Baking & portion control

[Pampy Profile]

Surely Alexandra, if you always eat below the recommended daily calorie intake and do the amount of exercise that you say, then you would always be losing weight.

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

Thanks Amy.
I once went to the trouble to make the butter to go into a fruitcake.

The end result was as light as a feather.

I don't bake very often, but do so enjoy it.
Part of the reason I really like my combination microwave. I use it as an oven daily, and the temperature is spot on for oven work.
Used only as a microwave if my coffee is no longer piping hot beep beep.

Other things I bake often are cheese n chilli straws.
When he's finished his cake, I'll make up a batch for him. Thank you Luca for the Zulu chilli grinder!

http://gillthepainter.blogspot.com/2009 ... traws.html

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Nice cake, Gill. Made my mouth water just looking at it!

Pasta portions - my local Italian recommends 125 gms per person. That´s just right for me, although sometimes ( especially with a pesto or aglio/olio sauce) that might go up to 135 gms. But then I don´t eat anything else except that, unless it´s a small salad.
Calories? I have no idea. I´ve never counted - but then I´ve never gone over 75 kgs. And I don´t snack or eat puddings, pies and cakes ( well, perhaps once in a while!).

[Joanbunting Profile]

I can manage 4 strands of spag or linguini at a maximum no matter what is with it. I can cope with Chinese or rice noodles but only about a third of a nest/block whatever they are called. Doesn't matter if I cook too much noodles are one of the hens favourite things. They are hilarious running around with them hanging from their beaks thinking they are worms.

[Uschi Profile]

I like your cheezy strips, Gill!

I don't really count calories when I am baking, but I try and excert portion control when the cake is ready. Giving some of the cake away helps, too.

As for pasta, I just guess at the portion size. Any leftovers will be consumed the next day.
That is why I am not skinny.

[Alexandria Profile]

Karakoolaide,

Yes, you also eat 125 grams of pasta with either a tiny salad or nothing else !

So do I. I always have a tiny radicchio and rocket salad afterwards.

Have a nice day ahead.

[Lusciouslush Profile]

Any leftovers will be consumed the next day.

I'm with you there Uschi

I often deliberately cook far more linguini/spaghetti that I need to use in place of egg noodles in a stir-fry - once they've been well chilled for a day or so in the fridge ( they actually last a long time in a ziplock bag with plenty of ( chilli) oil to stop any sticking) They fry just as good if not better, than noodles.

[Uschi Profile]

Lush, I read somewhere that warmed up pasta is somehow less prone to stick on one's hips (something to do with the starch in there).

Even if that weren't true, it's still good food. I just try to make the veg portion with pasta bigger than the pasta part if that makes sense.

A small aside, in German pasta and noodles are all "Nudeln". We don't really differentiate.
You can always do the fine-tuning by adding something like Mie-Nudeln (Asian mie noodles).
Funny how languages develop.

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

No, calories don't interest me here either.
As I'm not a fat-free, sugar-free, reduced this and that eater.

Great tip for the ziplock, Lush.
I tend to just cover with clingfilm, which sometimes isn't enough.

If I need to work on my eating, I get a big tub of cottage cheese in. It goes onto ryvitas, or with tomatoes, or spring onions.
Love the stuff.

(sorry Uschi, cross posted)

[Stokey Sue Profile]

I think without checking the starch in chilled pasta gelatinises and so is lower GI than freshly cooked, causing less spike in blood sugar