Thanksgiving ideas?

On Nov 7, 8:54 am, Susan wrote:

1/2 of a 2.8 oz can of French's French Fried Onions

NO! NO! NO!
Any LCer should know better than to eat that trans fatty crap!

French's French Fried Onions (or Durkee's for that matter) are not fit
for human consumption.

NO!

--Bryan

"Cheri" gserviceatinreachdotcom writes:

em wrote in message ...

I use the blood sugar excuse, even though my blood sugar has
normalized due
to low-carbing. "Nope, looks great, wish I could have it but I can't.
I've
got diabetes."

Mike

Really? I'd much sooner just say oh, no thank you, I've had plenty of
everything, otherwise people will keep trying to find things for you
to eat next time, such as "sugar free" cookies, candies etc. Besides,
no reason to make others uncomfortable by feeling that they're eating
good stuff in front of you, while you're deprived. :-)

"I've had plenty" doesn't really work if you haven't eaten anything yet,
though. I tried saying I'm diabetic, but you're right: then people push
the foods they've been told are fine for diabetics, like potatoes
(complex carbs can't be wrong!) or pie made with sugar-free pudding. So
I've backed away from that, and now I say something more vague, like, "I
have to watch my blood sugar." They don't really know what that means,
as much as they think they know what diabetes means, so it's harder for
them to be helpful.

If I don't feel like getting into that and drawing a bunch of sympathy,
and it's a group I probably won't be around again, I just say, "No
thanks, I'm not eating today," and let them savor the mystery.



--
Aaron -- 285/254/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

Bobo Bonobo® writes:

The consequences of taking a day off of low carbing are putting back
on a load of glycogen, going out of ketosis *temporarilty*, and having
to go through a couple of days of induction (which many find rather
unpleasant).

That used to be my plan too, but it didn't work out very well. By the
time I attended 3-4 Thanksgiving celebrations and 4-5 Christmas parties, I
ended up being out of ketosis for a large chunk of late November to early
January. If you can limit yourself to one off-diet day and get right
back on plan the next day, more power to you.



--
Aaron -- 285/254/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

On Nov 9, 10:11 am, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
On Nov 6, 11:51 pm, "em" wrote:

I'm not about to cook a turkey this year, at least not a whole fricken'
bird. I've been thinking about a honey-baked ham, but they add too much
sugar.

WAY too much. The outside is like candy. You know, you can get
pretty darned small turkeys, and you can order one fresh, never
frozen. Which reminds me...

There are also ducks, and don't forget about baked chicken.

What's a good simple thing to cook other than steak and eggs? I have
a slow cooker, if that helps.

Steak and eggs are everyday staples. We're talking Thanksgiving.



Also, there's a lot of carby crap that goes along with tg, mashed potatoes
and so forth. What are some of the things you guys make, especially the
simple stuff? Also, what's a good mashed potato substitute make out of
cauliflower?

That cauliflower stuff is repulsive.

How was this cauliflower mashed prepared? Lots of us here eat it all
the time and think it tastes fine. I wouldn't say it's as good as
real mashed potatoes, but I think it tastes good. I've served it to
people not on LC, including kids, and they liked it and couldn't guess
what it really was made from.

My newest version is to add some shredded cheddar and chives/scallions
added at the end.

On Nov 9, 2:57 pm, "
wrote:
On Nov 9, 10:11 am, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:



On Nov 6, 11:51 pm, "em" wrote:

I'm not about to cook a turkey this year, at least not a whole fricken'
bird. I've been thinking about a honey-baked ham, but they add too much
sugar.

WAY too much. The outside is like candy. You know, you can get
pretty darned small turkeys, and you can order one fresh, never
frozen. Which reminds me...

There are also ducks, and don't forget about baked chicken.

What's a good simple thing to cook other than steak and eggs? I have
a slow cooker, if that helps.

Steak and eggs are everyday staples. We're talking Thanksgiving.

Also, there's a lot of carby crap that goes along with tg, mashed potatoes
and so forth. What are some of the things you guys make, especially the
simple stuff? Also, what's a good mashed potato substitute make out of
cauliflower?

That cauliflower stuff is repulsive.

How was this cauliflower mashed prepared? Lots of us here eat it all
the time and think it tastes fine. I wouldn't say it's as good as
real mashed potatoes, but I think it tastes good. I've served it to
people not on LC, including kids, and they liked it and couldn't guess
what it really was made from.

My newest version is to add some shredded cheddar and chives/scallions
added at the end.

I find cauliflower, like I said, repulsive, One thing that could make
it worse is scallions.

--Bryan

wrote:

How was this cauliflower mashed prepared? Lots of us here eat it all
the time and think it tastes fine. I wouldn't say it's as good as
real mashed potatoes, but I think it tastes good. I've served it to
people not on LC, including kids, and they liked it and couldn't guess
what it really was made from.

Yeah, I like it for itself. It's my favorite way to eat cauliflower.

I also use cauliflower in a creamy leek soup and it's good that way too.


My newest version is to add some shredded cheddar and chives/scallions
added at the end.

I've done chives many times, but for some reason scallions never occured
to me. Have to give that a shot.

I think cheddar would be nice if you sprinkled it over the top and baked
it... sort of a twice-baked cauliflower.

--
http://www.ornery-geeks.org/consulting/

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:26:40 -0800, Bobo Bonobo®
wrote:

On Nov 7, 8:54 am, Susan wrote:

1/2 of a 2.8 oz can of French's French Fried Onions

NO! NO! NO!
Any LCer should know better than to eat that trans fatty crap!

French's French Fried Onions (or Durkee's for that matter) are not fit
for human consumption.

NO!

--Bryan

The recipe makes six servings. My math's not perfect today, but that
looks like about a tablespoon of the "evil" onions. I'm thinking all
that stress would cause more damage than that.

Here's Alton "Hottie" Brown's Green Bean Casserole recipe -- with
"real" onions. Maybe between the two, a more "acceptable" recipe?

http://tinyurl.com/38fe98


--
BlueBrooke
254/225/135

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 21:12:02 -0800, "em" wrote:


"Cheri" gserviceatinreachdotcom wrote in message
...

em wrote in message ...

I use the blood sugar excuse, even though my blood sugar has
normalized due
to low-carbing. "Nope, looks great, wish I could have it but I can't.
I've
got diabetes."

Mike

Really? I'd much sooner just say oh, no thank you, I've had plenty of
everything, otherwise people will keep trying to find things for you
to eat next time, such as "sugar free" cookies, candies etc. Besides,
no reason to make others uncomfortable by feeling that they're eating
good stuff in front of you, while you're deprived. :-)

Its just been the easier way to go, and its true. My AM blood sugar was
regularly 220ish before I started low-carb.

Also, this is really serious stuff to me. I'm a total sugar junky and I used
to be really obese. If I have that "just one cookie" or whatever, I go over
the edge.

I'm pretty direct about what I will and won't eat with people. I can eat
this and this and this, I can't eat this and this and this.

Mike

The other thing is that even though your BG is normalized now, it
won't be for long if you don't stick to your guns. I find that if I
stick to what I know for a good period of time -- a month or more -- I
can get away with being lax for maybe three days. After that, it
takes several weeks to get things under control again. Sometimes it's
worth it -- sometimes it's not. :-)

I don't tend to tell people why I eat the way I do. I've made up my
mind and people are entitled to their opinions, but I don't really
care to listen to them.

I can't remember where it was, but someone was talking about how
people were asking her to check their blood glucose all the time. Why
would they ask that? Her meter isn't hanging around her neck, is it?
I'm just more private than that, I guess.

Good job.


--
BlueBrooke
254/225/135

BlueBrooke .@. wrote in message ...

I don't tend to tell people why I eat the way I do. I've made up my
mind and people are entitled to their opinions, but I don't really
care to listen to them.

I can't remember where it was, but someone was talking about how
people were asking her to check their blood glucose all the time.
Why
would they ask that? Her meter isn't hanging around her neck, is it?
I'm just more private than that, I guess.


That's where I'm coming from. I keep many things to myself. My family
and friends know I'm diabetic, but I still feed them things that they
like to have. I have had friends ask me to test them, and I used to,
but I only test my family anymore. Best for the friends to be checked
by their doctor, and that way I never have to be the bearer of bad
news. :-)

Cheri

BlueBrooke wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:26:40 -0800, Bobo Bonobo®


The recipe makes six servings. My math's not perfect today, but that
looks like about a tablespoon of the "evil" onions. I'm thinking all
that stress would cause more damage than that.

Here's Alton "Hottie" Brown's Green Bean Casserole recipe -- with
"real" onions. Maybe between the two, a more "acceptable" recipe?

http://tinyurl.com/38fe98


That looks good....but what is panko?