Support for low-fat high-fiber diet

Anonymous · November 2005

I found this recipe from "Cooking Light" (online). Looks easy. The Macadamia nuts is the butter that is called for in the recipe. Just wanted to mention that because some people we upset that they didn't know how much BUTTER to put in the cookie. They thought it was left out of the recipe. However, some people said they used butter and some said they increased the nuts to one cup. I haven't tried this, but plan to.

Macadamia Butter Cookies with Dried Cranberries

We love these thick, satisfying cookies as humble as peanut butter cookies but not as crumbly. Dried cranberries provide a slightly tart counterpoint to the macadamia nuts' richness. The dough is somewhat sticky; chilling it briefly makes handling easier.

2/3 cup macadamia nuts
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries, chopped
1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 375°.
Place nuts in a food processor; process until smooth (about 2 minutes), scraping sides of bowl once. Combine macadamia butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed. Add vanilla and egg; beat well.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and ground nutmeg, stirring with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed just until combined (mixture will be very thick). Stir in chopped cranberries. Chill 10 minutes.

Divide chilled dough into 30 equal portions; roll each portion into a ball. Place 1 tablespoon granulated sugar in a small bowl. Lightly press each ball into sugar; place each ball, sugar side up, on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.

Gently press the top of each cookie with a fork. Dip the fork in water; gently press the top of each cookie again to form a crisscross pattern. Place 15 cookies on each of 2 baking sheets.

Bake cookies, 1 baking sheet at a time, at 375° for 9 minutes or until golden. Remove cookies from pan; cool on a wire rack. Repeat procedure with remaining cookies.

Yield: 30 servings (serving size: 1 cookie)

CALORIES 76(30% from fat); FAT 2.5g (sat 0.4g,mono 1.8g,poly 0.1g); PROTEIN 1g; CHOLESTEROL 7mg; CALCIUM 7mg; SODIUM 44mg; FIBER 0.6g; IRON 0.5mg; CARBOHYDRATE 13.2g
Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2002

Anonymous · November 2005

Theresa,
Surgery went well, it would have been easy except the surgeon had to do some carving where there was no implant but he did an amazing job and they are nice and even...i have lots of swelling on the one side and a bunch of bruising...no gutting it out here, vicodin seriously for two days and wrapped an ace bandage over the top of the sports bar to keep my new puppies down.
really into my post surgery diet of lots of foods with antioxidants carotene protein in mimi snacks throughout the day.

with all the fiber i have been eating the vicodin still backed me up big time and i had to get that going because it caused its own world of pain after two days...

but on the mend for sure.

i am really having no problem passing on all the plates of sweets around...if something looks really really good, i just have a bite or a taste. and that is rare.

just adding lots of leafy greans, the big knarly ones like kale, okra, chard. I chop them up and put them in a organic chicken broth for soup.lots of spices...
food is medicine post-op for me.

love that macademia cookie recipe, might try for my son.
i am glad i don't see any chocolate turtles running around my nest!

i am so glad you put those rose colored glasses back on, they look so cute on you!

have a great one!
i just know that 2006 is going to be a better year for all of us!

laura

cowgirl · November 2005

Try benefiber laura! I used a bunch of it after my exchange! The bruising is the most painful, that is the odd part, the implant is nothing.

wilsontp · November 2005

I've used Benefiber. I put it in pudding (low-fat milk of course.)

My husband calls it Mother's Theresa's fiber pudding.

Laura - I'm glad you are doing well. I had a TRAM, so I have no idea what you're going through, but I'm glad it's relatively easy!

--Theresa

Anonymous · November 2005

cool beans...i will get some benefiber tomorrow, don't want to take the pain pills today at the risk of backing up again...

love the new boobs. got a cute little sweater set today for dbf's christmas party next week. now to feminize my two inches of hair...mmmm... got a pic of alyssa milano's do, going to splurge on a salon cut, i usually did supercuts, but this calls for some kinda miracle! maybe if i pay more...lol...

no sh!t on the bruising, my chest is green!

thanks for all the good wishes...mother theresa and cowgirl...

doing really great on the diet...

keep on keepin' on and let's celebrate this holiday season, the very best we can.

laura

valles-2005Jan08 · November 2005

Dear Gals,
My dentist has started selling tahitian noni juice for good body function and I have been drinking it daily(trying to mostly) and I have been really clear headed and that chemo brain is long gone - also I take vitamins daily - seems to work.
Sincerely,
Valeri

cowgirl · November 2005

Laura, it will get better, there for a while I looked like a baseball bat had hit me!

Theresa I use the chewables!

I am making some FFSF choc pudding yummmmmm ! I can hardly wait!

Hey Valeri welcome to you!

roseg · November 2005

I've had better luck splitting the Vicodin in half. It doesn't knock me out and seems to not bother my digestion so much.

Anonymous · December 2005

i got some curcumin today...

had been taking it for a couple months after chemo due to a study i had read about melanoma...

have cut my supplements way down, eating so good...

but gonna start up on the curcumin again...

cut all my vicodins in half but am only taking in the a.m.
taking two halves...:)

a great weekend to all,

laura

cowgirl · December 2005

laura,
I took your advise, I had a salad with spinach, lettuce, black olives, carrots and grape tomatoes(really hate raw tomatoes) but you know it tastes good eating all those colors together. Somehow I felt very healthy!

Anonymous · December 2005

sounds very yummy, cowgirl...no cardboard flavors there...
i eat at least one of those raw veggie dishes each day...

i saw a t shirt today that said cowgirl on it...very cute...i guess i am just a wannabe...

and since the pink t shirt that says slightly dramatic still hangs in my closet unworn, i passed on it...

a fleeting moment of frugality.....

i have finally been able to move over to fat free milk from 1% without feeling deprived...

this is a good thing...

munch on!

laura

cowgirl · December 2005

It is all in the attitude laura! Those cows are scared of you because you mean business! My oldest pretends to be a fence, I crack up every time! It works but I keep thinking why do they suddenly think he is a fence!

I ate well today and I feel better about it. I am having a big hunger so I think I will grab some carrots and munch away!

That sounds like me and purple why do I have three purple shirts none of which I will ever wear? I bought one and had three given to me. It is just not me! As I type I am wearing a John Deere t-shirt, thankfully my son outgrew it! That or the Astros(baseball) is my favorite! Or maybe my Cowboys (football) sweatshirt. I do dress up but only in black, navy, red or camel. I am a basic dresser, I used to be a Clown clothes person, but that was the fat me now the thinner me wants to be country or tailored!

SpanArtist · December 2005

Hi everybody,

This is a topic that is of interest to me! I do follow a low-fat, high fiber diet and one great way to start the day off with a dose of fiber is with Kashi Good Friends cereal (I live in the Tampa area and shop at Publix, and they always carry it). Kashi makes several high-quality cereals and Good Friends has the most fiber...12 grams per cup! I put 2 TBSP. each of wheat germ and wheat bran (another 4 grams) and sometimes a TBSP. of ground flaxseed (another 2 grams). I flavor the cereal with raisins and a banana, and have a 1/2 cup of some other fruit, and orange juice. So my fiber is at least 18 grams in breakfast alone, and I have 3 servings of fruit, a serving of dairy (my organic 1% milk on the cereal) and 2 servings of whole grains. It's delicious as well! Even if you just ate the cereal with milk, a banana and OJ, that would be a very good breakfast!

I know of a very good book on this topic, written by a 3-time cancer survivor (2 of the times were breast cancer). She was also already a Registered Dietician by the time her first breast cancer struck, so she's now specializing in diet for breast cancer survivors. All the proceeds from the sale of her book go to the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR is the cancer charity that fosters research on diet and cancer prevention and educates the public about the results). Her name is Diana Dyer and here is a link to her web site:
http://www.cancerrd.com/index.html

Here is a link to the AICR:
http://www.aicr.org/index.lasso

Her book can be purchased on both websites, and is $12.00.

Hugs to all,
Liza

cowgirl · December 2005

Welcome Liza!

I know a lot of people that eat Kashi. I am a life cereal person. For two days I added flaxseed,10 almonds and a tiny box of raisins! It was delicious! I never knew flaxseed tasted so good!

I really look forward to breakfast now, it is very comforting! I am always looking for new ideas to spruce up my food! I love new flavors!

roseg · December 2005

I have some Kashi 'Heart Healthy' instant oatmeal that I like. It's not 15 g of fiber but it's more than the regular oatmeal.

I got onto this squash thing this weekend. I micorwaved it for 5 minutes so I could peel it. Pumpkin burns really easily when you saute it so the first round was black. Then I tried steaming it, at least that didn't burn. It was interesting. I think the canned pumpkin you buy must have dye or the skin in it because mine was nowhere as orange.

In the end it wasn't bad for an orange vegetable. I went with curry type spices, but I think chili powder would be good too, plus a little butter (bad girl)!

Anonymous · December 2005

wow that is a record for fiber content at breakfast...
i am going to check out the kashi cereals closer...saw them at whole foods yesterday on sale...
i have been chopping up dried apricots and adding to oatmeal...the candied ginger pieces are still my favorite part though...

eating orange...maybe i can get up the guts now to wrestle the pumpkin.

i am enjoying a lot of butternut squash these days...soup with ginger and the following baked recipe...
i really like it, warm, filling and way lowfat...
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Baked Butternut Squash
Serves 4

2 small butternut squash (11/4 pounds each), halved lengthwise and seeded
1/3 cup orange juice
2 TB apricot all-fruit spread
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 TB chopped parsley
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 425ºF. Cut small piece off bottom of each squash half so that it will sit in pan.

In small bowl, stir together orange juice, apricot fruit spread, garlic, parsley, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Spoon mixture into hollow of each squash half, cover with foil, and bake until tender, about 45 minutes.

I subbed chopped up dried apricots for spread.Very good...

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Love the astros because they were my grandpa's favorite team next to his LA Dodgers...
DBF is major Boston fan, they are a whole different breed of fan...DBF is season ticket holder at Angel Stadium and we go to a lot of games,,,and yes i have a rally monkey!

i am finding lunch to be my hardest meal to not have a craving for some little something laden with fat....

eating blue...the blueberries we are getting around here and tasteless not to mention the price of a second mortgage, so i have been going with frozen....

eating red........red bell peppers are really sweet and yummy right now...i slice them in the salad and saute with purple onions and steamed broccohli...or just eat them for snack...

my family won't let me eat beans anymore...lol...or they want 24 hour notice so they can evacuate...don't remember ever being such a uber natural gas source in the past...

maybe i will try some beano or something...

has anyone done any colon cleansing or liver detoxing?
i am thinking when i get back from holiday it might be a good way to start the new year...

fiber is my friend

laura

roseg · December 2005

Beano works.

I find if beans are OVERCOOKED their effects aren't so bad. I do canned because they start out better cooked, and then I cook them more.

I've taken to not buying prepared bean soups at Whole Foods, I've paid $6 for a container more than once and had the beans be crunchy. That is a bad omen, they should be mushy.

Rosemary44 · December 2005

Speaking of beans, look what comes up first, third and fourth ranked highest in antioxidant foods:

1
Small Red Bean (dried) Half cup 13727
2
Wild blueberry 1 cup 13427
3
Red kidney bean (dried) Half cup 13259
4
Pinto bean Half cup 11864
5
Blueberry (cultivated) 1 cup 9019
6
Cranberry 1 cup (whole) 8983
7
Artichoke (cooked) 1 cup (hearts) 7904
8
Blackberry 1 cup 7701
9
Dried Prune Half cup 7291
10
Raspberry 1 cup 6058
11
Strawberry 1 cup 5938
12
Red Delicious apple One 5900
13
Granny Smith apple One 5381
14
Pecan 1 ounce 5095
15
Sweet cherry 1 cup 4873
16
Black plum One 4844
17
Russet potato (cooked) One 4649
18
Black bean (dried) Half cup 4181
19
Plum One 4118
20
Gala apple One 3903

The beans were a surprise.

cowgirl · December 2005

Wow so much information! I made my turkey chili with small red beans(which being a Texan I had idea of such a bean) and black beans.

Blueberrys frozen are the only way I eat them now, they just cost too much. I love tangerines! Man I had one this morning!

laura I package that chili and heat it in the microwave on top of brown rice! Yum!

Rose I ate brussel sprouts! I was so proud of myself! They were tasty I roasted them in the oven!

So far I am doing better it all just one veggie and fruit at a time!

roseg · December 2005

Roasted brussel sprouts sound good. Did you cut them in half?

DragonladyTina · December 2005

I love brussels sprouts! I also love parsnips.

Tina

Anonymous · December 2005

I have a hard time selling brussel sprouts around my house and what I eat everybody eats because I am not a short order cook:)
Boyfriend got wise to brussel sprouts in the vegetable soup and started picking them out and giving me the look.
Busted!

Yep, one fruit and vegetable at a time...it gets easier and easier I am finding, maybe because the lfhf diet makes me feel really good.

Beans and Rice are my favorite foods these days. I buy them in bulk at whole foods...
red beans, white beans, black beans, lentils, i love them all...
hoping the beano kicks in soon!

have an incredibly wonderful day!

laura

roseg · December 2005

I bought a bag of brussel sprouts last night.
I'm waiting for cowgirl to tell me how to roast them. My husband will eat such things because he's read Andrew Weil.

I believe they are part of the brocolli family?

I put parsnips in my Scotch broth.

DragonladyTina · December 2005

I just trim them the normal way, cut a little of the stem away, then peel away the first ugly layer of leaves. I cut them in half, place them on a baking sheet, drizzle olive oil over them, salt and pepper and mix them up so that oil gets on all of them. Roast them in the oven 400 degrees for about 30-40 min.

ENJOY!!

Tina

roseg · December 2005

I can probably do that. I'll try some tonite.

I hope you're enjoying the final days of your leave. Do you go back to work after Christmas or New Years?

wilsontp · December 2005

I feel soooo guilty.

I'm back on the chemo diet - eat what will stay down. It's hardly healthy. I don't know if I don't feel as well because of the diet or because of the chemo.

And then I think, what can I do? I'm close to my lowest weight (post children) when I was training for the marathon. While I can stand to lose some more, I'm thinking perhaps it's not the best idea right now.

--Theresa

SpanArtist · December 2005

Hi all,
Roasted brussels sprouts sound good! I know you can do the same with broccoli. Here's another good recipe for brussels sprouts, which I created myself!
Clean the sprouts, and steam them until done. Then saute them quickly on a high heat in some olive oil so that they brown a little. Throw in some chopped nuts or pine nuts (but go light on the nuts because of the high fat content). Add herbs (I use basil and cracked pepper). It's DELICIOUS!!
I also LOVE parsnips, rutabegas, beets, and all root vegetables.
Oh, here's a tip for removing the "snaps" from dried beans. You know you have to clean them and then soak them overnight (or bring them to a boil and let them sit for a time). Then, DRAIN the soaking water off, and cook them in fresh water with a pinch of baking soda. It helps remove whatever it is in beans that cause so much gassiness in us!
Another discovery I've made is that Rice Vinegars are delcious salad dressings and have no fat (they do have a few calories...not many). NAKANO is a good brand with many different flavors, such as Roasted Garlic, Italian, Basil and Oregano, etc. I love to make a salad with all kinds of fresh vegetables (including things like raw butternut squash) and fruits (cut-up apples, raisins, oranges), and of course, the lettuces (bok choy is good) with rice vinegar!

Hugs to all,
Liza

Anonymous · December 2005

Theresa - this is a guilt free zone...personally, i felt that while i was doing chemo i didn't need to worry about diet because chemo was taking care of those narly little beast cells.

Listen to your body and it will tell you what you want and can handle...

but put the guilt out with the trash, not even the recycle bin!

great tips Liza thank you...

as you can see i am really getting into it, even dressing the part

just a joke...

laura

cowgirl · December 2005

Sorry gals, we had an ice storm and DH had christmas party. I feel very glad to be alive, we drove 55 miles to the dinner and back. Yes DH is slighty loco in the cabasa!The kids are home today. That is exactly how I roast mine except I do the balsamic vinegar and I think 450 but 400 would work.

I think you can roast any veggie!

laura you crack me up! I made a turkey breast stir fry with orange, green bell peppers and onions the other night! Yummy!

Theresa there is no good or bad there when you are dealing with chemo! Eat what sounds good, that is the only way until you feel better!

Tonight is turkey chili, I am freezing! I am drinking decaf Starbucks like water, I can not seem to get warm!

roseg · December 2005

I still have 1/2 the bag so I'll try the vinegar.
DH wasn't too keen on the first batch. Of course tonight he was unhappy because we had thick crust pizza instead of thin, some people.....

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