Diet HELP!

[Nocturnal]

Can I fry eggplant and zucchini in some type of oil so that it isn't so dry? I tried baking it in a toaster oven last night and it was way TOO dry for me to even eat. Not to mention it tasted rather nasty.

What else type of vegetables would be good to eat with a steak?

I'm trying to substitue vegetables for rice.

I don't eat a lot of vegetables like beans and the like.

I'm mainly a eggplant, zucchini, celery, carrots, broccoli, salads, etc type of guy.

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Also, is it normal for someone on the atkins diet to use butter to fry things such as onions and other vegetables?

 

[Chaotic42]

Fruits, I think.

They are the seed carrying product of a plant. I think that makes them fruit.

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Fruits, I think.

They are the seed carrying product of a plant. I think that makes them fruit.

Are they carbs though?

 

[ndee]

friggin' junk.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal

Are they carbs though?

I'd imagine.

They aren't protein, and I know they aren't fat.

Anything delicious is carbs.

 

[IGBT]

Veggies..and they are good..just don't over cook em.

 

[whaleskinrug]

they're carbs but they are low on the glycemic index

 

[Nocturnal]

So eating them with steak would be a good combo?

Like steak, eggplant, and zucchini. No rice or potato.

 

[FoBoT]

tasty

 

[Dedpuhl]

1 cup boiled and drained EGGPLANT

Carbohydrate 8.643g
Fiber 2.475g

Impact carbs 6.168g





1 cup boiled and drained ZUCCHINI w/ skin

Carbohydrate 7.074g
Fiber 2.520g

Impact carbs 4.554g

 

[huesmann]

Eggplant is crap. Bitter crap.

Unless it's Asian eggplant.

 

[Bryophyte]

Botanically, they are fruits. Eggplants are related to other Solanes (tomato, potato, peppers), and zucchini are a kind of squash.

Culinarily, they are veggies (for induction phase of Atkins, probably off limits, but for later, probably fine. Dedpuhl gave the figures.)

 

[RossMAN]

Depending on how they're prepared

Zucchini > Eggplant

 

[alkemyst]

The single woman's friend ranking number 2 and 3 behind the cucumber?

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
The single woman's friend ranking number 2 and 3 behind the cucumber?

hehehe

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
The single woman's friend ranking number 2 and 3 behind the cucumber?

Ouch.
Zucchini has those rough bumps.
And Eggplant? They are awfully, ummm, big arent' they?

 

[minendo]

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl

 

[DT4K]

If you are doing Atkins, you should be counting carb grams.
Atkins.com has a carb counter that you can print out.
Use that to count carbs.
Although they may technically be fruits, they are pretty low in sugar carbs and are more like vegetables as far as nutrition goes.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: alkemyst
The single woman's friend ranking number 2 and 3 behind the cucumber?

Ouch.
Zucchini has those rough bumps.
And Eggplant? They are awfully, ummm, big arent' they?

Japanese Eggplants are more small and cylinderical....Zucchini not too much more bumpy than a cucumber I'd say.

Then again I have issues.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Then again I have issues.

Clearly

 

[sillymofo]

Alternatives for plastic toys?

 

[mithrandir2001]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
So eating them with steak would be a good combo?

Like steak, eggplant, and zucchini. No rice or potato.

Yes, eat eggplant and zucchini with the steak. They have some carbs but Atkins is not about total carb abstinence, otherwise you could only eat meat (yuck!).

Other stuff you can eat with abandon: asparagus, green beans, cabbage, carrots, celery, onions, squash, tomatoes, sweet peppers, cucumbers, pumpkin, mushrooms, radishes, spinach...and that's the common stuff. Potatoes and corn are basically the "trouble" vegetables if you are on Atkins.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
Alternatives for plastic toys?

I vote cr4zymofo for most annoying AT user.
Rephrasing a previous post and repeating it doesn't qualify as a usefull post.

 

[Nocturnal]

ttt

 

[Ns1]

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