Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 you folks have too much time on your hands.... OK,,, to make this post a little useful, here's a reminder to read the labels. I've been using a particular brand of spaghetti sauce in recipes for years and recently in my " zero tolerance " of transfats I checked out the label and was horrified to find 600 Kcals worth of corn sugar in basic tomato sauce!... So this week at the market I checked out other brands and found several had 2-300 Kcal of high GI sweetener. Looks like it's time for me to roll my own tomato sauce too.... I don't mind consuming calories when intimately bound to nutrients where it makes some sense but not in tomato sauce..... oh well that explains why I liked the taste. JR -----Original Message----- From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: [ ] Setting goals (was Challenges) this would be easy enough to do with our database feature. We could just set up a generic " met goal? " for the week. I'd like to hear from other members to see if they're interested in participating, or for other ideas. on 1/26/2004 1:42 PM, bernadettepawlik at bernadettepawlik@... wrote: > From my perspective as a newbie to CRON, a worthwhile challenge would > be getting in 10 servings of fruits/veggies per day. This goal > reflects my approach to CRON which is to focus on the optimum > nutrition aspect of CRONING as opposed to the calories. > > However, I suspect that for others, other goals might make more > sense., e.g., how well someone is doing at maintaining CRON in a > nonCRONING family; total number of ORACs per day; total number of > calories per day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Here's a little " trick " when you like the taste of something (btw I like the prepared tomato sauces also) - mix a amall amount of it, ( just enough of it) with plain tomato paste or plain tomato puree to give the mixture a good taste. That way you get the good taste but much less of the bad stuff (and fewer calories too). I do this for my husband who I'm trying to wean off such sauces, dressings etc. He can't tell the difference. Not for " purists " but good for people who are finding it hard to give up their old ways. You can add sucralose to tomato puree and/or paste and get the sweet taste that they put into the prepared stuff. on 1/26/2004 3:09 PM, john roberts at johnhrob@... wrote: > I've been using a particular brand of spaghetti sauce in recipes for years > and recently in my " zero tolerance " of transfats I checked out the label and > was horrified to find 600 Kcals worth of corn sugar in basic tomato > sauce!... So this week at the market I checked out other brands and found > several had 2-300 Kcal of high GI sweetener. Looks like it's time for me to > roll my own tomato sauce too.... > > I don't mind consuming calories when intimately bound to nutrients where it > makes some sense but not in tomato sauce..... oh well that explains why I > liked the taste. > > JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 I mean if you like the taste of a certain prepared food (but of course it's high in calories, has lots of sugar, or hydrogenated oils, or corn syrup etc.) then adding a bit of that prepared food to a healthy " substitute " (in this case, tomato paste or puree which are healthy pure tomato), you can get the taste with a minimum of the bad stuff. I also do that with canned chicken stock (which ordinarily has too much salt, MSG etc) i add a bit to lots of water, chicken, veggies to make a healthier soup. on 1/26/2004 3:47 PM, ad min at academy_one@... wrote: > I'm confused...You like the taste of something -- like what? Some things > might not taste that great with tomato puree added...? You probably mean if > you want a tomatoey taste with something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 yes, that's an improvement and a good transitional strategy. I was already diluting the " sugary " spaghetti sauce with a ton of vegetables and even some added chopped tomato. Since the calories were spread out over 5 or 6 meals I won't lose too much sleep, but since I would never add corn sugar to a scratch recipe, I don't see continuing to use this brand. It just underscores the insidious nature of the food industry as they routinely play upon our instinctual drive to maximize caloric consumption with added sugars and added fats. Caveat emptor. JR -----Original Message----- From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [ ] read the label I mean if you like the taste of a certain prepared food (but of course it's high in calories, has lots of sugar, or hydrogenated oils, or corn syrup etc.) then adding a bit of that prepared food to a healthy " substitute " (in this case, tomato paste or puree which are healthy pure tomato), you can get the taste with a minimum of the bad stuff. I also do that with canned chicken stock (which ordinarily has too much salt, MSG etc) i add a bit to lots of water, chicken, veggies to make a healthier soup. on 1/26/2004 3:47 PM, ad min at academy_one@... wrote: > I'm confused...You like the taste of something -- like what? Some things > might not taste that great with tomato puree added...? You probably mean if > you want a tomatoey taste with something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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