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Posted by: cyn_texas on 2010-02-25, 10:41:25
Nuts are lower carb than legumes (peanuts) Berries are lowest carb fruits. Pork rinds with avocado/ mayo/ cayenne dip or tuna/ chicken/ egg salad I'll cube up some turkey meat mix in a couple of raw eggs add cheese (and broccoli after induction) with cayenne powder & nuke a couple of minutes for nearly instant meal. Flax seed should be eaten 2T daily even in induction. Ground flax seed (2-4 Tbsp) 1/ 4 cup water, sweetener, mix in a raw egg - let sit 10 min. to absorb liquid, put some cream cheese in the middle & nuke 2 min for daily fiber needs. After the 2 week induction, you add 5 grams of carbs per day every week and add a much greater variety of non starchy vegetables. Change your mindset - eat what you like to eat, just adapt it to low carb - replace bread with lettuce replace pasta with cabbage replace rice with cauliflower replace potatoes with brocolli I eat all my favorite Chinese, Italian, even Mexican foods with low carb foods. Cabbage makes an excellent pasta substitute (for me) Make a lasagna with blanched cabbage leaves & thinly fried eggplant instead of noodles. Sugar free pasta sauce over fried cabbage. My fav is chicken cacciatore, I add greens & flaxseed or chia seed for body and also add pizza toppings - pepperoni, mushrooms, lots of mozzarrella. Alfredo sauce is also low carb.. I make a lot of shredded cabbage & mayo or fried cabbage if I'm a bit more ambitious. I cook up some bacon & throw in onions & let them fry & it makes any salad extra special (BLT) Avocado & turkey is great on a salad - Grilled chicken or fajita meat & fried onions too. Sometimes I'll make a canned salad - can mackerel, can baby corn, can water chestnuts, can bamboo shoots, can artichoke hearts, can sweet red peppers & add in mayo & chia seed gel. Kim Chee is a fermented cabbage salad & is suppose to be one of the most healthy foods in the world. You can make a huge batch & it will sit in refrigerator fine for a long time. I usually make huge batches of food & freeze most of it. I cook meats 20-30# at a time (for just me) I have gone into the forums for recipes (especially when I first started low carb) I was shocked that fried "rice " made with grated cauliflower tasted just like it's name sake. Shirataki noodles are traditional in Japanese sukiyaki and low carb. I've heard faux mashed "taters " made with cauliflower & cream cheese can fool non low carbers. "potato " salad using cauliflower instead. I don't cook much but many recipes abound. Adapt what you've always eaten first (I bet someone has a recipe for it or low carb version) and then start exploring. Chia seeds sound so expensive but 1# will make 10# food (when you can splurge some - Amazon.com has couple lbs. for $16 shipped to you. I buy mine in bulk - 24# for $5.83# with free shipping at getchia.com I also order off Amazon - Lowrey's Pork Rinds 18 for $15 - they pop like popcorn & are portion controlled. Faux tapioca - 2 cups of water, 5 scoops of low carb whey protein powder, stir together & add cup of chia seeds, after they have started to absorb the water, add in 2 cans of coconut milk (or cream and added water during induction) & artificial sweetener if you like and mix it all in. Can be eaten after an hour but will be better tomorrow. Cream a pkg. of cream cheese into a can of pumpkin & add to the faux tapioca for an even more nutritious pumpkin pie pudding. (berries are lowest glycemic) Cheesecake - strawberry ice cream (frozen berries, cream, a stick blender) - pork rinds great crunch - i eat lots of fish for snack (fish "steaks " or mackerel in tins are favs)- avocado/ mayo/ cayenne dip - olives Pumpkin soup * 1 (12 ounce) package Jimmy Dean sausage * 1/ 2 cup onion, minced * 1 garlic clove, minced * 1 tablespoon italian seasoning * 1-2 cup fresh mushrooms, chopped * 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin * 4 cups chicken broth * 1/ 2 cup heavy cream * 1/ 2 cup water Directions 1.Brown sausage, drain, add onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, mushrooms & sauté until done. 2. Add pumpkin & mix well. 3 Stir in broth 4. Simmer 30 minutes. 5. Stir in heavy cream & water - simmer on low 15 minute add salt & pepper as needed. |
