Thank you for the warm welcome

[Guest guest]

Good morning all,

 

Thank you for the warm welcome. I shall refrain from mentioning non vegetarian

foods. It seems that I am facing a conundrum. I am cooking low fat, low

cholesterol for me. My DH had half a lung removed and has lost 17 lbs. that he

didn't need to lose. Wish we all had that problem. I am trying to cook foods

for him that are calorie rich, but not high in fat, which is difficult to do. I

don't want to give him high cholesterol in the process. I'm hoping that I will

find a lot of good recipes for me to try. Once he puts the weight back on we

can go back to eating the same foods.

 

I noticed on a few of the posts that there was quite a bit of extra fat in the

recipes. If it helps at all, I use olive oil spray and spray the food, rather

than the pan. It cuts out a lot of fat. Olive oil may be a good fat, but it's

still a fat. I'm fairly sure that one tablespoon of olive oil is around 100

calories, whereas a spritz of olive oil spray adds very few. Just a thought.

 

Have a splendid day,

Karen

[Guest guest]

I'd increase his starches - potatoes, pasta, etc. and add higher-fat

whole foods such as nuts or diced avocado at the table. Then you can

still only cook one meal, but yours will be more salads and

vegetables, less starches, and will not include the higher-fat

toppings.

 

Pam

 

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:29 AM, bainofmyexistance

<bainofmyexistance wrote:

>

>

> Good morning all,

>

> Thank you for the warm welcome. I shall refrain from mentioning non

> vegetarian foods. It seems that I am facing a conundrum. I am cooking low

> fat, low cholesterol for me. My DH had half a lung removed and has lost 17

> lbs. that he didn't need to lose. Wish we all had that problem. I am trying

> to cook foods for him that are calorie rich, but not high in fat, which is

> difficult to do. I don't want to give him high cholesterol in the process.

> I'm hoping that I will find a lot of good recipes for me to try. Once he

> puts the weight back on we can go back to eating the same foods.

>

> I noticed on a few of the posts that there was quite a bit of extra fat in

> the recipes. If it helps at all, I use olive oil spray and spray the food,

> rather than the pan. It cuts out a lot of fat. Olive oil may be a good fat,

> but it's still a fat. I'm fairly sure that one tablespoon of olive oil is

> around 100 calories, whereas a spritz of olive oil spray adds very few. Just

> a thought.

>

> Have a splendid day,

> Karen

>

>