"Alice Faber" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

I have made similar. No garlic and I use raw corn and lots of onion. Never
spikes me but I eat this as a meal with nothing along with it. I tend to
use more beans than corn.