ZWT 8 -- Lighten Up for Diabetes

[mersaydees]

PaulaG wrote:

mersaydees wrote:

mersaydees wrote:


I lightened up Dienia B's Breakfast Burrito With Green Beans #465906 as follows.
The ingredients:

AS WRITTEN (MY CHANGES)

3 tablespoons butter I used 2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup onions
1 potatoes I used 1 cup cauliflower, cooked and roughly chopped
6 eggs
1/2 cup French style green beans I used unsalted French style green beans
1 cup cheese I cut the cheese quantity in half
Cilantro, chopped I added this ingredient to make up for the lost fat flavors from the butter and potatoes and cheese.
4 flour tortillas

Nutritional Values:

AS WRITTEN:

Calories 326.6
Calories from Fat 163 50%
Total Fat 18.1g 27%
Saturated Fat 8.4 g 42%
Cholesterol 301.9 mg 100%
Sodium 418.2 mg 9%
Total Carbohydrate 27.1 g 11%
Dietary Fiber 2.7 g 7%
Sugars 1.9 g 26%
Protein 13.4 g

LIGHTENED UP:

Calories 271.3
Calories from Fat 146 54%
Total Fat 16.3 g 25%
Saturated Fat 3.8 g 19%
Cholesterol 279 mg 93%
Sodium 2.5 mg
Total Carbohydrate 1g 6%
Dietary Fiber .5 g
Sugars 1.7 g
Protein 11.1 g 25%

You made some significant changes with excellent results and there is even a very pretty picture. Thank you much for playing.

LIGHTENED UP:

Calories 271.3
Calories from Fat 146 54%
Total Fat 16.3 g 25%
Saturated Fat 3.8 g 19%
Cholesterol 279 mg 93%
Sodium 306 mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 18.2 g 6%
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Sugars 1.7 g
Protein 12.5 g 25%

Paula, I fixed a couple of typos above. So sorry! It was late for me last night.

Still came out lighter.

[PaulaG]

Sweetie it was late here last night as well. I didn't even notice.

[mersaydees]

Have a great day, Paula. I really enjoyed this challenge!

[PaulaG]

Thank you very much.

[Mikekey]

Random Rachel wrote:


I chose Pine Nut Rice Pilaf (Pi�on Rice Pilaf) #202897 by Mikekey

Instead of using rice, I used quinoa. I also halved the amount of oil in the pan, and the amount of pine nuts. I thought chicken broth would be healthier than the stock, but found that the chicken stock was actually 10g fat and 300mg sodium healthier

My changes made the recipe healthier, although not by as much as I was expecting

before calories: 717
after calories: 502

before carbs: 88g
after carbs: 66g

before fiber: 2.6g
after fiber: 6.7g

before fat: 23g
after fat: 21g

before protein: 17g
after protein: 20g

before sodium: 350mg
after sodium: 349mg

I know this isn't a cooking challenge, but I did make the recipe and really liked the pine nuts and spices in with the quinoa

Paula, I think this was missed on page 5 Please adjust our points, Thanks.

[PaulaG]

and we had such a nice discussion about the revisions. Thanks for letting me know. The adjusted scoreboard has been posted in your team thread.

[Mikekey]

Thanks!