I'm going to start the iDave diet today, but lots of my cooking uses a tomato in the sauce, ie for chilli. What are you all using instead?
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iDave diet:Alternatives to passata?
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Posted 4 months ago #
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I thought tomatoes were in?
No hang on, they are out.
No in,
No out.
It seems to change from day to day.
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You don't put custard on tomatoes = in
Oh bollocks http://www.shesimmers.com/2011/05/baked-tomatoes-with-custard-filling.html
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I've been using passata. I was under the impression tomatoes were in.
Tomatoes have a GI of 15 according to this list
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Do tomatoes go with custard ?
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Tomatoes are fruit, fruit is out
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I've not been following it, only read some info from a year ago, so maybe things have changed since?!
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I say tomatoes are in, I eat them and I am thin.
Kev
Posted 4 months ago # -
Do tomatoes go with custard ?
Yes.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Basically if it derives from a flower and contains seeds it's a fruit botanically speaking, irrespective of it's GI value or sugary badness.
So if tomtatoes are counted as an iFruit then that also rules out many things we conversationally call vegetables such as squashes, pumpkins, courgettes, cucumbers, peas, beans, aubergine, and sweet peppers....
....leaves your list of "things I can eat" looking a bit sparse doesn't it ?
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I'd say that tomatoes are in because the custard above is in rather than on them.
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I'd say "no-one ever got fat by having too many tomatoes in their diet"
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as long as they aren't filled with custard!
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Tomatoes are fruit, fruit is out
No they're not. The custard rule trumps any botanical silliness.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Having read that it's not really custard, since it's just a mixture of eggs and cream, more of tomatoes filled with omelette.
Posted 4 months ago # -
If your just going to choose to ignore the rules you don't like, why not be done with it and move to France!
Posted 4 months ago # -
**** it then, tomatoes are in!
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You are what you eat.
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If your just going to choose to ignore the rules you don't like, why not be done with it and move to France!
is molgrips in France?
Kev
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it's not really custard, since it's just a mixture of eggs and cream
That's what custard is...
Posted 4 months ago # -
What are you doing putting tomatoes in chilli? It is supposed to be chilli, not spicy bolognese.
Use beef stock.
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is molgrips in France?
Heh.
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I like spicy bolognaise!
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I like spicy bolognaise!
As you were then.
Seriously... Try it with no tomatoes (or just a small ammount if you must), use beef stock instead, loads of kidney beans (I use two tins per 500g of mince), plenty of chilli powder, paprika, black pepper, then a couple of pieces of dark chocolate (80% cocoa stuff), right at the end of cooking.
Bloody luvverly it is.
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The iDiet uses the culinary definition of fruit, not the botanical one.
The culinary definition I presume stems from how sweet they are and hence how much sugar there is.. so it makes sense really.
Tomatoes, squash, courgettes, pumpkin - all in.
Although the thing that stops me eating pasta sauces isn't the tomatoes, it's the lack of pasta. So rather than try and find a substitute for pasta I just don't eat pasta dishes.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Stuey01, I always use beef stock, never used chocolate though. Usually chuck some of the vinegar from the red jalapenos and sweetner to take the edge off the tomatoes.
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The chocolate gives a really nice smoothness, without reducing the spicyness. It does add a certain something - I recommend.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Thanks molgrips, loads of suitable Morroccan and curry dishes contain tomatoes, so glad to hear they are in.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Going to have a crack at the iDiet from Monday. Will try to stick to it strictly for a month so trying to come up with recipes, etc this week.
I take it stuff like tomato sauce (ketchup) and BBQ sauce is out due to the high sugar content, or is it OK in small quantities?
Also, nuts and seeds, yay or nay? can't find any mention of them in any threads.
Posted 4 months ago # -
loads of suitable Morroccan
Recipes? Love moroccan food.
Posted 4 months ago # -
I read that as alternatives to pasta... Was about to suggest quinoa.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Nutella is nice in chilli.
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I take it stuff like tomato sauce (ketchup) and BBQ sauce is out due to the high sugar content, or is it OK in small quantities?
Also, nuts and seeds, yay or nay? can't find any mention of them in any threads.
Ketchup etc out.
Nuts ok as a small snack.
Seeds, dunno.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Certain fruit - tomatoes, olives, and I think, Avocado are OK on the iDiet.
I have had a lot of success with the plan, I went for a low weekly weight loss and I'm happy with what I can eat.
I have sugar in coffee, I have sauce on my bacon and eggs, and I have Branston Baked Beans.
Find out what works for you. If you hate the food you're eating you won't stick at it will you?
Posted 4 months ago # -
just out of interest, what is the sweetest food allowed?
i'm guesing either tomato, red peppers or beetroot or something?
Kev
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