Can the veggies be all salad?

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Registered: 01-06-2004
Can the veggies be all salad?
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Fri, 01-16-2004 - 3:13pm
Hi...Would it be okay to eat salad as the 4.5 cups of vegetables a day? I don't like most cooked veggies, though I've been eating at least 2 cups a day (the rest being salad) in Phase 1. If I'm basically going to eat like this for the rest of my life I'd like to find a way to work in the veggies that I like.

Thanks!

Polly
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Registered: 01-08-2004
Fri, 01-16-2004 - 3:19pm
i don't see why not...i usually add broccoli, green beans, pea pods, spinach, etc to my salad.
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Registered: 07-24-2003
Fri, 01-16-2004 - 4:20pm
As long as you're getting those veggies in, have them anyway you want! Except for maybe battered and fried!

=)

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Registered: 12-19-2002
Fri, 01-16-2004 - 5:02pm
Polly, I don't see why not!
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Registered: 01-06-2004
Fri, 01-16-2004 - 7:44pm
Thanks for the responses..yes I do like spinach salad. I guess I was thinking about spinach and how what looks like a lot of spinach leaves cooks down into a little bit, so you actually get a lot more in a cup of cooked spinach than a cup of raw spinach...it's true that for other veggies like broccoli there isn't much difference in the amount of raw or cooked. Great - I'm getting ready for phase 2 and want to find a WOE that I like and can stick with.

Thanks!

Polly
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Registered: 11-16-2003
Fri, 01-16-2004 - 8:22pm
I also dislike vegetables so let me tell you how I've gotten by on P2. I saute cubed zucchini, onions, mushrooms, asparagus, spinach leaves and whatever else is hanging around the fridge and put it in a spaghetti sauce. I have it over WW spaghetti and I mix it in with my black bean soup. I also add it to the turkey chili I make. They are really, really tasty! It's the only way I can get in enough veggies, cuz salads in the winter aren't as much fun are they. Hang in there...you'll get adventurous, or desperate :) and eat them here and there, and eventually find a few you can get into.
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Registered: 12-04-2003
Fri, 01-16-2004 - 9:58pm
Have you tried drinking V8?
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 01-16-2004 - 10:39pm

Yup,

Susan :)