Calories in and out

[Pedal Wench]

It gets stranger - because I am literally sitting here eating a bowl of edamame. Today, it's just a bowl of them, but I've added them to soups with wonderful results. NOTE: you do NOT eat the outer shell - like a pea, the beans get removed from the pod.

I have to suggest the bags of 'cole slaw' that most stores sell in the bagged salad section. It's just shredded cabbage and carrots, and it's so easy to buy a few bags and toss them into anything to improve the nutritional content.

You're right, very funny! I guess we think alike.

I'm going to have to try kale. I don't know if I like it or not, but it sounds like it's worth a try. Sometimes I use spinach too.

Oh, and if you haven't tried edamame (soy beans), you might want to use them instead of lima beans sometimes. I just looked up the nutrition info on both. A cup of edamame shows as 298 calories with 29 grams of protein. And a cup of lima beans is less at 216 calories with only 15 grams of protein. I like both kinds of beans, but since I'm not a meat-eater and I'm always on the hunt for more protein, I tend to choose edamame more often than lima beans.

--- Denise

[DeniseGoldberg]

It gets stranger - because I am literally sitting here eating a bowl of edamame. Today, it's just a bowl of them, but I've added them to soups with wonderful results. NOTE: you do NOT eat the outer shell - like a pea, the beans get removed from the pod.

I think I have to go back to your comment from your last message. Are you sure we're not twins?

I always buy them frozen, and I've been buying the edamame already shelled. Someday maybe I'll get them in-the-shell, but for now the easy way works for me.

--- Denise

[Pedal Wench]

For adding to soups, I buy them out of the shell. But, for sitting down on a rainy friday night and a good movie, I buy them in the shell. Slows me down just enough...