On May 2, 12:37*pm, Doug Freyburger wrote:
Nana.Wilson wrote:

I Googled it & found that the fiber content is high in the smoothies as it
does not separate the pulp from the juice, *it is ALL contained in the
juice.

Most juice recipes still start with high carb fruits. *You will not get
the benefits of low carbing with that strategy. *The difference is small
with or without the fiber. *Fruit juice is still high carb.

With shakes/smoothies that really are low carb the berries are used as
flavoring not as a base ingredient. *Almost spice levels. *At that level
it doesn't matter nearly as much if the fiber remains or not.


I used to make shakes using silken tofu, LC milk and
DaVinci or similar syrup. I use either the Hood LC milk
or one of the unsweetned almond milk products.
As you point out, you could also use some real LC fruit,
eg blueberries, strawberries, etc.

I agree with you and the others on the problems of
trying to use a juice machine approach. If you put
in typical fruits it's going to have significant carbs.
And if you use vegs that are LC, like celery and
spinach I don't think it's going to taste so great.
Maybe with some careful blending there could be
some middle ground. I would think googling LC
blender shakes or similar might be productive.




I can make peanut butter too with 'nuthing' but peanuts!

If you use unsalted peanuts you'll want to add a bit of salt. *If you
use salted peanuts you'll want to look for unsalted ones to mix in to
dilute the salt.

Have you been able to make nut butter or bean paste in your big loud
commercial blender? *Nice. *Peanut paste is not the only type of bean
paste you can make.

I'm not much for red meat (just a personal preference)

Plenty of feather, fin and shell meats.

I love hummus. *What is lower carb that I can dip into it?

Celery sticks. *Chicharon aka pork rinds. *Because hummus is based on a
legume and a sed it's already fairly high in carb.

Instead of hummus, she should be looking at
baba ganoush. Similar, but since it uses eggplant
it's low carb.