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Post by jasimons on Jul 11, 2019 2:43:55 GMT
This round runs from June 27 - August 7. It’s not too late. If you’d like to join us, respond on today’s thread with your board name/first name and your goal for this round. The hostess will add you to the challengers list the following day. Everyone is welcome.
Challengers:
bmazzo/Beverly - try to exercise a bit 4 or 5 times a week
cathygeha/Cathy - fruit and/or vegetable at every meal
cherryt38/Cherry - do some type of exercise most days
jalibmu/Jan - track at least 4 out of 7 days each week
jasimons/Judy - stretch 5 minutes per day at least 4 days a week
pamthomas46/Pam - refocus on good health guidelines
Hostess Schedule:
June 27 - July 3 Pam
July 4 - 10 Cathy
July 11- 17 Judy
July 18 - 24 Jan
July 25 - 31 Cherry
August 1- 7 Beverly
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Post by jasimons on Jul 11, 2019 2:45:11 GMT
From Eating Well – an article about learning to like bitter foods – Brussels sprouts, kale, tea, soybeans and tofu – which can be good for us. www.eatingwell.com/article/287678/learn-to-love-bitter-foods/1. Try, try again – repeated exposure is the number one way. Studies suggest after 8 tries your taste buds might start to come around. 2. Fatten it up – (like adding cream to coffee). Massage kale with oil. 3. Sweeten it- sugar on grapefruit, honey in tea. 4. Salt it – suggested to salt at end of cooking, you’ll taste salt more and use less. 5. Ease off the extras – as your tastes change, ease back on the added items…such as backing off the amount of lemon and honey in your tea as you get used to the flavor. Have you learned to like bitter foods like kale, Brussels sprouts and so on? Do you use flavorings as suggested in the article to make them more palatable? Any bitter food recipes to share? |
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Post by cathygeha on Jul 11, 2019 4:47:19 GMT
I add sugar to the top of grapefruit halves Learned to drink coffee with a lot of cream and sugar (no drink it black) Grew up and found I liked some of the bitter foods.
Not really a recipe BUT:
chicory leaves - wash and chop bite size. Boil a bit put into a bowl with lemon juice and olive oil salt a bit eat with arabic bread/pita
Chicory leaves cleaned and chopped bite size. Chop an onion and fry till golden then add in the chicory and cook till done. Eat with bread
I wanted to find a list of bitter foods so found one site with more information and 20 different foods listed. I wonder now what the complete list might hold.
Here are a few of the top bitter foods to consider adding to your diet:
Apple cider vinegar
Artichoke
Arugula
Bitter melon
Broccoli rabe
Brussels sprouts
Chicory
Coffee
Cranberries
Dandelion greens
Dark chocolate
Dill
Eggplant
Endives
Ginger
Grapefruit
Kale
Mint
Saffron
Sesame seeds
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Post by jasimons on Jul 11, 2019 9:50:32 GMT
Cathy, thanks for the list of additional bitter foods.
Brussels sprouts caught my eye right away in this article. I learned to like them when I was a child - but, I recall I ate them with cheese sauce. I suppose that would count as adding a fat to them for flavor. Now...like them roasted. Still add some fat for flavor, but that would be olive oil and not cheese.
I know there's chicory in one of mixed bags of greens I buy sometimes and kale as well.
I've mentioned before that I continue to try to learn to like tea because of the purported health benefits. I like the hint to use fat/sweeteners to learn to like a food but to cut back as time goes on. Kind of felt like I can give myself permission to use the fats/sugars to start.
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Post by bmazzo on Jul 11, 2019 13:23:38 GMT
Most of these "bitter" foods, I already like. I would never trust myself to "fatten" them up. If I could use butter & sugar, I would be turning kale into a cobbler.
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Post by cherryt38 on Jul 11, 2019 14:24:43 GMT
I learned to like Brussels sprouts but I like them roasted. I will eat kale in salads with other things, but I don't care much for it on its own. Some of the things Cathy listed I already like. I like grapefruit, always have, but I don't eat it now because of blood thinners. I've never tried chicory and I don't care much for egg plant, although I will eat it. Arugula I'll use in salads.
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Post by jan on Jul 11, 2019 18:11:51 GMT
I remember brussels sprouts as a kid were boiled to death and then served plain. Yuck. Now i like them halved or quartered and roasted with a bit of oil and maybe bacon ?
From that list, I eat regularly dark chocolate, ginger, grapefruit, kale, artichokes, arugula, broccoli rabe, brussels sprouts and apple cider vinegar.
Oddly, I found pomegranate apple cider drinking vinegar at a store the other day, bought a bottle of it, LOVED IT, went back and bought the other 2 bottles and now have learned that the company discontinued making it  . Haven't found another store here that has any left. It is sooooooo good.
Ever since I saw on the cooking channel about massaging kale to break up the fibers, that is what I do every time. I like it raw, cooked, made into kale chips, in smoothies.
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Post by pamthomas46 on Jul 11, 2019 23:46:55 GMT
I love roasted brussel sprouts. Dh tries them every time to see if he likes them yet. I always roast them with carrots as well as onions.
I had to laugh with Beverly and making kale cobbler. I don’t eat much kale. I must remember the tip about massaging.
I always ate grapefruit with sugar. Like many above I can’t eat grapefruit any more.
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. Haven't found another store here that has any left. It is sooooooo good. 