Need variety now- My fault, not diet
 

Yeah, I find now I am eating the same things all the time out of
convenience. I am sooo busy with the kids and also have a tight budget. I
can't buy the expensive cheeses, meats and treats I enjoy and I am feeling
like I should be eating a wider variety of foods.

I cook for the whole family and find I am eating green beans as one of my
only veggies!! (the 3 year old crowd thinks green beans rock)

My normal menu is:
Breakfast---
either a few eggs fried in butter/hard boiled or nothing
If i am running around town and get hungry because I skipped breakfast I eat
an Atkins Bar

Lunch---
Big Salad (Romaine lettuce with grilled chicken breast, maybe some slivered
almonds or grated cheddar or feta or gruyere) Oil, vinegar, s&p, garlic
powder
or
Chicken and cheese (if i have gruyere or aged provolone)
or
If i had breakfast sometimes I skip lunch and have a snack around 3. Atkins
bar or tuna or cheese and nuts

Dinner----
Roast chicken or Pork chops or pork loin or burgers (I miss lamb and steak
but $$$)
Green beans with butter or Brocoli Rabe w/Garlic & olive oil or salad if i
didn't have it at lunch
(maybe a few carrots if i made them for the kids)

That's about it!! I am content with food, I don't NEED more variety but I
probably should have more differet veggies. I dunno.

Any suggestions? Cheap quick veggie recipes? Quick cheap recipes in general?
Note: I don't eat Mayo or Mustard and don't like veggies in cheese sauce.
Think more mediterenean :o)

Thanks- JoAnna
176/142/120 started LC 7/04

"Dropped 30" wrote in message
...
Any suggestions? Cheap quick veggie recipes? Quick cheap recipes in
general?
Note: I don't eat Mayo or Mustard and don't like veggies in cheese sauce.
Think more mediterenean :o)

Bet you anything the 3yos will like mashed cauliflower.
Ratatouille is dead easy to make, not sure of cost, but freezes / nukes
really well.
Lasagne with zucchini noodles?
Frittata with anything! (supper tonight, onions, tomatoes, green beans &
sausage thrown in)
Can you get cheap white fish? Homemade fish cakes are dead quick with a
blender, and great tasting. I mix scallions, herbs and chilli with mine for
extra green.
Chinese stir-fry needs a small amount of good meat, but lots of veg -
chinese cabbage, bok choy, um green beans : ), beansprouts, carrot shavings,
low-carb sauce...serve with cauli rice.
For the grownups only - butternut squash curry with shrimp.

Am stopping now before I get hungry again : )
I'm doing a lot of cooking from Dana Carpender's recipes - very family
oriented.

Nicky.

--
HbA1c 10.5/6.4/6 Weight 95/79/72
1g Metformin, 75ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

"Dropped 30" wrote in message
...
Any suggestions? Cheap quick veggie recipes? Quick cheap recipes in
general?
Note: I don't eat Mayo or Mustard and don't like veggies in cheese sauce.
Think more mediterenean :o)

Bet you anything the 3yos will like mashed cauliflower.
Ratatouille is dead easy to make, not sure of cost, but freezes / nukes
really well.
Lasagne with zucchini noodles?
Frittata with anything! (supper tonight, onions, tomatoes, green beans &
sausage thrown in)
Can you get cheap white fish? Homemade fish cakes are dead quick with a
blender, and great tasting. I mix scallions, herbs and chilli with mine for
extra green.
Chinese stir-fry needs a small amount of good meat, but lots of veg -
chinese cabbage, bok choy, um green beans : ), beansprouts, carrot shavings,
low-carb sauce...serve with cauli rice.
For the grownups only - butternut squash curry with shrimp.

Am stopping now before I get hungry again : )
I'm doing a lot of cooking from Dana Carpender's recipes - very family
oriented.

Nicky.

--
HbA1c 10.5/6.4/6 Weight 95/79/72
1g Metformin, 75ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

If you don't already have one, consider buying an inexpensive crock pot. It
turns cheap meat into delicious stews with almost no effort.

For example, you can make delicious stew with cheap chicken thighs. Pan
cook them first to melt out some of the excess fat. Then just throw them
into the pot with some onions. I add some extremely cheap wine (whatever is
dry and $4 at the local supermarket.) and let it cook for four hours. It
comes out extremely good.

With the crockpot you can make pulled pork with cheap pork cuts and homemade
low carb barbecue sauce.

As far as inexpensive veggies go, try experimenting with cabbage. It's very
nutritious and takes well to sauces of all types. Curry powder, cream and
cabbage is surprisingly good. Real saurkraut is nutritious too.

If you have a warehouse store near you, you can buy the industrial sized
frozen veggies. Some have a Christmas special deal where you can shop there
without paying to join.



-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes
http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/

Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm


"Dropped 30" wrote in message
...
Yeah, I find now I am eating the same things all the time out of
convenience. I am sooo busy with the kids and also have a tight budget. I
can't buy the expensive cheeses, meats and treats I enjoy and I am feeling
like I should be eating a wider variety of foods.

I cook for the whole family and find I am eating green beans as one of my
only veggies!! (the 3 year old crowd thinks green beans rock)

My normal menu is:
Breakfast---
either a few eggs fried in butter/hard boiled or nothing
If i am running around town and get hungry because I skipped breakfast I
eat
an Atkins Bar

Lunch---
Big Salad (Romaine lettuce with grilled chicken breast, maybe some
slivered
almonds or grated cheddar or feta or gruyere) Oil, vinegar, s&p, garlic
powder
or
Chicken and cheese (if i have gruyere or aged provolone)
or
If i had breakfast sometimes I skip lunch and have a snack around 3.
Atkins
bar or tuna or cheese and nuts

Dinner----
Roast chicken or Pork chops or pork loin or burgers (I miss lamb and steak
but $$$)
Green beans with butter or Brocoli Rabe w/Garlic & olive oil or salad if i
didn't have it at lunch
(maybe a few carrots if i made them for the kids)

That's about it!! I am content with food, I don't NEED more variety but I
probably should have more differet veggies. I dunno.

Any suggestions? Cheap quick veggie recipes? Quick cheap recipes in
general?
Note: I don't eat Mayo or Mustard and don't like veggies in cheese sauce.
Think more mediterenean :o)

Thanks- JoAnna
176/142/120 started LC 7/04

If you don't already have one, consider buying an inexpensive crock pot. It
turns cheap meat into delicious stews with almost no effort.

For example, you can make delicious stew with cheap chicken thighs. Pan
cook them first to melt out some of the excess fat. Then just throw them
into the pot with some onions. I add some extremely cheap wine (whatever is
dry and $4 at the local supermarket.) and let it cook for four hours. It
comes out extremely good.

With the crockpot you can make pulled pork with cheap pork cuts and homemade
low carb barbecue sauce.

As far as inexpensive veggies go, try experimenting with cabbage. It's very
nutritious and takes well to sauces of all types. Curry powder, cream and
cabbage is surprisingly good. Real saurkraut is nutritious too.

If you have a warehouse store near you, you can buy the industrial sized
frozen veggies. Some have a Christmas special deal where you can shop there
without paying to join.



-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes
http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/

Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm


"Dropped 30" wrote in message
...
Yeah, I find now I am eating the same things all the time out of
convenience. I am sooo busy with the kids and also have a tight budget. I
can't buy the expensive cheeses, meats and treats I enjoy and I am feeling
like I should be eating a wider variety of foods.

I cook for the whole family and find I am eating green beans as one of my
only veggies!! (the 3 year old crowd thinks green beans rock)

My normal menu is:
Breakfast---
either a few eggs fried in butter/hard boiled or nothing
If i am running around town and get hungry because I skipped breakfast I
eat
an Atkins Bar

Lunch---
Big Salad (Romaine lettuce with grilled chicken breast, maybe some
slivered
almonds or grated cheddar or feta or gruyere) Oil, vinegar, s&p, garlic
powder
or
Chicken and cheese (if i have gruyere or aged provolone)
or
If i had breakfast sometimes I skip lunch and have a snack around 3.
Atkins
bar or tuna or cheese and nuts

Dinner----
Roast chicken or Pork chops or pork loin or burgers (I miss lamb and steak
but $$$)
Green beans with butter or Brocoli Rabe w/Garlic & olive oil or salad if i
didn't have it at lunch
(maybe a few carrots if i made them for the kids)

That's about it!! I am content with food, I don't NEED more variety but I
probably should have more differet veggies. I dunno.

Any suggestions? Cheap quick veggie recipes? Quick cheap recipes in
general?
Note: I don't eat Mayo or Mustard and don't like veggies in cheese sauce.
Think more mediterenean :o)

Thanks- JoAnna
176/142/120 started LC 7/04

Dropped 30 wrote:

Yeah, I find now I am eating the same things all the time out of
convenience.

If you're on Atkins the book warns against lack of variety. Many
plans do because variety is the right thing to do.

I cook for the whole family and find I am eating green beans as one of my
only veggies!

Time to cease eating green beans for at least a week then.

Big Salad

I thought you wrote that green beans were your only veggie?
Salads count. Not much carb count but they are veggie.

Any suggestions? Cheap quick veggie recipes? Quick cheap recipes in general?

At this point it isn't the recipes it's the *shopping*.

Go to the store and buy stuff you've never bought before or haven't
bought for a long time. This may be difficult because you may have
mental filters that make you ignore items you don't normally buy
so take your time to actually look at every item in the grocer
section. Buy several types of allowed veggies. Look for the cheap
meats that are on sale but look for the ones you haven't gotten
recently No, that expensive buffalo steak in the specialty case
isn't what I mean until you have more bucks ;^). More like that
big pork roast on sale this week, or those discount turkey parts.

Once you get home with different stuff, you won't be able to eat
the exact same menu. Sounds dumb because most people think in
terms of having aq recipe and then shopping for it and this runs the
other direction, but it works very well.

So you see rappini on sale, or something with a name you don't
recognize. Look it over, see if it's a low carb veggie (rappini
is), and buy it. If you don't recognize its name, it IS variety!

Dropped 30 wrote:

Yeah, I find now I am eating the same things all the time out of
convenience.

If you're on Atkins the book warns against lack of variety. Many
plans do because variety is the right thing to do.

I cook for the whole family and find I am eating green beans as one of my
only veggies!

Time to cease eating green beans for at least a week then.

Big Salad

I thought you wrote that green beans were your only veggie?
Salads count. Not much carb count but they are veggie.

Any suggestions? Cheap quick veggie recipes? Quick cheap recipes in general?

At this point it isn't the recipes it's the *shopping*.

Go to the store and buy stuff you've never bought before or haven't
bought for a long time. This may be difficult because you may have
mental filters that make you ignore items you don't normally buy
so take your time to actually look at every item in the grocer
section. Buy several types of allowed veggies. Look for the cheap
meats that are on sale but look for the ones you haven't gotten
recently No, that expensive buffalo steak in the specialty case
isn't what I mean until you have more bucks ;^). More like that
big pork roast on sale this week, or those discount turkey parts.

Once you get home with different stuff, you won't be able to eat
the exact same menu. Sounds dumb because most people think in
terms of having aq recipe and then shopping for it and this runs the
other direction, but it works very well.

So you see rappini on sale, or something with a name you don't
recognize. Look it over, see if it's a low carb veggie (rappini
is), and buy it. If you don't recognize its name, it IS variety!