult I have reverted to kind of a quasi healthy childhood diet; so food can be fun!

 

I'm all about potatoes now too, not a lot of food value all-in-all but yummy. And yes, my favorite are the little mini potatoes.

[LisaLee]

My favorite vegetable, the eggplant, is severely underrated...

 

Oh, I love eggplant! <3 It's one of those things I love but never buy.

 

Watermelon: A two-cup, 85-calorie serving provides 38 percent of a day's supply of vitamin C and 32 percent of vitamin A.

 

Everyone loves watermelon! People in the south pour salt on theirs.

 

I really love broccoli and brussle sprouts.

 

Love broccoli and brussels sprout! <3 <3

 

 

I'm all about potatoes now too, not a lot of food value all-in-all but yummy. And yes, my favorite are the little mini potatoes.

 

I'm on a Golden Yukon kick. They're so delicious and buttery tasting.

 

Last night I made a soup and threw kale in it. It was my first time trying kale, and it is amazing! It really holds its texture in liquid. I think I am going to start using it in soups more.

[loverofloveandstuff]

My favorite vegetable, the eggplant, is severely underrated.

 

It seems all people know it for is eggplant parmigiana, which is pretty yummy, but the eggplant is so versatile!

 

It makes a great side dish sauteed, or an amazing sandwich with some feta, olives, perhaps some grilled onions. You can throw it in a stir-fry or curry.

 

The trick my mom taught me for preparing an eggplant is to slice it up and soak it in salt for half an hour before rinsing and cooking. The salt sucks up the eggplant's acid (or something).

 

Eggplant is the BOMB. I love it marinated in a falafel sandwich with hommus... mmm... And I love it sliced like chips and fried with tomato sauce. And eggplant dip (I think it's called baba ganoush), and in curry as you mentioned. So good!

[loverofloveandstuff]

 

 

Everyone loves watermelon! People in the south pour salt on theirs.

 

 

lol... That is really weird, haven't heard about that before. Watermelon is the best with a hole cut out of it, vodka poured in, 'lid' back on and shaken about!