Ideas With Potato's?

[Bevsta123]

well yeah just wondering if anyone here got some ideas that i may not have heard bout that i can use my potatos for :P im also bulking so anything could really work

[Dpyle]

Stay tuned. Gonna try something tonight. Have an idea for some sweet potato pancakes. Just gotta fine tune the recipe.

[Bevsta123]

Stay tuned. Gonna try something tonight. Have an idea for some sweet potato pancakes. Just gotta fine tune the recipe.

thanks man , latley my fave thing to do with them has been,

cut them in half
steam them
carve out the inside
make a mash with the inside carvings
add tuna to the mash
re pack the mash inside the potato's
grate cheese over the top
chuck in the oven

your done they taste pretty amazing aha

[Dpyle]

Made these today http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...otato-biscuits

[cruyff]

I like red potatoes boiled. Add (organic) butter and dill (not the dry kind- it has no taste). They taste great.

[Times Roman]

Stay tuned. Gonna try something tonight. Have an idea for some sweet potato pancakes. Just gotta fine tune the recipe.

the more you process a sweet potato, the higher you drive up the gly***ic value.

ever thought of sweet potato wedges, drizzled in olive oil, with some allspice sprinkled over the top, and then baked?

[Dpyle]

How so Roman. Or rather how does it any more than chewing? All I do is stir the potato after it's baked.

[Times Roman]

think of it this way, you have a potato but in two states
1) mashed
2) whole

in the mashed state, it is easier and quicker to digest. the carbs will convert to sugar quicker, and therefore would have a higher glyc emic value.

take this to an extreme example.

two forms of peanuts
1) butter
2) whole

you will, more or less, completely digest the butter form. but whole peanuts? most likely a large percentage won't even digest, and will come out the other end looking like it still needs to be chewed up more.

whole foods have a lower glyc emic value than processed foods

[Dpyle]

Yeah I can see the concept behind it. I'd be interested in reading some more on this. Are there any links you could guide me to on this? I haven't found anything yet through my own google searches.

[Times Roman]

http://www.gly***icindex.com/foodSearch.php

baked potato = 69
mashed potato = 83

[Dpyle]

Thanks for that. I just found this on the livestrong site. By this thinking we should be eating them cold after cooking and a boiled white potato is better than a sweet potato.

TYPES
The gly***ic index varies depending on the type of potato, Harvard Health Publications reports in its listing of the gly***ic index of more than 100 foods. Using glucose to representing 100 on the index, boiled white potatoes averaged 50 and baked russet potatoes and instant mashed potatoes averaged 85, while sweet potatoes averaged 61. Potato chips, oft-criticized for processing that adds fats and sodium, actually have a lower gly***ic index than other types of potatoes, at an average of 54.

EXPERT INSIGHT
Researchers at the University of Toronto looked at the gly***ic index of potatoes as it is affected by cooking method. In a 2005 study reported in the "Journal of the American Dietetic Association," they found that boiled red potatoes consumed cold fell in the intermediate range at 56, while roasted California white potatoes at 72 and baked russet potatoes at 77 fell in the moderately high range. The high range included instant mashed potatoes at 88 and boiled red potatoes as 89.

[Times Roman]

potatos are tricky, so i only eat baked sweet or yam. but mostly my carbs come from rolled oats or brownrice.

i tried eating brown rice raw with my protein in a shaker cup, thinking that would lower the glyc emic value, but it pretty much comes out the way it goes in, so not sure how much real digestion is going on?

[Dpyle]

Same with the oats and grinding them to a flour correct?

[Times Roman]

Same with the oats and grinding them to a flour correct?

correct!

i just eat em rolled and let it go at that.

[Dpyle]

Sorry posted that before I really thought about the redundancy of the question.

Thought I read somewhere having a protein source helped reduce the index value. Or maybe that was the gly***ic load?

[cruyff]

Sweet potatoes are also a huge staple in my diet. They are one of the healthiest foods for sure.