Pickles are not listed as legal veggies in the meal planner. But cucumbers are. But the nutrition label on the big jars of dills says 0% fat, 0% protein, 0% carbs. Salt is the only problem with cucumbers.
I'm asking about this because I've used pickles for years on a diabetic diet -- just not on a Nutrisystem diet.
Now this is Dill Pickles we're discussing. I understand that many other kinds of pickles have sugar added to them, which would get them off of diabetic, Nutrisystem, and almost any other diet.
So does anybody know... Are moderate quantities of pickles an acceptable veggie or snack on the Nutrisystem plan? They aren't exactly produce any more, but they were until recently.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Nutrisystem cooking -- the water trick.
Hey... Here is an easy and completely legal trick to improve many Nutrisystem meals. Just add (a little) water. Nutrisystem takes some of the water out of their packed entrees, and for good reason. The extra water makes the packages larger and heavier -- driving up the cost of shipping. I'm willing to bet the water also interferes with some of their manufacturing processes.
You will need to experiment with this idea a little bit, but here's the concept. Just add back a little water before you microwave the package. Since the instructions say to open the package a little anyway, this is pretty easy to do. And water is allowed on even the Nutrisystem diet. Leave the cooking time the same -- normally the full 1.5 minutes.
This trick doesn't work on all the meals, but it sure helps some of them. The greatest success for me so far has been on the Red Beans and Rice lunch. It's spicy enough just as it comes, but it has a distinct hockey puck quality to it -- almost a fried rice effect. But adding a couple of tablespoons of water seems to re-hydrate the rice so that the meal seems bigger and less like something I would aim at an intruder (or a goalie). The added water trick also worked well with the spinach ravioli. Not so successful was the addition of water to the oriental steak with green peppers. That's better without any help.
Can anyone else comment on this trick or similar ways to bring life to the meal-in- bag quisine?
You will need to experiment with this idea a little bit, but here's the concept. Just add back a little water before you microwave the package. Since the instructions say to open the package a little anyway, this is pretty easy to do. And water is allowed on even the Nutrisystem diet. Leave the cooking time the same -- normally the full 1.5 minutes.
This trick doesn't work on all the meals, but it sure helps some of them. The greatest success for me so far has been on the Red Beans and Rice lunch. It's spicy enough just as it comes, but it has a distinct hockey puck quality to it -- almost a fried rice effect. But adding a couple of tablespoons of water seems to re-hydrate the rice so that the meal seems bigger and less like something I would aim at an intruder (or a goalie). The added water trick also worked well with the spinach ravioli. Not so successful was the addition of water to the oriental steak with green peppers. That's better without any help.
Can anyone else comment on this trick or similar ways to bring life to the meal-in- bag quisine?
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