Low Carb Diet (atkins)

tinkerbell84

I'm so gonna have my fave takeout curry this weekend now

Birdie85

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

How much weight are you hoping to lose, birdie?

About a stone (if possible, I have a feeling my body will say 'No more!' at half way!), so there shouldn't be a reason why I can't move straight onto phase 2. This is as much about learning good eating habits and eating well as it is about looking good in my bikini when I'm on holiday! (Which is a huge incentive!) I've been relying on white bread and pasta to keep me going for as long as I can remember so it's nice to move away from those things and eat good food that doesn't make me feel all bloated and gross!

But if only they could make low carb Dairy Milk!:rotfl:

tinkerbell84

Birdie85 wrote: »

About a stone (if possible, I have a feeling my body will say 'No more!' at half way!), so there shouldn't be a reason why I can't move straight onto phase 2. This is as much about learning good eating habits and eating well as it is about looking good in my bikini when I'm on holiday! (Which is a huge incentive!) I've been relying on white bread and pasta to keep me going for as long as I can remember so it's nice to move away from those things and eat good food that doesn't make me feel all bloated and gross!

But if only they could make low carb Dairy Milk!:rotfl:

it's soooooooooooooooooo worth it - i promise

and in a couple of weeks you won't be able to eat dairy milk without gagging at the extreme sweetness.

i'm in heaven with 85% dark chocolate now

Birdie85

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

Bee Rawlinson's onion bhajis are the BEST THING EVER

:drool:

It's her recipes that are the IPD cookbook

And as I've said before, if you grate a cauliflower, and pan fry it in butter until just tender, it makes a briliant rice substitute :beer:

And you can use steamed cauli to make a mash substitute too

Each time I post there's something new I want to reply to! LOL!

I think I'll try cauliflower rice this weekend, I take it you grate it raw then fry to cook it?

Mmmm, can't wait for my Indian feast!:T

tinkerbell84

yep

be warned though - it's unbelievably messy to grate a cauliflower :rotfl:

the onion bhajis are fiddly, but completely delish :drool:

Birdie85

Right, consider me warned!

I'm really looking forward to making the Bhajis, I love love love them so I was so happy when I saw a low carb recipe to make my own!

I think I'll be cooking more this week than I have done in the past 6 months!

Ted_Hutchinson

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

it's unbelievably messy to grate a cauliflower :rotfl:

I just chopped it in the food processor worked fine.

shykins

hi everyone pleassss can i have the onion bhaji recipe i love them and would really like to do a lowcarb one... funny i fancied curry hence the coronation chicken tonight lol

another idea for the cauli is to use a potato ricer,, cook it first put in thru the ricer takes less than a minute and voila all done

yup in a couple weeks chocolate will taste yukk too sweet, as will parsnips, toma sauce and gawd knows what else it really teaches yr tastes buds when u cut out sugar, its scary all the things it is in

x

sandy2_2

Birdie85 wrote: »

if you sign up to pig2twig and search for curries there will be lots of recipes on there! There's a poster called Bee who seems to post the most and best recipes, I've copied down loads from her posts!

I'm sure I must be doing something wrong on the site as all I get is a list of sponsored links, could you post a direct link to one of the curry recipes and perhaps I'll be able to find my own way from then on
Thanx

Birdie85

I don't think you can read the posts unless you're signed in so there's no point in my linking to a particular thread...

Once you sign up/in, click on the Forum and there's a search box, type in the key word there i.e. curry name and it should come up! Failing that, browse the forums, on the first page there's a sticky called 'Bee's recipe bit', I think some of the curries are in there.

I'll post the bhaji recipe in a minute.