Ingredient in Manwich: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Less than 2% of: Salt, Sugar, Dehydrated Onions, Dehydrated Red and Green Bell Peppers, Chile Pepper, Tomato Fiber, Spices, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Dehydrated Garlic, Carob Bean Gum, Natural Flavors.
Yuck, that junk is nothing but sugar! It is amazing how much hidden sugar we consume on a daily basis. You may ask "Why does high fructose corn syrup make us gain weight?" Is it because of the overconsumption of Big Gulps? Or does the fructose in the corn syrups do something to our metabolism? Fructose is processed by the body differently than table sugar. It encourages the liver to dump more fat into our blood stream, fat that eventually ends up in our bellies. In the end, we are left still hungry soon after eating this junk, while storing more and more fat.
High fructose corn syrup alters the function of hormones that regulate metabolism and cause abnormal weight gain. Fructose has no effect on our hunger hormone ghrelin and interferes with brain’s communication with leptin, which is the hormone that tells us to stop eating and you CAN become leptin resistant! (please read the chapter on HORMONES in Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism for charts on FOODS to Eat and FOODS to NOT EAT to balance your hormones properly.)
We can easily cut sugar out of our diet by being a detective and throwing out food that is hidden with added sugar.
1 pound grass fed ground beef
2 TBS onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup tomato paste (Bionature) in a glass jar
3/4 cup water (or quality beef broth: for "umami" favor!)
2 TBS Just Like Brown Sugar (or 1 drop stevia glycerite)
1 1/2 tsp white vinegar
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
1/8 tsp pepper
In a large pan, brown the beef, onion, celery and garlic; drain fat. Stir in all remaining ingredients. Simmer for 20 minutes on low for the flavors to open up. Serve on my "healthified" bread made into buns, click HERE to find the recipe. Makes 6 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving of meat only: no bun)
With Manwich = 190 calories, 12.6 carbs, 9 g sugar, 16 g protein
"Healthified" = 141 calories, 1.7 carbs, 1.1 g sugar, 16 g protein
BUSY FAMILY TIP: Use a crock-pot for this recipe and have the buns already made. I store extra in the freezer for an easy addition to dinner.
Thanks for posting this, Maria! Just a couple weeks ago I was craving Manwich like crazy but was disgusted to see HFCS in the ingredients and refused to buy it. I was searching all my favorite health food websites (including yours!) for a healthy manwich recipe to no avail...and then here it is, like magic! :) Thanks for all you do!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan! I love it when things happen that way!
ReplyDeleteHappy eating!
I make my sloppy joes pretty much the same, but with green peppers (I like the pepper flavor addition). I made it just last week and I really couldn't stop eating it, and I said to my husband that I like my sloppy joes so much better than Manwich. He agreed :)
ReplyDeleteAnd it's really funny that you mentioned the hormones chapter because I just read that Monday ;)
ReplyDeleteMaria-I love your site and have found it a great addition to LC resources for my family. As a woman with PCOS (normal weight, but IR), LCing is a way of life for me.
ReplyDeleteI am curious why you don't avoid canned goods such as the above that contain BPA? With your concerns over estrogens, etc. I am surprised that you are okay with using canned goods with BPA linings? Tomatoes cans pretty much all contain BPA because of the acidic nature of the contents. I usually opt for tomato paste (Bionature) in a glass jar, or my own frozen tomato puree, or the Bionature strained tomatoes. Pomi makes aseptic packs of tomatoes as well that are supposedly BPA-free. I often wonder what they are lined with however.
BPA has been linked to insulin resistance, central adiposity, has estrogenic properties and is thought by some to be an obesenogen. I'm just surprised when I see you using canned products knowing your stance on so many other things.
That said, I'm tremendously thankful for your site and your recipes! I'm going to preorder the cookbook for myself and another copy for my parents, who also LC.
That's awesome Natalie!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your support!!!
Thanks Anonymous! I appreciate your feedback.
ReplyDeleteI updated the recipe thanks to you!!!