Why I don't want to go to OWL....

[SunnySmile501]

Originally Posted by not2late

Zoe, the more you measure the veggies, the better you'll get at estimating what a cup of chopped tomatoes looks like. This is helpful when you eat out and don't have a measuring cup handy.

Years ago, I used to watch a cooking show on PBS called "Justin Wilson's Cajun Cooking". Justin Wilson used to be able to measure out a 1/2 teaspoon, 1 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon of salt, pepper, etc. just by pouring it into his hand. When the audience used to "ahhh" and "ooooh", he used to say, "Y'all don't believe it's a teaspoon?" Then he used to take the amount he measured in his hand and pour it into a teaspoon----of course it was a teaspoon. Wilson had measured enough times that he knew what a teaspoon of whatever looked like.

So start measuring!

From my years of doing low fat/low calorie, where I measured and weighed every blessed thing that went into my mouth, I can eyeball nearly everything and get it near perfect. I now have a digital food scale, so with some of my recipes I chopped or guessed at what I thought the amount would be and by weighing and measuring, I was right on the money most of the time.

My mom never used a measuring cup or measuring spoon in her life and her food was always delicious. I learned how to cook in Home Economics and learned by using measuring instruments, and until very recently, never cooked without measuring and weighing everything. Now, since I am being more daring, I'm just trowing stuff together without measuring and most everything is turning out great. I couldn't do it though without a long time measuring and weighing things to get a good idea of what, say, 4 ounces of ground beef looks like, or what a half-cup of chopped veggies looks like.

Sunny!

[TheDogAteMyName]

To put it lightly...if I was still on Induction, I wouldn't still be doing Atkins. OWL is so enjoyable. Cooked veggies such as onion and green pepper really give you more bang for your buck if you need more carbs from veggies.