Keto, Atkins & All things Low Carb / Sugar - Frugal Meal prep, recipes, deals & ideas thread!

MrsStepford

Slinky said:

I'm looking for some advice please. What cooking oil do you use for roasting veg? I read that sunflower and rape oils aren't low carb. I'm having real problems with olive oil making my oven really filthy. I tried avocado oil instead as it has a better smoke point, but was having the same problem. Do you have any suggestions for a low carb oil that won't make my oven horrendously greasy?

Many low carbers avoid industrial seed oils such as vegetable oil, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil (canola oil) and go for lard, dripping, ghee, coconut oil. These are all more stable and with higher smoke points. Nina Teicholz wrote a book on the industrial seed oils and she's done several videos on YouTube. If cooking with butter, add a little oilve oil and it shouldn't burn. If you're quite a confident cook you'll find videos on making ghee ie clarifying butter, to remove the milk solids (why ghee is lactose free). 

Swede makes excellent low carb oven fries and roasties. I've discovered turnips recently and they are great, sliced and sauteed. £1 for 750g Essential Waitrose.Swede, turnips, celeriac are all good for mash. Husband does broccoli & cauliflower mash with sour cream, yogurt or creme fraiche and he uses cheese in the root veg mashes but look for the least salty cheeses. 

I found a product recently called Hunter Gather unsweetened tomato ketchup. No added sugar, no sweeteners, organic tomatoes, no additives or preservatives. It's not cheap but tastes fantastic. I've you're not keen on swede oven chips, slather on tomato ketchup, serve with a couple of fried eggs ans some mushrooms and you're golden.

Slinky

Thanks Mrs S, I will try with some coconut oil as I have some already.

pamsdish

Not been doing too bad, will make a meal plan starting Monday as away weekend.
Made a low carb loaf yesterday, instead of extra seeds added some dried fruit, cranberries, ginger, and strawberries, chopped fine, makes a nice sweetish slice of toast for a treat, sliced it quite thickly so got fifteen slices.

jackieblack

Blimey! Adding all that fruit, especially the dried fruit, doesn’t sound very low carb!? 

pamsdish

The whole amount once chopped 15g, divided by the number of slices 15, so 1g a slice

Happy_Sloth

Morning all .... first time posting on this thread.  

I need to shift some excess weight that i've gained during the past 6 months with all the drama.  Family deaths and OH having a wobble is not good for ones waistline.  

I've had good results following a "Lower"  Carb wholefood diet in the past and i want to get back to something with alot less processed food and less emphasise on carbs.   

I will admit .. my body doens't seem to manage "True"  low carb diets but i do feel better around the 50-75g marker so that's where i'm going to shoot.  However the rule is that those carbs can only come from wholefoods such as fruit, veg, rice, sweet potato, lentils etc. 

OH has just got a job *yay* so the purse strings can loosen slightly,  but i don't want to loosen to much as id like the money to be focused on clawing ourselves out of the debt hole covid put us in! 

As i said i've had great results eating this way in the past,  but last time i did it, money was not a problem. Any suggestions on to manage this without breaking the bank?  im guessing eggs are my friend at this point?

i'm a reasonably competent cook, however i do have a history of make BAD food choices when hungry so ideally things i can prep in advance. 

 

luvchocolate

The diabetes uk forum has a really good recipe section 

pamsdish

Keto Fitness Club UK Recipes and Community, is a great facebook group, loads of recipes, you can access the books, all free and UK based.
I too like to keep around 50g carbs, works for me.

pamsdish

Finally got round to my meal plan, not sure over weekend as at S.I.L.going on a mini break to Chester Tuesday through to Friday next week. 

shykins

happy sloth when on a budget i use lots of mince for low carb meals eg, spag bol (use courgettes for spaghetti),  chilli (use cauli for rice), shepherds pie (use carrot/swede for mash)..    white cabbage is great too, coleslaw, cheesy cabbage, stirfry etc

pamsdish very organised,  i am more open freezer door thats what we will have tomorrow then lol