Low-carb diets support thread

mazzers · 23 January 2012 at 11:01AM

Han, sounds like a totally fab day rounded off with a lovely evening, glad you enjoyed and dont feel guilty, it's occasional days like this that keep you on the straight and narrow

murphydog999 · 23 January 2012 at 11:11AM

sistercas wrote: »

lost half a pound this week , a bit disappointed was hoping for more

just made some coconut flour american pancakes - they were nom

coconut pancakes

2 eggs
2 tablespoons coconut flour
4 tablespoons milk
spalsh of melted butter
1/4 tspn baking powder

whizzed it all up together and cooked in a small frying pan
flip when golden brown
i served mine with sweetener and crispy bacon
does have a taste of coconut ( obviously ) but i love coconut

I've been looking a ways of using my unopened pack of coconut flour. Can I ask how many you got from this amount?

nuttybabe · 23 January 2012 at 11:15AM

Morning all

Hannoja - that place looked ace. Glad you had a nice meal out. I find eating out stressful with kids although now mine are getting a bit older (7, 5, 4) its not as bad.

Sofababe - assuming the sausages are low carb, the only other thing i can see from you meal plan is not enough veg maybe???? have you added up your carbs? maybe the peanuts and cream is pushing you over? sorry i cant be of more help.

sistercas - those pancakes sounds nice. where would i be able to purchase coconut flour?

I cant weigh myself today (probably a good thing) as doing up bathroom and scales have been put somewhere. but i did struggle doing up my jeans this morning! not good.

my food for today:

b - peanut butter on a spoon

l - left over pork with veg and a bit of gravy
t - chicken in hm bbq sauce with salad

snacks will be ham and cheese but probably wont be having many as got a load of cleaning i should be doing now and out all afternoon.

DEBTMONKEY1A · 23 January 2012 at 1:23PM

Sofababe....read my post a few back (long one!) about stalling....I'm sure theres a link in there that explains. As I understand it-in a nutshell your fat cells hold water initially (after the 6 pound water loss) as your body 'accepts' it burns fat...at some stage from wk 4-8 your body will drop this water. Are you a member of a gym? Mine has a body fat/water analyser. When i stalled a personal trainer showed me how to use this & my bady fat % was pretty damn good-although still 2 3/4 stone heavier than I should be (!)-so fat WAS being burned but water stored. A week later I could see fom this that I'd dropped 2 kgs of water weight & some fat weight too. Hope this helps!

sistercas · 23 January 2012 at 3:07PM

murphydog999 wrote: »

I've been looking a ways of using my unopened pack of coconut flour. Can I ask how many you got from this amount?

it made 2 largish ones ( approx 5 ins cos thats how big my pan is

)

nuttybabe wrote: »

Morning all

sistercas - those pancakes sounds nice. where would i be able to purchase coconut flour?

i bought mine from @mazon , ive had it a while so cant remember how much it was sorry

had a lovely lunch out with DD1 and DH , been planned for a while but DH came as he is off work recovering from meningitis. i had a mixed grill - never had one before steak, pork steak , gammon steak lamb chops and a sausage

with peas toms and mushrooms NO CHIPS :A twas lovely .

not sure what to have at tea time as im doing pasta for them , may just see if im hungry or not

Mercy · 23 January 2012 at 9:30PM

Thanks all for the support for my updating the recipe list. :j

To improve the recipe list I will be posting the odd recipe to give it a post number i can use to link to.

If one pops up randomly, do forgive me

Mxxx

Mercy · 23 January 2012 at 9:37PM

Pink Princess'

Cajun spiced pecans

455g of pecan halves
28g of butter (I've tried with utterly butterly etc & it works great)
18g of cajun seasoning
Add all to the slow cooker, stir in the butter & spices. Set slow cooker to low for 3 hours, stir half way through if possible but still works if you can't.

I make my own cajun rub by mixing
2 1/2 tbsp of paprika
2 tbsp salt
2 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp pepper
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tbsp cayenne (I like hot, might want to half this)
1 tbsp oregano
1 tbsp thyme

Yum.

Mercy · 23 January 2012 at 9:39PM

Pink Princess

MILD MADRAS FULL CHICKEN
Tried this & it is so nice it will now become a regular.

I skinned a full chicken & then marinated it in
20g of melted butter
2 table spoons of garam masala
2 tablespoons of madras powder
2 cloves of crushed garlic.

I then added it to the slow cooker with an inch of hm chicken stock & a dash of soy sauce.

I turned the chicken after a few hours to help baste it.

With an hour to go I removed the cooking liquid from the sc & reduced in a saucepan with some red onion & a few tablespoons of passata.

I served this with stirfried mushroom & cabbage, one the best meals we have had for a long time if I do say so myself & enough for another meal each also

Mercy · 23 January 2012 at 9:41PM

Thanks Pink Princess!

Yassa is a Senegal stew.

This serves 4 people:
2 medium onions, 3 cloves of garlic, 50ml of lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, Cayenne pepper to personal taste. I use 1 teaspoon but I like hot. A full chicken cut into 1/4s, touch of oil spray.

Put everything in the slow cooker and give it a very good mix. I then leave over night in the fridge to marinade. If you like to leave the skin on then brown the next morning, if not remove the skin before marinade stage. Next morning just stir it all again and pop on a low heat for 6-8 hours.
The juices make an amazing sauce, just blend and quickly reduce.

Mercy · 23 January 2012 at 9:53PM

Hi all

You may be as pleased as I am to discover that

Pink Princess'
Pavlova, Vanilla Ice Cream, Cajun spiced Pecans, Yassa Chicken and Full Chicken Madras
and
sistercas' Coconut Pancakes

Are now on the recipe list. :j

Please pm me the post number (with page if poss) of any recipes you want adding. I'll try not to mess up the thread too much but it should all settle down soon and I'll just keep up and add as they are posted.

At some point I will get it together enough to move the recipes into headings - honest

Much love to all low carbers!

Mxxxxx

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