Potato Toppings and Beans
#278465 - 08/15/06 05:33 PM
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Ericasmom
Reged: 04/27/04
Posts: 163
Loc: Arizona
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What do you guys use for baked potato toppings? Do I have to eat them plain? Is there anything I can use to flavor them a little other than Butter Buds and Mrs. Dash, which is what I use now?
Also, I would like to get some feedback as far as reactions to beans. As I mentioned before, I'm in the first couple days of this eating plan, and since I'm feeling better, I know I need to incorporate foods like that soon. But naturally, I'm a little nervous. So how did you all react to beans? I tend to get a LOT of gas-at least, before changing my diet I did. So do you suggest I try the Beano before the beans as a precaution? Thanks.
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Definetly take Beano with the beans, and any other soy or vegetable products that might cause you gas. Beano isn't just for beans!
As for potato toppings, I use tofutti sour supreme as a replacement for sour cream. Also I sometimes have a homemade tomato salsa with it, kinda like Chow Chow you can buy in stores. When I'm desperate I'll jut have ketchup.
Hope that helps,
Kat
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OK-I will get my beano today and try a small amt of beans tomorrow. It is just hard to know when you are ordering out if they have lard or something icky in them. Fortunately, there's a place where I work that uses strictly canola oil in cooking. And I will stick to the black beans as opposed to refries.
As far as the "tofutti sour supreme"-what does it taste like? I used some fat free italian dressing on my potato last night-just discovered it. YUMMEE! Thanks for the help! A
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At home, I use a little Smart Balance Light on my baked potato along with salt and pepper. If I'm out, I'll use a little - just a little - olive oil, again with salt and pepper. You can also top your baked potato with one of the safe chili recipes from the recipe index. And there's LittleMinnie's Chicken Paprikash - this is delicious on baked potatoes as well as on mashed potatoes or noodles.
When I cook with it, the Tofutti "Better Than Sour Cream" tastes just like dairy sour cream to me. I haven't tried it plain as a topping.
I now eat beans with no problems - and no Beano - but for the first several months on the EFI Diet, I just avoided them. You can try pureeing or mashing some or all of them to help break them down.
As for the Beano, I recommend the tablets rather than the liquid - I swear I can taste the liquid in things.
HTH.
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Thanks so much for that helpful feedback! Unfortunately, I'm back in "attack mode" after two great days on the diet. I feel that most of this is stress related due to a fight with hubby last night, lack of sleep, and some ill-advised coffee this AM on top of it. Therefore, I will be on the "soothing" or safe foods mode again for a couple more days, until I get stabilized (sigh!). Doesn't it just make you wish sometimes you could put all of your problems in a big balloon or something and ship them off to the moon? 
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When I first started this diet, it seemed like everything I ate gave me gas, which of course included beans. However, once I stabilized I noticed that I got no gas with beans and they actually sort of soothed my system. I eat them quite frequently now and incorporate them into a lot of foods. If you're going to eat them, just make sure they're not loaded down with fat and lard (etc refried beans). I do best with black beans.
Try Heather's black and white bean dips in the EFI cookbook. They're amazing and I never have a problem with them!
If you do have gas with beans, then do try the beano. It does wonders. I'm with the others here. Take the pill form!
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