douglasvilleweightloss.com » THE VEGGIES SERIES http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:25:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 THE VEGGIE SERIES — Part Two – Better Preparation http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog/the-veggie-series-part-two-better-preparation/2009/01/13/ http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog/the-veggie-series-part-two-better-preparation/2009/01/13/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:24:46 +0000 admin http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog/?p=50 A main key to tasty vegetables comes from good preparation. Boil them to death and I don’t care what the food — it will be gross.

Many vegetables need a very minimal steam. People who say they eat spinach (even me) eat spinach when my wife makes it because it is so lightly steamed that there is no gummy texture or dirty taste to it that many people think is the problem with spinach.

I always think you should start with fresh veggies. Canned veggies are all pretty gross so there is no need to even buy them like that.
Some veggies you can use frozen if you cannot get fresh but if possible always try to start with fresh.

Check back for SPECIFIC tips in Part THREE

]]> http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog/the-veggie-series-part-two-better-preparation/2009/01/13/feed/ 0 THE VEGGIE SERIES — PART ONE!! http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog/the-veggie-series-part-one/2008/12/21/ http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog/the-veggie-series-part-one/2008/12/21/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:43:14 +0000 admin http://douglasvilleweightloss.com/blog/?p=48 Ok, there is a great low calorie food that you can eat in almost limitless amounts and not worry about how much you are eating and how big was that portion and how many calories does this have anyway……THESE ARE CALLED VEGETABLES.
Most of us do not eat enough of them or we load them down with fats, butter – even deep fry them. But vegetables in their natural form are amazing for you. Whether you are trying to lose weight, control your blood pressure, help your diabetes, prevent cancer or heart disease or just to live longer and healthier – vegetables are a major key that people forget.
CALORIES – Vegetables have very little calories until you load them with toppings. Here are some examples:
- Raw Baby Carrots – 12 of them – 48 calories
- Green Beans – 1 cup cooked– 41 calories
- Asparagus – 10 small spears – 20 calories
Eating more vegetables will help to naturally reduce the calories you put in your body. Reduce your use of sauces and learn how to prepare veggies. Most veggies taste better fresh or frozen than they do canned. And veggies you have hated forever may just need to be better prepared. Nothing tastes good boiled to death so learn to steam and prepare them differently and you will start to LOVE THEM!!

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