To not find veg filling?

[PinkOnWednesday]

Reading the sausage and mash thread got me thinking. I feel like when I eat a meal, e.g two sausages and a scoop mash I wouldn’t find it any more filling if it came with veg or not! Obviously I eat veg because it’s good for you, but I wouldn’t want less sausage and mash just because it came with veg. Anyone else feel the same?

I think your body is clever enough to know that you're giving it something bulky but less nourishing.

Come round for my vegan cottage pie, you won't be able to move afterwards

We just had a vege chowmein, and I couldn't finish it. We did whack in a shiteload of mushrooms, though, as protein.

We try to lay off the protein and carbs, in favour of veges, for most meals.

On the other hand, I'm so looking forward to chicken in a creamy onion sauce on a bed of fettucine, this Thursday, that it's not funny.

Veg is filling if you eat enough of it. A spoonful of peas on the side is neither here nor there.

We had a Cumberland sausage pinwheel apiece with lots of roasted veg (aubergine, red pepper, red onion), fine green beans and peas yesterday. No mash. There was bread if anyone had wanted it, but none of us did.

Stir fried broccoli (cut thinly with a long stalk, Brussel leaves and a splash of teriyaki sauce.

Cauliflower cheese is a meal of it's own?

I mean, if you want to be pedantic, a potato is a vegetable so...

It’s not as filling as pasta, rice etc but I find veg much more filling than the sausages would be although mine are veggie ones (they are soy protein rather than actual vegetables). Veg has fibre and water which fill you up. Never been as hungry as when I was on a low carb diet! All the eggs, fish and yogurt barely touched the sides.

Problem is OP you're thinking of "veg" as a side dish (salad/peas/carrots/brocolli). In which case no its not filling.

I'm not vegetarian but I can go long periods without meat: people with plant based diets create main courses based on veg or veg-based protein which is much more filling than if you're whacking some greens on the size of a meat course.

Veg mince, veggie stir fries, pasta dishes with veg etc can be massively filling.

It's about losing the mindset that the meat has to be the centrepiece.

the side of a meat course.

Mushrooms are not protein

I find I get hungry again ten times faster if I've had a plant-based dish, no matter how filling it was the begin with. I went on a regime of 'nutrient dense' volume eating which is basically piling your plate high with as much veg as you want, and it didn't work because I was just constantly hungry, like dizzy, stomach rumble starving. I can't eat the majority of plant-based higher protein foods either due to intolerance. So no, for me if I want to be full, I need something fatty and meaty.

You're not eating enough of them

I hear a lot of people say that but I'm vegan and eat lots of soups and stir fries and I find them really.

I agree. But I love veg and eat a shitload anyway.
Protein and carby stuff are the filler- uppers.

@aubreyii

Mushrooms are not protein

They do contain protein. You'd have to eat a lot of them to get your recommended daily allowance though.

Depends on the veg. One of the most filling lunches I make is cold cooked broccoli with cherry tomatoes dressed in balsamic vinegar and a little bit of smoked salmon for flavour. A bowl full of ratatouille is filling as is a bowl of veg soup - a handful of peas and carrots won't be.

The only plant based things I tend to find filling are starchier ones. I could eat bowl after bowl of greens and I wouldnt feel sated. Your brain does recognise and value high calorie foods as a source of easy energy.

Grains, starchier roots (potatoes, parsnips, squash etc), beans and pulses I find filling,but green leafy/cruciferous type things just dont fill me up.

I sniff a lettuce leaf and am full for days.

Why would YBU for feeling like that?

I feel like when I eat a meal, e.g two sausages and a scoop mash I wouldn’t find it any more filling if it came with veg or not

Well of course you wouldn't. Two sausages and one scoop of mash? You'd need another scoop of mash at least and maybe some gravy.

@ViciousJackdaw one scoop of mash was just an example, I mean having a certain quantity of mash and then adding veg, or not adding veg, still seems to be just as filling for me. Would definitely be having gravy!

@slashlover I just mean does anyone else feel similar or am I just being a pig and should find it more satisfying!

Veg fills me up. I don't eat meat so it has to! But also surely depends on the type of veg? A swede and carrot mash or roasted parsnips will probably be more filling than watercress!

I remember watching a programme on tv ages ago when they experimented with making veg filling along with more water as part of a lower calorie (but not the extreme lows of a 800 cals per day)) normal diet.

Anyway,they had a weight of mixed veg, plus a certain amount of water. The people who ate the veg and drank the water as two separate entities were hungry again almost immediately.

However, turn the veg into soup with the water, and you're filled up for much longer, and more satisfied, and therefore less tempted to over-eat on the bad stuff.

The analogy they used was a sieve to be like a stomach - stick the veg, chopped up, in a sieve and pour the water on the top - the water goes straight through and is lost. But blend the veg with the water as a soup, and it takes much longer to drip through the sieve, and therefore leaves the sieve (stomach!) satisfied for longer, and then you're less prone to overeating on crap and carbs.

I've never forgotten that programme, and it made a whole load of sense all of a sudden!

The other rule we follow is half the plate has to be veggies/crunchy salad stuff (like peppers, cucumber, carrots etc, not just lettuce). I lost 4 stone making these two simple switches - and I love my carbs and my food! And I've kept it off several years later because it re-educated my stomach about what to expect

(But still enjoy a take-away once a week - life is for living, after all!)