Linda,

Here's my favorite hummus recipe - I really don't like anyone else's -

Ingredients
3/4 cup tahini
1 Tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup lemon juice
1 Tbsp chopped garlic
1 can (19 oz) chick peas drained & rinsed (NOTE: I actually cook my own chick peas, but if you use canned, your hummus will turn out less thick)
Salt & pepper to taste


Directions
Whisk together the tahini & olive oil
In food processor blend the chick peas, lemon juice, garlic (and salt/pepper) adding in the tahini mixture a little at a time
Put hummus in container & sprinkle with paprika
Refrigerate for at least an hour
Enjoy!

Hi Isabella,

I know that you're right - I ALWAYS have problems when I cut down too much. I just have SUCH a hard time with "patience."

Lynn

Good for you! The good thing about getting off sugar is that it does get easier. Are you also cutting down on white stuff - potatoes, pasta, rice?

Lynn

Whatever works is GOOD! For most folks it's not a good idea to completely give up any category of food. The trick is finding the balance that works for you.

LYNN . . . did you know that you can quote numerous people in the same post? and save yourself a little time and energy?

At the bottom where the little "quote" button is located, there is also a larger button that looks like a page of a manuscript with a large pair of qutation marks on it. Click that on each of the posts you want to quote except for the last one. For the last one, click on the regular little quote button. You will end up with a series of quotes and you can type your comments in between them.

This is what it would look like . . . #1

Thanks LYNN, sounds good . . . #2

I know, we allways want it "now", don't we . . . #3

It's like cutting out salt, or changing to skim milk, after a little while, the original version tastes 'yucky' . . . #4

You miss out on too many needed nutrients that way. . . . #5

BTW . . . the Red doesn't happen automatically. If I'm 'multi-quoting', I think it helps to put your comments in a different colour.

Hello CatHouseLady. Here's a vegetarian vegetable curry with chickpeas and I'll also post it in the recipe thread here at 50+. I don't have the nutritional values but there's no added fat so it's pretty low cal.

Vegetable Curry
16-oz. package baby carrots or 1 lb. carrots, sliced or cut in sticks
3 medium potatoes, cubed (or use cauliflower for lower calories)
1 lb. fresh, or frozen green beans, cut in 2-inch pieces
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can garbanzo beans (chick peas), drained and rinsed
1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes
3 tablespoons minute tapioca
3 teaspoons curry powder (or to taste)
2 teaspoon salt
1¾ cups boiling water or more to make a nice sauce
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon, or 2 chicken bouillon cubes

Combine carrots, potatoes, green beans, pepper, onion, garlic, garbanzo beans, and tomatoes in large bowl. Stir in tapioca, curry powder, and salt. Dissolve bouillon in boiling water. Pour over vegetables. Mix well. Cook in large covered pot on stove until vegetables are tender or spoon into large slow cooker or two medium ones. Cover. Cook on Low 8-10 hours or High 3-4 hours. Serve with cooked rice if desired

This recipe may also be cooked on the stove in a large pot. Cook until vegetables are tender.

Thank you, Linda,

This is my new thing to learn today. I LOVE it.

Lynn

Glad you like it, LYNN . . . BTW . . . you are obviously a real lover of sesame flavour . . . all the other hummus recipes I've come across call for 1/4 cup of tahini to two cups of cooked chickpeas.

I LOVE sesame.

OMG . . . would you believe Hummus made with Peanut Butter in place of the tahini and the oil . . . . . . when you've got as many cookbooks as I have, you find just about anything, eventually. No -- I do not plan to try it; especially knowing how I am about PB I'm sure I'd eat the whole batch at one sitting and then get into the rest of the jar of PB too -- just thought it was worth a giggle

Hi, I posted this the other day... thought you might enjoy it if you haven't seen it...

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...light=Friskies

You know I think a lot of pet foods are more carefully regulated for healthy ingredients than people food . . . but that doesn't mean I want to start eating them . . .

Just came across this great little link . . . http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/fa...drogenated.htm . . . explaining the difference between "partially hydrogenated" and "fully hydrogenated" fats. I definitely did not know this . . . just amazing how you keep on learning new things around 3FC all the time . . . gotta it.

Isabella, thanks for the recipe for the vegetable curry. I've been looking for a good one and this sounds great. i want to start eating more curry. One thing, I like it, and and another, it's supposed to be very healthy.

Me...no sugar,no processed foods, no white flour, no white rice, no white pasta only olive oil, only whole grains, lean meat, fresh vegs, fresh fruit etc. I eat about every three hours so I won't get hungry and plan, plan plan ahead...on the activity front it's Fluidity fitness, Callenetcis, and Yogilates.

I think one of the "secrets" is lots of fresh herbs!! Flavor, spice and season food and it makes it special instead of a "diet". Make your plate look good and it tastes even better! Be adventurous!

Here's a recipe I kind of made up yesterday:
I stuffed chicken breasts with a mixture of laughing cow cheese and fresh tarragon and a slice of lf ham. (cut a slit on the side of each breast to stuff it.) Then sprayed them with olive oil pam and dredged the top of each piece in a mixture of oat flour and parm. cheese and creole seasoning and baked till done. Really good and tasted kind of like Chicken Cordon Bleau