Zucchini??

Subject: Zucchini?? Sun Jun 22 2008, 11:52

Hi all,

My garden is full of zucchini and I wondered if it would be ok to eat that for a P2 veggie? Has anyone tried it and lived to tell about it?

Thanks,
Beast hairy

Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Sun Jun 22 2008, 14:03

Why don't you try it and see how it works for you, then let us know how it affects your weight loss. I know that I would love to have zucchini in P2, I just haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
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Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Mon Jun 23 2008, 14:04

Zucchini is considered in the moderate group as far as carbohydrates is concerned and so is spinach which is one of our allowed veggies so I have eaten steamed or grilled zucchini and had no problems with it but I don't have it often, if that's any help to you.

Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Mon Jun 23 2008, 15:22

Thanks, will try it tonite!

Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Tue Jun 24 2008, 13:44

It didn't do a thing.... I can eat it. I'm actually down 1/2 lb today. I also had some mushrooms. When I went to calorie king the ratios of fats, protien, and carbs looked very similar to chard....

Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Mon Jul 07 2008, 01:43

We call it baby marrow in South Africa and it is one of the veg's that keeps me sane, I slice them in 4 strips, in the microwave for 1 min on high and just love them - have had no problems.
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Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Mon Jul 07 2008, 05:03

I am going to get me some zucchini and grill some today. That sounds sooooo good right now.
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Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Tue Jul 29 2008, 22:36

I'm on Round 2 and I felt I could loosen up a bit and experiment a little.

Last week, I made a legal spaghetti sauce and made zucchini "noodles". Oh my goodness, I really was in Heaven!

I use this gizmo to make the noodles:

Item # K7702 ~ Fuller Kitchen Solutions Manual Vegetable Curler & Slicer. I got it at www.qvc.com

This makes spaghetti noodle like zucchini strips (about 3 feet long). I make up these zoodles and then lay them on a big kitchen towel to air dry for about 3-4 hours.

We had spaghetti and zoodles again tonight. Last week I was down the following day, so we're going to try and incorporate this weekly.
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Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Wed Jul 30 2008, 07:10

Oh, that sounds very interesting. So, do you mix anything with the zucchini to make it into "zoodles"? I like that "zoodles" rolling

Subject: Re: Zucchini?? Wed Jul 30 2008, 07:14

zoodles ~ zoodles ~ rolling

Wish I could say I made up that name, but sigh, I didn't winking

No, I don't mix anything with them. I "spiralize" them and call it good. I did take a picture of them yesterday, spread out to dry a bit - but I don't know if there's a way to post it?

So, that's it - just the raw zoodles in a bowl (then I cut them because they really are 2-3 feet long) and plop the sauce on top. Others do lightly sautee them, but we prefer them raw, dried.

My husband has never been a pasta fan (strange person!), but he loves these. *Ü*
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