Lunch Ideas - Creating Balanced Vegetarian Meals

@Amica carbs and how your body processes it and your metabolism and also portion sizes everything plays a part in the how soon you feel hungry.

after a long experiment with myself and my family i feel we are more and more brainwashed by many groups. like yesterday the new us bp limits.. i have always seen my cardiologist say 130/80 is ok and now 130/80 is high bp.. the same with many ranges. be it insulin.. the range reduced and i can't pull out datas as much immediatly but it should be out there.. so does the bmi range..come on we had bmi's calculated and worked based on the frame of a person too, which is not taken into account these days..and the craze of size zero..

am i digressing i think so.. i believe as a si, basmati is heavier on me, than the regular ponni. probably the flavor of basmati and the fullness does not happen as and when i eat my ponni or even varagu that is closer to my rice.
more than the science of the gi index, the satisfaction quotient, the portion size and even your comfort zone matters when it comes to hunger is my opinion.

the bamboo rice and the matta rice are the lowest on the gi index. brown is also low. the difference in ponni and basmati is just 10 or 12.

but let me share my daughter says oats or even the health mix porridge (using 26 ingredients) with curds makes her hungry in a couple of hours while i and my husband feel full and energetic till afternoon. i probably would attribute that to her metabolism and psychological negation of kanji as breakfast. and yes it if is steel cut oats she feels hungry within 30 minutes..lolz..

 

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i once did this course on coursera.. went to check if it was still there..late considering kids are not young however it is part of learning..

Child Nutrition and Cooking | Coursera

 

todays breakfast was kavuni/black rice dosa with tomato pickle

lunch... brahmi/vallarai sambar rice, avarai/flatbeans and potato sabji, chana sundal, fruits (apples,guava,pomes) and nuts

 

@Amica the organic and low gi, fatfree, sugarfree are some of the things that would be a constant up in your face things in the future. when i started consuming organic around 6 to 7 yrs back i had only a few shops in chennai and i was a customer at two.. one was the team shoppe opp vandalur zoo and restore in adyar. can you believe i have 6 shops on the bustling main road close to my home now, with the name organic.

i have discussed earlier on rice. it is assumed we had 11000 varieities of rice and every one of them was conducive to the person living in that area. with the greed and more greed came manipulation. the rice eaters brain washed to eat chappati and more.

bamboo rice i dont even know how authentic the ones we get in the local shops are for the price.

we have a few brands of dia rice and they say it has herbs added.

the one in chattisgarh has always been there. only our people’s interest in revivial of lost varieties is helping and hope it keeps doing it.

Guardians of the grain


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i strongly believe it is not the rice that is the culprit. we have moved from our motto of food as medicine to medicine as food. with the fast track running in life (not the physical) the stress, the lure of junk, the craze of instant food, thepharma greed and everything plays a vital role

however you can try little millets like varagu that taste close to rice. the palakaad navarra rice is so good for health.

 

have a great monday morning and a grear week ahead..

breakfast was mudakathan keerai\baloonvine greens varagu dosa


a rasam fron aquafaba, rice, chana, bottlegourd sabji, sesame seed jaggery balls, nuts and fruits(guava and orange) both are in season ans maximise use of seasonable vegges and fruits.

when i use aquafaba or the boiled chana water i miss @damini . miss @Anisu and many regulars. @pumpkin01 @maheseran and many others.. @parineetha and @maggi32 for all the fun induced here..

 

@Anisu comes with practice ans now have to show my dd to balance hers. there is not much plan yaar. i go with the flow and whatever vegges available.

so it will come..

@satchitananda lovely menu