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  •   #16  
    textjewel's Avatartextjewel , 01-31-2006 09:17 AM
    Well, it could be that beans will be considered both a starch and a protein.

    Sznn - does your guide still show beans as a protein?

    Julie
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    Mom_of_3_Monsters's AvatarMom_of_3_Monsters , 01-31-2006 09:24 AM
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    Originally Posted by Repo girl
    Yes, but I think that it has to be homemade, from dry beans. Here is what I do: Soak a 1 lb bag of garbanzo beans in a big bowl of water overnight. Rinse, cover with water, simmer for 2 hours or until really soft, place one cup of beans into the food processor, add a couple of cloves of garlic, tahini, lemon juice, pepper, Mortons, curry powder, or whatever you like, blend for several minutes. This is one protein serving. I like to eat it with baked pita chips, celery sticks, carrot sticks, ect. I froze the rest of mine in one cup servings. It made five one cup bags. Pretty cheap protein, $1.59=6 servings.
    Thanks for the tip Katie !!! I will have to try this
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    sznn's Avatarsznn , 01-31-2006 11:09 AM
    Julie - in answer to your question - the only beans I have under proteins are soybeans.

    Hummus is listed under starch as the main ingredient are chickpeas - and LA counts peas as a starch.

    If you use beans to make the hummus - I suspect you could count it as a protein.

    -S
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    juliemarie's Avatarjuliemarie , 01-31-2006 11:46 AM
    chickpeas=garbanzo beans . . . .hence, the confusion.

    I decided to do a little sleauthing and looked up the nutritional information on soy products and beans, etc. I don't think it's a pseudoscience, Mary (at least not this time, the supplements are another story). The calorie thing I was looking at broke down the components of foods into protein, fat, carb, etc on a pie chart. With the beans-they were mostly made up of carbs, while the soy products were mostly protein and fat. The beans had about 1/2 the grams of protein as a serving of soy protein. So I think that's why they are supposed to be counted as a starch. If you were a vegetarian though-maybe they give you more leeway, I don't know. Anyway, just FYI . . . . .
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    Repo girl's AvatarRepo girl , 01-31-2006 11:59 AM
    Okay, I called my center and asked. First they said no, then they looked them up and said yes, then they said that they would have to call the nutritionist and call me back. So, who the heck knows!!
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    juliemarie's Avatarjuliemarie , 01-31-2006 12:00 PM
    Ahh-at least the COD's consistent with their inconsistency
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    shennie_97's Avatarshennie_97 , 01-31-2006 12:36 PM
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    Originally Posted by juliemarie
    Ahh-at least the COD's consistent with their inconsistency
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    dawn78's Avatardawn78 , 01-31-2006 09:50 PM
    I'm on the gold plan and my booklet says 1/3 cup of hummus is one starch and it still has beans (bagged any type, 1 cup cooked) as a vegetarian protein.
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    arabianflower's Avatararabianflower , 02-06-2006 11:53 PM
    How can hummus be too fatty when you're allowed to have mayo? Hummus is mostly olive oil and beans. It's alot healthier than mayonnaise.
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