Low Carb Diet (atkins)

Sazbo

I think in US recipes 't' = teaspoon and 'T' is tablespoon... but I might be wrong

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gladysrocker

Hi Everyone. Ive done a quick search and cant find the answer so would someone mind answering a question for me please? If I fry an onion, some garlic, some quorn mince, some tinned tomatoes and some spices and mushrooms to make a chilli would this be low carb? Any replies would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Badger_Lady

It wouldn't be too bad Gladys - the highest carb elements there are onion and tomato, so I'd keep these to a minimum... really depends what else you're going to eat that day and what your carb target is

gladysrocker

Thanks for the quick reply Badger Lady. My situation is rather complicated at the moment, though its all of my own making! Ive been doing the Cambridge diet and am really struggling and want something to eat. I know from bitter experience that if I have anything carby I'll put 4 or 5lbs on in glycogen overnight and I really want to avoid this, so Im thinking of easing myself into low carb eating. I hopefully want to stick with CD for another couple of weeks first but I know if I dont eat something today I'll blow it big time!

Badger_Lady

Does the Cambridge not have a program for resuming eating? If not, I strongly feel it should But it does sound logical to move onto low carb when you've been in ketosis - I think some other people have been on this thread after doing no-food diets.

Are you also veggie? The top recommendations for really sticking to low-carb are eggs (boiled, scrambled, whatever you like) and tofu - Quorn seems to be OK too, but it is a really processed food and still not all of it is made with free-range eggs

Best of luck - don't forget you're more than welcome to keep coming back and updating us!

avstar

Hi Gladys - use a leek instead of an onion, lower carbs and still nice taste. HTH

tinkerbell84

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Are you also veggie? The top recommendations for really sticking to low-carb are eggs (boiled, scrambled, whatever you like) and tofu - Quorn seems to be OK too, but it is a really processed food and still not all of it is made with free-range eggs

Quorn isn't great - it has wheat in it, and is higher carb than meat. But if you just have it occasionally it shouldn't cause a problem.

ames100

afternoon all- lots of banter today!

Badgerlady that peanut butter shake sounds divine! Seems to be my vice atm, made some chicken sataty last night mmmmmmmmm

As for the jelly i was thinking butterfly! lol

Never really liked cream eggs cant stand the insides and i have a raging sweet tooth- maybe its just as well..........................

Have a nice day everyone!

sweetserendipity

Badger_Lady wrote: »

1 cup soya milk
2 tablespoons unsweetened smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon double cream
Drop of vanilla essence
Teaspoon cocoa powder

Whizz it all up in the blender until smooth! Makes one portion... gives about 15g protein and about 6g carbs - it's on my induction list but I guess you just have to be careful about what other carbs you're having that day!

Badger, I couldn't get vanilla essence - Tesco only had flavouring or extract so I went for the extract (Dr. Oetker Vanilla Natural Extract) - is it the same thing as essence?
Also, got Tesco own brand unsweetened soya milk so I'm hoping that's ok.
Not sure how I'm going to 'whizz' it yet as I no longer have a blender but I'm thinking of getting a cheapie hand blender from Tesco with my clubcard vouchers so hopefully I'll be able to make it soon. Will make a change from my usual blues/rasps & cream for brekkie!!

tinkerbell84

Vanilla essense is the same as flavouring - and nasty (imo)

Extract is far far better