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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 23:18:53 GMT
They are not served as a vegetable in our house. They are actually not even served often enough to warrant them a protein. Usually, I'd just refer to it as a "side". LOL
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Post by femalebusiness on Apr 14, 2015 23:24:00 GMT
I don't care what they are I love beans, any kind of beans, cooked just about any way. Baked beans, refried beans, navy beans with ham hocks and corn bread, chili beans, bean salads...I could go on but instead I think I'll go put a pot of beans on the stove.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 14, 2015 23:28:03 GMT
I don't care what they are I love beans, any kind of beans, cooked just about any way. Baked beans, refried beans, navy beans with ham hocks and corn bread, chili beans, bean salads...I could go on but instead I think I'll go put a pot of beans on the stove. Thank you I was thinking I don't care either! I have seen the commercial, I get what they are saying and I try not to over-think commercials. I also don't care how beans are classified, we enjoy them and eat them a lot
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Post by LeaP on Apr 14, 2015 23:51:18 GMT
While I know that they are a legume and therefore technically a vegetable in our household we treat them as a grain. So we might have a chicken/broccoli/bean or potato or rice or corn menu. The Bush's Beans are more of a desserty side because the are so sweet.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 15, 2015 0:04:39 GMT
I guess I really follow the food guidelines in thinking about them although I didn't know it. I consider beans a vegetable if meat is also being served, but I do combine them with other foods to make complex proteins in meatless meals, too. Beans legitimately fall into several food categories -- vegetable, starch, and protein.
As far as baked beans specifically, the sugars and fats (bacon) added to them outweigh the nutritional value of the beans themselves. They should be considered more of a "treat" rather than a nutriotional part of the meal.
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Post by momof3pits on Apr 15, 2015 0:05:16 GMT
No. I don't consider starchy things vegetables because I learned that when I was first diagnosed with gestational diabetes. That includes peas (but not pea pods) and corn. This.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 0:14:13 GMT
vegetables are the edible parts of plants. Beans are from plants. So I could consider them a vegetable. Botanically though they are really fruits. Some vegetables are starches (potatoes, corn, peas come to mind)
The only things I consider a "starch" [as a food classification] would be food manipulated into another form... pasta, couscous, tabouli, gnocchi, biscuits, crackers, buns, bread ...
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Post by lucyg on Apr 15, 2015 0:19:33 GMT
Not in my house, but I don't serve corn as a "vegetable," either. (Actually, I think corn is a grain. And I don't understand why anyone lets it pose as a vegetable. LOL)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 0:21:40 GMT
Not in my house, but I don't serve corn as a "vegetable," either. (Actually, I think corn is a grain. And I don't understand why anyone lets it pose as a vegetable. LOL) Corn is a treat in our house. Especially corn on the cob in the summer. (but I agree...not a vegetable either)
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Post by BuckeyeSandy on Apr 15, 2015 0:23:41 GMT
No. I don't consider starchy things vegetables because I learned that when I was first diagnosed with gestational diabetes. That includes peas (but not pea pods) and corn. Same with DH's type II diabetes. I count them as a starch as well, and depending on what else we are having, 1/2 a protein. Sometimes when doing a "meatless" meal the protein might be the beans, but I was told by a dietitian to still consider them a starch for the counting.
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Post by elaine on Apr 15, 2015 0:27:00 GMT
I love beans. But we don't count baked beans as a veggie in our house - just as a starch. I do try to combine other types of beans with rice to make a complex protein when I can. We all love beans in our house - especially when they have cooked all day with Mirepoix and a hambone and some diced jalapeño peppers. Yum!
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Post by peabrain on Apr 15, 2015 0:32:06 GMT
Well, my baked beans probably have more sugar and bacon than actual beans… So I'm going to say no… Recipe please lol
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Post by akathy on Apr 15, 2015 0:45:23 GMT
They are a side at my house and I've never considered them long enough to care whether they're a starch, vegetable or fruit
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 15, 2015 0:48:11 GMT
I think the same thing when I see that commercial. It's because they are spinning it as a "veggie even kids will like". I think when most of us think of kids liking veggies it's things like broccoli, green beans, asparagus, etc. it's like saying a kid who likes mashed potatoes like veggies. While technically true it kind of goes against the spirit of the statement.
I don't think of them as a "veggie" and wouldn't serve them in place of one.
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Post by Nanner on Apr 15, 2015 0:59:51 GMT
I don't consider them a vegetable - they're a starch, a substitute for potatoes, rice or pasta.
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Post by rumplesnat on Apr 15, 2015 1:04:44 GMT
No and the commercial drives me batty!
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Post by imkat on Apr 15, 2015 1:58:32 GMT
Yes, if I didn't consider them a vegetable, then the only vegetables my husband and boys would eat are French fries.
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Post by ~summer~ on Apr 15, 2015 2:12:39 GMT
No way
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 2:14:43 GMT
Not in my house, but I don't serve corn as a "vegetable," either. (Actually, I think corn is a grain. And I don't understand why anyone lets it pose as a vegetable. LOL) I think that botanically, it's a fruit.
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Post by gina on Apr 15, 2015 2:16:54 GMT
Nutritionally, no way. I had the same reaction to that commercial myself. I serve baked beans as a starchy side with BBQ (mostly hamburgers and hot dogs).
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Post by caro on Apr 15, 2015 2:34:57 GMT
I know its a vegetable but I don't consider it a vegetable in terms of my daily intake when trying to eat enough fruits and vegetables. I don't count it as a serving of veg if I have them on toast for lunch. [br You had me till you said beans on toast. Lol. I like baked beans or any type of bean but it needs to be mixed with something.
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Post by littlemama on Apr 15, 2015 2:40:56 GMT
Yes, but they can also serve as a side dish. I also consider corn and all other beans to be vegetables, even though i know that isn't technically what they are. I think of it the same as calling tomatoes vegetables when they are technically a fruit.
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Post by hookedonpeas on Apr 15, 2015 3:30:23 GMT
Have you seen the Bush's Baked Beans commercial asking kids what their favorite vegetable is? The Vegetable that Kids LoveDH & I look at each other every time we have seen it and say the same thing "when did baked beans become a vegetable?" I have always considered beans to hover between protein and starchs, kind of in their own category. Do you think of beans (legumes, not green/string beans) as a vegetable? ETA for clarification. I know legumes are plants and I should have been clearer in my question, which really is "When you include baked beans in a meal, do you count it as a protein serving, a starch serving or as a vegetable serving?" OMG! Thank you! Every time I see that commercial I cringe! Protein!
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Post by Legacy Girl on Apr 15, 2015 6:21:57 GMT
Another one who was perplexed by the ad. Baked beans do not count as vegetables on our menus!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Apr 15, 2015 9:21:44 GMT
I know what it says on the tins of baked beans but have got to say that I don't count baked beans as a vegetable in the same way that I include green beans etc., as a veg when served with a meal.
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 15, 2015 9:43:23 GMT
Where I grew up in NC, baked beans are a treat served with pork BBQ or grilled hamburgers and hotdogs.
They're so sweet that they pretty much serve as dessert.
If you do count them as a vegetable because of the government food chart, do you count the extra ketchup you put in them when you heat them up another vegetable as well? The government does. (I'm a child of the '80s)
I learned to cook from my grandmother. My grandfather was a diabetic, so we never considered starchy vegetables as vegetables. We'd have beans or potatoes with our country vegetable meals and corn in the summer, but they'd count as protein/starch and not the vegetables like turnip greens, green beans, sliced tomatoes, fresh cucumber "pickles" (mmm, I just got hungry!)
My MIL rarely serves a non-starchy vegetable. It's so weird.
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Post by disneypal on Apr 15, 2015 9:54:10 GMT
Yeas, I think of beans as a vegetable so I guess I would consider baked beans a vegetable as well....a starchy vegetable.
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Post by lollapealooza on Apr 15, 2015 11:24:53 GMT
Totally not a vegetable...legumes is what they are. That commercial is crazy.
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Post by grinningcat on Apr 15, 2015 11:28:57 GMT
That kind of bean is not classed as a vegetable serving, it's a protein, so no (I don't care how beans are classed scientifically) they are not vegetables. Anyone trying to convince people to eat them as a serving of vegetables are in the same class as those who consider ketchup a vegetable. Actually anyone considering them a good protein choice would also be somewhat out to lunch when you consider all the stuff that goes into commercial baked beans (like candy amounts of sugar), but they work in a pinch when people forget that there's a vegetarian in the crowd and they are only serving meat sandwiches.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Apr 15, 2015 12:19:40 GMT
I consider beans the carb in a meal!
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