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Hi All,
Now I am reading these posts about this yummy recipe and that good recipe, but I have yet to produce them myself. I have previously enjoyed a strong reputation as a good cook, but feel my status slipping with my few attempts of recent. I made the gross error of buying the Atkins bake mix at the pricey sum of $12.00 for a paltry 2 1/2 cups. I thought in the spirit of adventure I would try it out for occasional treats. The chocolate cookies were horrendous. Even the garbage can was insulted. Last night I tried another recipe for cheese biscuits. They were flat, too crumbly, and too salty. I want to incorporate normal foods at normal prices! So, I will continue my search for acceptable recipes for every day eating. I just cannot lose my "Domestic Goddess" status! Blessings to all, Jeano |
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Here's a link to the excellent Canadian Low Carb site featuring Chef
Karen Barnaby's recipes: http://www.lowcarb.ca/low-carb-recipes.html |
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My advice: Ditch all the fakey bakey crap and make real food. I have a
website with a few recipes on it, if your interested, in my sig. I too have always been the cook of the family, and have found that there's nothing too limiting about low carb foods to lead me into using the fake carb stuff. Jakey. |
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"Jake" wrote in message ... My advice: Ditch all the fakey bakey crap and make real food. I have a website with a few recipes on it, if your interested, in my sig. I too have always been the cook of the family, and have found that there's nothing too limiting about low carb foods to lead me into using the fake carb stuff. Jakey. Sig? We don't need no steenkin sig! Ah, ahem. Sorry. You forgot something. revek |
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Jeano,
My web page has some low carb recipes that non-dieting people will also enjoy. My advice is to avoid the commercial candies and bread substitutes because they either taste lousy or are full of hidden carbs. Concentrate on making delicious meat, cheese, and fibrous veggies and get away from thinking "cookies, cake, bread, and candy." The latter are habits and you can wean yourself off them. The Atkins Nutritionals crap just keeps you craving these dessert foods and doesn't help you change your way of thinking about food--a requirement for long term happy low carbing. There are lots of excellent low carb foods that don't rely on lab-science food additives. Fran McCullough's Low Carb Cookbook has some very snazzy low carb recipes. But you can often get by with old standards by replacing flour in sauces with "Not Starch" (a fiber thickener) and leaving out bread crumbs and other nonessential carbs. Look for low carb tomato sauces in the store (the Barilla Baking Sauce is the best I've found) and make things like eggplant parmesan with a lot of cheese and no breading, or bake up chicken breast with cheese and ham. Low carb macaroons, cheesecakes and creamcheese fudge can all be made without any hidden carbs and should satisfy the need for dessert. The protein powder pancake recipe on my web site makes a nice change from eggs. -- Jenny 168.5/137 Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings * Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats * Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise Starting from Zero * NEW! Do Starch Blockers Work? "Jeano" wrote in message om... Hi All, Now I am reading these posts about this yummy recipe and that good recipe, but I have yet to produce them myself. I have previously enjoyed a strong reputation as a good cook, but feel my status slipping with my few attempts of recent. I made the gross error of buying the Atkins bake mix at the pricey sum of $12.00 for a paltry 2 1/2 cups. I thought in the spirit of adventure I would try it out for occasional treats. The chocolate cookies were horrendous. Even the garbage can was insulted. Last night I tried another recipe for cheese biscuits. They were flat, too crumbly, and too salty. I want to incorporate normal foods at normal prices! So, I will continue my search for acceptable recipes for every day eating. I just cannot lose my "Domestic Goddess" status! Blessings to all, Jeano |
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"Jenny" wrote in message ...
Jeano, My web page has some low carb recipes that non-dieting people will also enjoy. My advice is to avoid the commercial candies and bread substitutes because they either taste lousy or are full of hidden carbs. Concentrate on making delicious meat, cheese, and fibrous veggies and get away from thinking "cookies, cake, bread, and candy." The latter are habits and you can wean yourself off them. The Atkins Nutritionals crap just keeps you craving these dessert foods and doesn't help you change your way of thinking about food--a requirement for long term happy low carbing. There are lots of excellent low carb foods that don't rely on lab-science food additives. Fran McCullough's Low Carb Cookbook has some very snazzy low carb recipes. But you can often get by with old standards by replacing flour in sauces with "Not Starch" (a fiber thickener) and leaving out bread crumbs and other nonessential carbs. Look for low carb tomato sauces in the store (the Barilla Baking Sauce is the best I've found) and make things like eggplant parmesan with a lot of cheese and no breading, or bake up chicken breast with cheese and ham. Low carb macaroons, cheesecakes and creamcheese fudge can all be made without any hidden carbs and should satisfy the need for dessert. The protein powder pancake recipe on my web site makes a nice change from eggs. -- Jenny 168.5/137 Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings * Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats * Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise Starting from Zero * NEW! Do Starch Blockers Work? "Jeano" wrote in message om... Hi All, Now I am reading these posts about this yummy recipe and that good recipe, but I have yet to produce them myself. I have previously enjoyed a strong reputation as a good cook, but feel my status slipping with my few attempts of recent. I made the gross error of buying the Atkins bake mix at the pricey sum of $12.00 for a paltry 2 1/2 cups. I thought in the spirit of adventure I would try it out for occasional treats. The chocolate cookies were horrendous. Even the garbage can was insulted. Last night I tried another recipe for cheese biscuits. They were flat, too crumbly, and too salty. I want to incorporate normal foods at normal prices! So, I will continue my search for acceptable recipes for every day eating. I just cannot lose my "Domestic Goddess" status! Blessings to all, Jeano Hi Jenny, Thank you for your post and advice. I checked out your website and printed the recipes. I checked out Garths' site also and plucked a few recipes from there as well. This is such a learning experience! |
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(Chet Hayes) wrote in message . com...
(Jeano) wrote in message . com... Hi All, Now I am reading these posts about this yummy recipe and that good recipe, but I have yet to produce them myself. I have previously enjoyed a strong reputation as a good cook, but feel my status slipping with my few attempts of recent. I made the gross error of buying the Atkins bake mix at the pricey sum of $12.00 for a paltry 2 1/2 cups. I thought in the spirit of adventure I would try it out for occasional treats. The chocolate cookies were horrendous. Even the garbage can was insulted. Last night I tried another recipe for cheese biscuits. They were flat, too crumbly, and too salty. I want to incorporate normal foods at normal prices! So, I will continue my search for acceptable recipes for every day eating. I just cannot lose my "Domestic Goddess" status! Blessings to all, Jeano Hi Chet, Just wanted to clarify normal foods-you know, stuff that grocers have heard of, nothing that is outlandishly colored or tasting, nothing that requires a second mortgage to purchase, that sort of thing! Oh, I feel soooo sorry for you. You just want normal foods at normal prices. Not too flat, not "crumbly", not too salty. Most of us are willing to accept some trade offs. There are some LC versions of regular foods that are quite good. But none are like your idea of regular foods. IMO, Atkins muffins, crunchers, Keto choc chip cookies, blueberry pancakes, are all excellent. |
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Jeano said:
I made the gross error of buying the Atkins bake mix at the pricey sum of $12.00 for a paltry 2 1/2 cups. I thought in the spirit of adventure I would try it out for occasional treats. The chocolate cookies were horrendous. Even the garbage can was insulted. Last night I tried another recipe for cheese biscuits. They were flat, too crumbly, and too salty. I want to incorporate normal foods at normal prices! I feel the same way. Since I will be doing this the rest of my like (low carbing I also want to make stuff that is good. I really don't like the soy stuff much and have been experimenting with alternatives. I have used oat flour and plan to use my newly purchased vanilla protein powder instead of white flour. I also bough Dana Carpender's cook book last week and want to try some of her recipes. I've used almond flour in a couple recipes but the only one that I love is my lemon bars made with a mixture of almond and oat flour. FTR, I bought the Atkins mix TWICE! The first time I didn't use it right away and assumed, when my pancakes were lousy, that the mix had "gone bad". Well, I bought some more and made somebody's recipe for scones. They smelled heavenly while baking but had the same nasty dry taste and fall-apart texture. Apparently the fault is not in my cooking but in the product. Nancy J 209/167/145 |
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