ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
I get fat from soy beans, chickpeas and occasional chicken and salmon and that's all I need. I used to eat a lot of almonds (because I heard they were good for people.) Actually, they were so good, I would eat too many. I also put olive oil into chili whenever I made it because of similar information about it. Avocados were a super food, so I thought, so they must be okay. All these foods were injecting way too much fat in my diet. I eat really low fat and try to be vegan as much as possible though I am not all the time and admit, I feel much better physically with the low fat. No more shortness of breath. It felt like adrenaline was coursing through my torso and it made really nervous when it happened because I didn't know what it meant. I just knew it cannot be good. It also happened after I ate cheese made with whole milk, so I stopped eating that. I no longer drink milk, not even two percent or one. Anyway, after cutting these foods out, and the excess oils, the feeling went away.
Now I stick to low fat soy in small quantities, like, just enough to moisten cereal and I have a cake recipe made with flax seed as an egg replacement and whole wheat flour that I like. I can eat a piece, immediately not crave any more and no tired feeling from too many carbohydrates. Instead I have some energy.
Oh btw, OP, Chickpeas are really good in a mostly vegan diet. I have a food processor and make my own hummus with Chickpeas, a little water and a little Tamari. Find low sodium if you can. Put them all in the processor and process until smooth. If it is too thick, add a little more water. It is blander than the kind you find at the grocery store but you can make it the way you want in the processor. If find it very filling when added to other ingredients, like sandwiches and whatnot. You can also eat it with veggies. Works well with chopped green onions on top. If it is really bland, which it might be if you do not use a lot of Tamari, you can sprinkle salt on some before eating. If you buy regular Tamari, watch how much you put in because it's very high sodium.
Grocery store hummus is way blander than mine. Plus it uses soybean oil and not olive oil. Bleh. I usually add like 4 big cloves of garlic to mine, a bit of cumin, and some basil, and a lot of olive oil. Oddly enough I don't like it with lots of lemon juice. I've heard (but not tried, though this makes obvious sense) that if you wanna make hummus as smooth as at the grocery store, go to an Indian market and buy chickpea flour, then just add water and mix your ingredients in. Canned chickpeas make an OK hummus that's easy, but I find dried beans soaked then cooked for a long time make a better more creamier hummus, as the beans are softer from cooking a long time. Also, I don't add water to the hummus usually, I try to use the water from the can, as it's already salted.
02 Sep 2012, 6:43 pm
