Plumfoodie said:
Ashie, the pots have arrived. The card that comes with them says that the smallest (blue) holds 55g uncooked basmati rice and the red cup holds 144g cooked, for the same amount of calories (ie the blue cupful turns into a red cupful when you cook it). The yellow pot holds 103g cooked rice and that's what I will probably use!
That's interesting about the amounts in the cups. Because I can only eat such a little amount of calories, I think I might give these pots a miss for now. I followed Irish Molly's advice and eat only 30g of rice with my meal. This allows me to eat lentils or beans with it, but whilst beans/lentils provide protein, they also have quite a lot of carbs in them too. In fact, I never have had a handle on how much rice and how much lentils I should have in one meal (and I have been eating a lot of rice & legumes lately). Oh well, I am not going to sweat on it as my weight, touch wood, has been going in the right direction.
If your feedback is positive Plum, I will get them when it's time to maintain. I wont want to weigh everything then and the pots make it easy to scoop out the right amount of pasta/rice etc. I am looking forward to eating 55g rice as I love the stuff.
Plumfoodie said:
With winter imminent, what are your favourite seasonal non-starchy veggies?
I am afraid I am not so good with wintery vegetables. I had broccoli and cauliflower today but it was a bit blah! I am more into Mediterranean veg. I do like butternut squash and pumpkin but I never buy the stuff because I hate cutting it all up as it is quite difficult for me. (Pathetic, I know.
) I especially like butternut squash cooked with dahl. It's delicious and very warming in the winter. I also like parsnip and beetroot but only have it when I am out.
Where do mushrooms come out on GI? I eat tonnes of mushrooms.
EDIT: Adore cauliflower curry BTW but then again I would probably eat curried shoe (in the style of Charlie Chaplin).
