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There are no real trigger foods in this recipe but there are two possible problems with it. One is that it has a lot of oil. I don't know how many calories a package of broccoli slaw has; if it's enough then 1/2 cup of oil may be spread across so much food that it's not a big deal. You need to do some quick and dirty calculations on this recipe to see what the percent of calories from fat is. Don't forget there's even more fat in the sesame seeds (I think) and the almonds.

Assuming the percent of calories from fat is too high, you could tackle that by trying substitutes like replacing some of the olive oil with vegetable broth, for example, and seeing if it comes out okay. You can also try the trick described in this post.
, using water plus cornstarch in place of some or all of the oil in your aunt's recipe, then shaking it up with the cider vinegar and see what you get.

You can also try just reducing the oil. For example, here's a recipe that uses 2 16-ounce packages of broccoli slaw but only 1/4 cup oil: recipe

The second problem is that this recipe is almost all Insoluble Fiber. I'm assuming the package of broccoli slaw is just shredded broccoli which means it's all IF. So are the green onions and the sunflower seeds. The almonds add some SF; I honestly don't know what the ramen noodles are. The fact that this recipe is very high IF doesn't mean you can't eat it but it does mean you should probably have a limited amount of it with a solid SF base. That same solid SF base might help with the fat calcs, too. Even if the slaw itself it high in fat, if you eat just a little of it with a low-fat, high-SF base, you'll keep the fat percent for the meal low enough to be tolerable.

Just one other caution. I gather some ramen noodles come with seasoning packets and I don't know if you use that along with the noodles. If so, watch out for ingredients like MSG in the seasoning.

HTH.

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Edited by Sand (08/03/10 04:17 PM)

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