RE: Quick Low-Oxalate Diet Question

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Ah, rejoice, garlic and olive oil (all oils) are low.The hummus would depend on what bean/seed you put in there. I just typed into google " hummus w " and it automatically came up with " hummus without tahini recipe "

as a proposed search... so I guess there might be quite a few, and you could play around with the ingredients. Several of the ladies on the list have played around with different high ox favs. Red lentils are apparently low ox, probably half of chick peas. Not sure they'd taste good as hummus but you never know.

Looks like rice cakes are medium and not sure about tortilla chips. Did you sign up for the Trying_low_oxalates list? Then you can download the spreadsheet. :-) Since a lot of stuff is serving size based, you would have to determine how feasible it is. I think rice cake minis were 7 mg oxalate for 9 cakes. So if you are going to eat 18 minis, not exactly a suitable snack. But for instance my kids will sometimes eat a small amt, and 4 cakes might work for them... and that would make it a suitable snack. LOL

Think of it like calories. Some people avoid cake while on a diet b/c it's got high calories and they want to eat a huge chunk. Other people just cut down the serving size and eat one petit four sized piece of cake and still have their cake. It depends on whether the food is one of those kinds you will eat a ton of, or can just have a taste of and be ok. (For me Pizza is a dangerous food, I don't seem to ever fill up on it and could eat way too much... but I am one of those folks who can eat one petit four and not be interested in more cake!)

Black beans are really high beans, when we go to Chipotle, I have them put a few black beans in there for color. But can't enjoy black beans the way I would LIKE to which is by the bowl-full!

 

Can someone (Toni) tell me where garlic and olive oil fall as far as number of oxalates? I'm hoping low since I kind of live on both! :)Are rice crackers or tortilla chips with guacamole or tahini-free hummus good low-ox snacks? My daughters are obsessed with hummus so I'm hoping to find a good replacement for the tahini. Going to the grocery store tomorrow, so just wanted to check. Thanks!

-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

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Thank you so much Toni! You are always such a huge help. So glad I can still do garlic! Is there a book about this diet or is mostly just online lists and that kind of stuff?

- Kirk-

To: mb12 valtrex From: bellbaby@...Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:48:44 -0500Subject: Re: Quick Low-Oxalate Diet Question

Ah, rejoice, garlic and olive oil (all oils) are low.The hummus would depend on what bean/seed you put in there. I just typed into google "hummus w" and it automatically came up with "hummus without tahini recipe"as a proposed search... so I guess there might be quite a few, and you could play around with the ingredients. Several of the ladies on the list have played around with different high ox favs. Red lentils are apparently low ox, probably half of chick peas. Not sure they'd taste good as hummus but you never know.Looks like rice cakes are medium and not sure about tortilla chips. Did you sign up for the Trying_low_oxalates list? Then you can download the spreadsheet. :-) Since a lot of stuff is serving size based, you would have to determine how feasible it is. I think rice cake minis were 7 mg oxalate for 9 cakes. So if you are going to eat 18 minis, not exactly a suitable snack. But for instance my kids will sometimes eat a small amt, and 4 cakes might work for them... and that would make it a suitable snack. LOL Think of it like calories. Some people avoid cake while on a diet b/c it's got high calories and they want to eat a huge chunk. Other people just cut down the serving size and eat one petit four sized piece of cake and still have their cake. It depends on whether the food is one of those kinds you will eat a ton of, or can just have a taste of and be ok. (For me Pizza is a dangerous food, I don't seem to ever fill up on it and could eat way too much... but I am one of those folks who can eat one petit four and not be interested in more cake!)Black beans are really high beans, when we go to Chipotle, I have them put a few black beans in there for color. But can't enjoy black beans the way I would LIKE to which is by the bowl-full!

Can someone (Toni) tell me where garlic and olive oil fall as far as number of oxalates? I'm hoping low since I kind of live on both! :)Are rice crackers or tortilla chips with guacamole or tahini-free hummus good low-ox snacks? My daughters are obsessed with hummus so I'm hoping to find a good replacement for the tahini. Going to the grocery store tomorrow, so just wanted to check. Thanks!

-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

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Well, there is a low oxalate cookbook on amazon, but it's not GFCF recipes, so a lot of them have to be re-worked. The books was 21$ when I last looked. You can join the yahoo list and then sign up for no emails, and just read online, so the mail doesn't clog up your box LOL

But the yahoo list is the only place to get a current list, unless you join the VP Foundation.

 

Thank you so much Toni! You are always such a huge help. So glad I can still do garlic! Is there a book about this diet or is mostly just online lists and that kind of stuff?

- Kirk- 

To: mb12 valtrex From: bellbaby@...Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:48:44 -0500

Subject: Re: Quick Low-Oxalate Diet Question

 

Ah, rejoice, garlic and olive oil (all oils) are low.The hummus would depend on what bean/seed you put in there. I just typed into google " hummus w " and it automatically came up with " hummus without tahini recipe "

as a proposed search... so I guess there might be quite a few, and you could play around with the ingredients. Several of the ladies on the list have played around with different high ox favs. Red lentils are apparently low ox, probably half of chick peas. Not sure they'd taste good as hummus but you never know.

Looks like rice cakes are medium and not sure about tortilla chips. Did you sign up for the Trying_low_oxalates list? Then you can download the spreadsheet. :-) Since a lot of stuff is serving size based, you would have to determine how feasible it is. I think rice cake minis were 7 mg oxalate for 9 cakes. So if you are going to eat 18 minis, not exactly a suitable snack. But for instance my kids will sometimes eat a small amt, and 4 cakes might work for them... and that would make it a suitable snack. LOL

Think of it like calories. Some people avoid cake while on a diet b/c it's got high calories and they want to eat a huge chunk. Other people just cut down the serving size and eat one petit four sized piece of cake and still have their cake. It depends on whether the food is one of those kinds you will eat a ton of, or can just have a taste of and be ok. (For me Pizza is a dangerous food, I don't seem to ever fill up on it and could eat way too much... but I am one of those folks who can eat one petit four and not be interested in more cake!)

Black beans are really high beans, when we go to Chipotle, I have them put a few black beans in there for color. But can't enjoy black beans the way I would LIKE to which is by the bowl-full!

 

Can someone (Toni) tell me where garlic and olive oil fall as far as number of oxalates? I'm hoping low since I kind of live on both! :)Are rice crackers or tortilla chips with guacamole or tahini-free hummus good low-ox snacks? My daughters are obsessed with hummus so I'm hoping to find a good replacement for the tahini. Going to the grocery store tomorrow, so just wanted to check. Thanks!

-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.