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I’m sorry, just one more before I go shopping.
Pasta? Are there a few safe ones to choose from?
White pasta showed-up on my menu and I never eat white pasta.Hi, Mrs. Davis. It’s great to read that you never eat white pasta! We actually encourage people to make the change to whole food pasta – any grain or legume is fine, as long is it is unrefined.
By the way, you can ensure that only foods you like appear in your menu by using the fully personal version of the Menu Planner – you can get to it by clicking on the “My Food Choices” (apple) icon in the toolbar above your menu.I rely on the rotisserie chickens at the store, for proportioning protein for the week. Rather than baking my own.
Do you give them a thumbs up or down?Hi, ChrisKoeller. If you use the personal version of the Menu Planner application (access it by clicking on the “My Food Choices icon in the toolbar above your current menu), you will see some of our recipes in the “Recipes” subcategory of each major food group. For newer recipes that have not yet been added into the system, you can use them to substitute for the main ingredient in your meal. You can also match up the exchanges visible at the end of each recipe and when you click on “Exchange mode” in the toolbar above your menu. It doesn’t need to be a perfect match to work.
Hi. So I am trying to figure out how to switch a food from the recommendation on my menu for something that is not on the lists…for example, I found a switch for sweetened almond milk on my menu, however I prefer usweetened almond milk, but I do not have that option in the menu alternatives. So I guess my question is, how do I determine the nutritional values/exchanges for products not listed in my substitutions? I’m quite confused about this.
I just joined today. I wasn’t expecting to have a full meal at lunch that requires cooking. I need easy to make and take with me lunches. How do I do this?
Hi, Stiffy. You can use our exchange lists to make swaps – it is at http://www.trimdownclub.com/exchanges-lists.
You may also benefit from using the fully personal version of the Menu Planner application, which you can access by clicking on the “My Food Choices” icon (an apple) in the toolbar above your menu. There, you can select the specific items you want to go into your menus.Hi, PSweeney. Check out these options:
•Fresh and dried fruit
•Cut raw vegetables (free: Arugula, Broccoli, Broccoli rabe/raab, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumber, Radishes, Spinach, Sprouts, Watercress, Zucchini
•Oven-baked vegetable chips
•Nuts and seeds
•Trail mix combinations of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit
•Sandwiches – good breads with nut butters, hummus and similar spreads, tahini, canned or smoked fish, cheese, homemade “cold cuts” from fresh meats, egg salad, etc.
•Whole grain or Paleo crackers plus any of the above
•Hard-boiled eggs
•Sliced or string cheese
•Cottage cheese
•Yogurt
•Milk (dairy or vegetal), plain or flavored with cocoa powder and a recommended sweetener
•Hearty soup in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. meat or legume, vegetable, whole grain)
•Hearty smoothie/shake in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. fruit/vegetable, dairy/vegan, seeds)
•Edamame or other legume/pulse snacks
•Whole grain or Paleo cereal or granola (cold in small sealable bag, cooked in thermos)
•Canned beans
•Prepared healthy foods in containers – from leftovers or prepared the night or weekend before.
•Homemade whole-food muffins or bars
•Popped grains, i.e. organic popcorn, sorghum, quinoaHi Ossie-Sharon. I did do that, yes. However my main question is how do I determine the amount of carb, protein and fat exchanges that are in something not listed by looking at the nutrition facts on the food product?
Hi, Chris Koeller. Click on “My Activity” in the toolbar near the top of the page, and select “My Profile” – there you can change the variety selection (in the bottom right corner).
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