In article >, Todd >
wrote:

> On 07/15/2013 07:27 AM, Alice Faber wrote:
> > In article >, Todd >
> >>
> >> How do you guys get away with all the carbs in
> >> beans?
> >>
> >> http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/4313/2
> >>
> >> 1 cup of pinto beans is 37 grams. I would blow
> >> my carb count for a meal at 1/3 cup.
> >>
> >
> > Eat less than 1/3 cup.
>
> Hi Alice,
>
> I could lay all 15 of them out on a plate and eat
> them really, really, really s-l-o-w. Maybe a Kleenex to
> wipe up my tears, so I could actually see them.
> Just teasing! I think I am funny. I only cry when I
> hurt myself. (Not an admission that I cry.)
>
> >
> > Seriously. I like beans, a lot. I put about 1/2 cup of beans in a big
> > pot of soup, different kinds of beans for different soup. If I have
> > extras (I just had to buy a can of black beans for a recipe, because I
> > didn't have any dried on hand), I'll put a spoonful on salad. I just
> > don't ever have anything where beans are the dominant ingredient.
>
> Now that makes sense. Use them as a seasoning is quantities so
> small as to not throw off the carb count. Like the way I use turnips
> in my broccoli cheese soup.
>

This thread got me going. I made a black bean, corn, & tomato salad,
with local farmstand corn and tomatoes. The whole recipe used 1/2 can of
black beans, 1 ear of corn, 1.5 small tomatoes (and a little onion,
cilantro, garlic, and lemon juice). This made a total of 3.5 or 4 cups,
and the serving I had for dinner last night was probably 3/4 cup (or
less, I had it in a little pyrex dessert bowl).

I didn't figure the carb content, but did test my bg. Before dinner, I
was at 72mg/dl; at both 1 & 2 hours post, I was at 100mg/dl. (The rest
of dinner was a hamburger with ketchup but no bun.) YMMV but my mileage
is glad there's a bunch more of this salad in the fridge.

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