Today’s popular diets seem to be pro-protein and anti-carbohydrate (starch) but my regular diet has limited protein in that I do not eat large hunks of meat and I have eliminated only one carb source – wheat. I really don't want to eliminate all carbohydrates from my diet. So I decided to find out how my remaining carbohydrates stacked up in the calorie, nutrient and protein count.
I am trying to be wheat/gluten free and have experimented with replacing wheat pasta with alternative carbohydrates like potatoes, rice (brown and white) and pasta made with rice, corn or quinoa. I must confess that the LOML (Love Of My Life) dislikes brown rice so when cooking for the 2 of us I choose white rice. I usually cook more rice than needed for a particular meal and freeze the remainder of either shade in one-serving packets for later use.
Cielito Lindo
14 years ago
