Colette,
I feel like I have a much better grasp on the protean bit (thank you Kathleen for sorting out the numbers). I am going to use oranges or oats until my next shopping trip, but I am adding some sweet potatoes to my list. Yum. I am glad my muddled brain got things wrong because now I have a better understanding.
Rachel

: Hi Rachel,

: You're doing a great job figuring
: this out! I see Kathleen helped
: you with the protein part...

: Another thing you might want to think
: about is what we refer to as
: *browns* or complex carbs. Oranges
: would be too *quick* for me. My
: complex carbs are more
: *slow*...things like oats,
: legumes, sweet potatoes,
: buckwheat, etc.

: Colette