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Healthy food substitues and smart eating.

Discussion in 'Healthy Living' started by shivachoubey, Jan 4, 2010.

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May 3, 2010 #51

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Quaker oats is quite familiar and easy to cook too..i totally agree but these kind of branded items are all refined oats..Which has a low proportion of fibre..So it is always better to go for rolled oats..Only problem is they take time to cook..but they are really healthy..So try your level best to go for fibre rich foods..

I am not sure about the name of the brands selling rolled oats..Will update if i come across such product :hide:

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Great tips Shiva and Cinduja..

Shiva: ur tips have always helped me and i owe a lot to u:bowdown
Just 1 qs abt the goody bag u mentioned, do u just roast chana, peanuts etc or else u get them from market? please give me the right procedure of making this mixture

Also the Oats and wheat chappati u mentioned is really nutritious and tasty, i donot like oats porridge so i make my afternoon rotis by mixing oats and wheat and eat it vth my veggis, its very healthy

Thanks a lot

Luv
Deepthi

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Hiya Deepthi,

How are you doing dear??? I roast the peanuts. The chana I get the roasted ones from the market.

Usually, I add more of chaana, puff rice and less of peanuts and walnuts.

You can experiment with the mixture. Add in some raisins if you wants to.

Just make sure not to over do the quantity of peanuts and walnuts.

For example.

1. 2 cups puffed rice,

2. 2 cups Roasted Channa

3. 1 cup cornflakes

4. 1 cup roasted peanuts.

5. 1 cup walnuts

Hope you got the idea. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Lots of love.

regards

shivachoubey, May 3, 2010

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shivachoubey said: ↑

Hiya Deepthi,

How are you doing dear??? I roast the peanuts. The chana I get the roasted ones from the market.

Usually, I add more of chaana, puff rice and less of peanuts and walnuts.

You can experiment with the mixture. Add in some raisins if you wants to.

Just make sure not to over do the quantity of peanuts and walnuts.

For example.

1. 2 cups puffed rice,

2. 2 cups Roasted Channa

3. 1 cup cornflakes

4. 1 cup roasted peanuts.

5. 1 cup walnuts

Hope you got the idea. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Lots of love.

regards
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Hi Shiva, iam doing very well, thank u so much for asking..how r u doing??

yes, i got an idea now, i understood the other things, but i was wondering abt the channa, so u get dem frm outside, nt sure frm where i can get, let me try here, i really liked this snack option

Luv
Deepthi

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shivachoubey said: ↑

Dear Vmtaurus,

I use Quaker oats that are available in the market. The portion that I use to make rotis is

1 fist flour, 1 fist oats and 1 fist wheat barn (optional).

few days back I added oats to my dosa batter and they tasted good.

Check this recipe of oats dosa.

Hope this helps.

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Thanks Shiva...really appreciate your help!

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Dear Shiva

I am a late comer here. Your tips are very useful.

love
viji

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iyerviji said: ↑

Dear Shiva

I am a late comer here. Your tips are very useful.

love
viji
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Dearest Viji,

Thank you so much and thank you so much for making me come back to posting more messages.

Lots and lots of love to you viji.

regards

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Hi,

I have recently managed to loose 18 kgs of weight. These are few of the substitutes and tricks that worked for me. Hope these helps you too.

1.Cooking in less oil : Wondering how to cook tasty gravy without or less oil. Here is the trick.
Add finely chopped onions to the pan, spinkle some salt and let them sweat. The onions will cook in their own moisture. Make tomato puree and add ginger garlic paste. Cover and let the gravy simmer. Once the tomato is cooked i.e color changes to dark red, add masalas of your choice and add vegetable. This gravy can be used to prepare sabjis. It is recommened not to completely avoid oil as it has essential fatty acids but limiting to 2-3 tsp is a good idea.

2.Oats – Can’t eat oats as a breakfast. A good idea of sneaking them in your meal is to take a handful and mix in your chappati aata. The oats rotis are soft and tastes delicious.

Add a table spoon of oats in soups, it makes the soup thick. It tastes more like pasta in tomato soup.

3.   [FONT=&quot] Sneaking[/FONT] Pumpkin in daily meals – To sneak pumpkin in a meal, cook it with toor daal. Once the daal is done mash the pumpkin in the daal and then go about the normal way of giving a tadka. It enhances the daal taste and as for kids they will not notice the subtle difference.

4.Trick to reduce rice quantity –If you just have to have your rice but want to reduce the quantity, then in a plate first pour the daal and then less rice from usual and then daal again. You will feel full with less rice this way.
Another trick that I follow and which works for me, is to take less rice say 4-5 tsp in a bowl , pour lots of daal and then sabji. This way I get to eat my rice but in less quantity.

5.Homemade Healthy Burger – This is one healthy breakfast. Take 2 boiled potatoes, mash them. Add soya granules, grated carrots, mashed boiled green peas and sweet corns. Idea here is to use less potatoes, just enough for binding purpose and the quantity of vegetables and granules is more. Make patties and grill them on non stick tawa with l tsp or less oil. In a bun, apply green chutney, then patty, cover with tomato and cucumber. Experiment by adding boiled chola (garbanzo beans), rajma, black channa.

6.Cream substitute – In gravies like palak paneer is you want to do away with cream add evaporated milk instead . It thickens the gravy just like cream.

7. Use different oils for different meals- If you cook your lunch in say sunflower oil, use canola or some other oil for dinner. In this way you will get essential fatty acids from all the oils. Meaning, you will benefit from fatty acids found in abundance in sunflower oil and also from fatty acids found in abundance in canola oil.

8. Sweet tooth - If you feel like having something sweet after each meal, try having dry apricots. they are sweet and high in vitamins and nutrients. Limit yourself to 5 a day. Some other healthy substitutes are honey and dates. But monitor the intake.

9. Want to snack on something chatpata - Try Jhaal mudi. Healthy low cal snack. Mix cucumber, onion, green chili, 3-4 drops of mustard oil with puffed rice, add lemon and salt. Add green coriander and make it like a bhel.

10. Hungry while on a long drive - In a zip lock bag make this mixture and keep it in car or purse. Take puffed rice, roasted peanuts, roasted channa, walnuts, mix well. 2 to 3 handful of this mix satisfies the hunger pang. Experiment by adding other dry fruits and nuts. It is way better than catching a burger or french fries when hunger pang hits.

regards
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Hi shivachoubey,
ur tricks is helpful. gald to share ur tricks. just a few days ago . a firend of my who plans to lose 15kgs of weight asked me about subtitudes to lose weight. i will recommend her ur informative post.
thx again!

kayleeabc, May 7, 2010

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Hi shivachoubey,
ur tricks is helpful. gald to share ur tricks. just a few days ago . a firend of my who plans to lose 15kgs of weight asked me about subtitudes to lose weight. i will recommend her ur informative post.
thx again!
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Dear Kaylee,

Thank you so much for your appreciation. I sincerely hope this helps your friend.

Have a great day ahead.

regards

shivachoubey, May 7, 2010

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Hello Shiva,

Its nice to see your success in weight loss. Truly amazing and very inspiring.

I want to know if dalia and cracked wheat are one and the same. I used to think it is same. Correct me if im not. I get a pack of upma mix from the Indian store which is not suji but is a bit coarse and wheatish brown in color. I have been using this as a substitute for white rice and getting good results.But i know there is more coarse quality suji also.

Need a clarification. Also let me know if cracked wheat has carbohydrates or not? Some people scare me saying that i will not get enough carbs if i eat this in place of rice.

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