Low Carb Cook
9/12/2011
Low carb Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts.
I made this one for a party this weekend. IT was a complete hit with everyone! Not super low carb but it's very tasty.
1 pound of bacon, thin sliced and cut in 1/2
2 cans of whole water chestnuts
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup "rooster sauce" or other Asian chili sauce
1/4 cup splenda "Blend"
2 tbsp molasses - I cant find a low carb substitute that has the right flavor.
cook the bacon until almost crisp, wrap around each chestnut and pin in place with a toothpick. Mix up the sauce and pour over the chestnuts, bake in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. All done! I tried to do this with 100% splenda and it just does not taste right. What you are making is a barbecue sauce from the mayo and sugar. the chili sauce makes it spicy and brings an additional flavor to the party. If anyone finds a way of making this even lower carb, please let me know. Most of the sauce ends up in the bottom of the pan. you eat approximately 1/4 of the sauce that is made on the chestnuts. ¶ 8:23 AM 0 comments
1 pound of bacon, thin sliced and cut in 1/2
2 cans of whole water chestnuts
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup "rooster sauce" or other Asian chili sauce
1/4 cup splenda "Blend"
2 tbsp molasses - I cant find a low carb substitute that has the right flavor.
cook the bacon until almost crisp, wrap around each chestnut and pin in place with a toothpick. Mix up the sauce and pour over the chestnuts, bake in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. All done! I tried to do this with 100% splenda and it just does not taste right. What you are making is a barbecue sauce from the mayo and sugar. the chili sauce makes it spicy and brings an additional flavor to the party. If anyone finds a way of making this even lower carb, please let me know. Most of the sauce ends up in the bottom of the pan. you eat approximately 1/4 of the sauce that is made on the chestnuts. ¶ 8:23 AM 0 comments
4/11/2011
Low-ish Coconut Chicken Curry
This makes about 4 servings
1 lb chicken meat I like frozen chicken tender sized pieces to eliminate cutting and trimming.
4 tablespoons of coconut oil
1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut
2 tablespoons of "sweet" curry powder use "hot" if you like a bite
½ teaspoon of turmeric
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoon cooking safe sweetener of your choice
1 onion sliced
3 cloves of garlic
1 inch piece of grated ginger
½ can coconut milk
Squeeze of lemon
½ cup of plain yogurt (optional to reduce heat or add smoothness)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
In a large frying pan heat up the coconut oil on medium heat. Mix in spices: curry powder,coconut, turmeric, cinnamon, garlic, ginger and sweetener. Cook spices for about 10 minutes. If the spices are starting to look dry and are clumping you can add a bit of water or more oil. Add chopped onion and cook till translucent for 5 minutes. Add chicken and coconut milk to the pan and simmer for 25-30min. Squeeze and mix a bit of lemon juice over the curry. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Optional ingredients.:
To cut down on the spiciness of the curry you can add plain yogurt to it.
Also you can add some red pepper sauce or crushed red peppers to make it a lot more lively.
About 15G carbs per serving. without the yogurt it's less. ¶ 11:29 AM 0 comments
1 lb chicken meat I like frozen chicken tender sized pieces to eliminate cutting and trimming.
4 tablespoons of coconut oil
1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut
2 tablespoons of "sweet" curry powder use "hot" if you like a bite
½ teaspoon of turmeric
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoon cooking safe sweetener of your choice
1 onion sliced
3 cloves of garlic
1 inch piece of grated ginger
½ can coconut milk
Squeeze of lemon
½ cup of plain yogurt (optional to reduce heat or add smoothness)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
In a large frying pan heat up the coconut oil on medium heat. Mix in spices: curry powder,coconut, turmeric, cinnamon, garlic, ginger and sweetener. Cook spices for about 10 minutes. If the spices are starting to look dry and are clumping you can add a bit of water or more oil. Add chopped onion and cook till translucent for 5 minutes. Add chicken and coconut milk to the pan and simmer for 25-30min. Squeeze and mix a bit of lemon juice over the curry. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Optional ingredients.:
To cut down on the spiciness of the curry you can add plain yogurt to it.
Also you can add some red pepper sauce or crushed red peppers to make it a lot more lively.
About 15G carbs per serving. without the yogurt it's less. ¶ 11:29 AM 0 comments
2/14/2008
Things to do to kickstart your health. and weight loss.
Here are some additional tips I will be following as I get back to a sane weight and healthy life. These go well with and underline the ones from earlier.
1 - drink a 12 ounce glass of water BEFORE every meal. This will fill me up faster and help with hydration. Remember eating less is a good thing.
2 - Exercise in the morning. Yes it sucks but you HAVE to do it and you HAVE to do it every day. 3 times a week exercise is a lie that they tell you you need to build a habit and habits only work if they are every single day. Only 20-30 minutes on the treadmill works wonders.
3 - drink coffee before/ during your workout. Get out of bed and get a 1 cup a day coffee habit going. At least get some caffeine in your system to boost your workout. as little as 100mg of the stuff gives you an edge as you workout. Remember, even the "strongest" energy drinks have less caffeine that a cup of coffee.
4 - drink more water. Lots more. As in my eyeballs are floating.
5 - Fruits. yes even the high carb fruits are better for you than anything else. If you hate fruit and berries and only can stand a little then go for blueberries only. a small hand full every morning will do you really good.
6 - PAY ATTENTION! track your exercise, food intake and diet. Don't slouch on this as you need to learn how to eat. Yes you heard that right, you don't know how to eat and re-learn it.
7 - Find "good" fast food. Mcdonalds and Burger king are bad. The food there is so processed it's barely food anymore. a egg mc muffin is really bad. BUT the same thing made at a restaurant that cracks an egg and cooks it and takes out that muffin and cuts it open is far better for you than the franken-food you get at the big chains. If you HAVE to go to a fast food place or restaurant, pick a small place that makes it closer to what you do at home.
8 - remove reasons to go to a restaurant. Honestly anything made there is bad as they dont use the best, only the cheapest. at home you can use high fiber whole wheat bread, brown eggs, etc.... find very quick meals you can make at home. It's cheaper and far better for you.
9 - get healthy snacks, banish all the bad ones. If you have a spouse that refuses to diet and will not give up her 2 bag a day cheetos habit, you are going to have this tough. If you can get cooperation get rid of all the crap in the pantry and never ever bring it in the house. Make sure you have healthy replacements on hand though. Pay more for the bowl of precut ready to eat fruits if you cant be bothered to do it yourself every weekend. cheese sticks, carrots, nuts, etc... have something on hand when you get the munchies.
10 - Cut your TV viewing in 1/2. TV is sedentary and only makes you gain weight. limit your exposure to it by buying a DVR/PVR or something else that records only what you want to watch and lets you watch it on your schedule. Get outside, get up and clean, rearrange the house, do something other than sitting there. ¶ 8:36 AM 0 comments
1 - drink a 12 ounce glass of water BEFORE every meal. This will fill me up faster and help with hydration. Remember eating less is a good thing.
2 - Exercise in the morning. Yes it sucks but you HAVE to do it and you HAVE to do it every day. 3 times a week exercise is a lie that they tell you you need to build a habit and habits only work if they are every single day. Only 20-30 minutes on the treadmill works wonders.
3 - drink coffee before/ during your workout. Get out of bed and get a 1 cup a day coffee habit going. At least get some caffeine in your system to boost your workout. as little as 100mg of the stuff gives you an edge as you workout. Remember, even the "strongest" energy drinks have less caffeine that a cup of coffee.
4 - drink more water. Lots more. As in my eyeballs are floating.
5 - Fruits. yes even the high carb fruits are better for you than anything else. If you hate fruit and berries and only can stand a little then go for blueberries only. a small hand full every morning will do you really good.
6 - PAY ATTENTION! track your exercise, food intake and diet. Don't slouch on this as you need to learn how to eat. Yes you heard that right, you don't know how to eat and re-learn it.
7 - Find "good" fast food. Mcdonalds and Burger king are bad. The food there is so processed it's barely food anymore. a egg mc muffin is really bad. BUT the same thing made at a restaurant that cracks an egg and cooks it and takes out that muffin and cuts it open is far better for you than the franken-food you get at the big chains. If you HAVE to go to a fast food place or restaurant, pick a small place that makes it closer to what you do at home.
8 - remove reasons to go to a restaurant. Honestly anything made there is bad as they dont use the best, only the cheapest. at home you can use high fiber whole wheat bread, brown eggs, etc.... find very quick meals you can make at home. It's cheaper and far better for you.
9 - get healthy snacks, banish all the bad ones. If you have a spouse that refuses to diet and will not give up her 2 bag a day cheetos habit, you are going to have this tough. If you can get cooperation get rid of all the crap in the pantry and never ever bring it in the house. Make sure you have healthy replacements on hand though. Pay more for the bowl of precut ready to eat fruits if you cant be bothered to do it yourself every weekend. cheese sticks, carrots, nuts, etc... have something on hand when you get the munchies.
10 - Cut your TV viewing in 1/2. TV is sedentary and only makes you gain weight. limit your exposure to it by buying a DVR/PVR or something else that records only what you want to watch and lets you watch it on your schedule. Get outside, get up and clean, rearrange the house, do something other than sitting there. ¶ 8:36 AM 0 comments
1/16/2008
Low Carb Jambalaya
I love the packaged Jambalaya mixes, problem is they have low grade rice and sugray crap in them.... Here's my version.
1 pound high quality sausage or chicken breast or other meats you like...
2 TBSP Creole seasoning.
Packaged or from scratch... Here's my from scratch Creole seasoning....
* 2 tablespoons onion powder
* 2 tablespoons garlic powder
* 2 tablespoons dried oregano leaves
* 2 tablespoons dried sweet basil
* 1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves
* 1 tablespoon black pepper
* 1 tablespoon white pepper
* 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
* 1 tablespoon celery seed
* 5 tablespoons sweet paprika
pulse all the above in a food processor a few times, add more cayenne for more heat.
1/4 cup cooked whole grain brown rice.
1/2 cup onions
1/2 cup finely chopped diakon radish.
1/2 cup cheese (optional)
cut up and brown the meat, get it fully cooked, now add the veggies and spices and cook until tender, add in the rice and toss for 2 minutes, cover and let simmer on low for 15 minutes, add cheeses to the top, cover for 2 minutes and serve.
Really low carb, only from the rice and onions count the rice by 1/2 because of long grain with fiber in it. ¶ 2:13 PM 0 comments
1 pound high quality sausage or chicken breast or other meats you like...
2 TBSP Creole seasoning.
Packaged or from scratch... Here's my from scratch Creole seasoning....
* 2 tablespoons onion powder
* 2 tablespoons garlic powder
* 2 tablespoons dried oregano leaves
* 2 tablespoons dried sweet basil
* 1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves
* 1 tablespoon black pepper
* 1 tablespoon white pepper
* 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
* 1 tablespoon celery seed
* 5 tablespoons sweet paprika
pulse all the above in a food processor a few times, add more cayenne for more heat.
1/4 cup cooked whole grain brown rice.
1/2 cup onions
1/2 cup finely chopped diakon radish.
1/2 cup cheese (optional)
cut up and brown the meat, get it fully cooked, now add the veggies and spices and cook until tender, add in the rice and toss for 2 minutes, cover and let simmer on low for 15 minutes, add cheeses to the top, cover for 2 minutes and serve.
Really low carb, only from the rice and onions count the rice by 1/2 because of long grain with fiber in it. ¶ 2:13 PM 0 comments
2008 My plan....
2008 is the year I change my lifestyle and get healthy. Low carbing IS a part of being healthy in spite of what these nut jobs out there say, Our grandparents and civilization outside the USA all live low carb.
So my steps.....
1 - fast food is taboo.. the ONLY fast food allowed is salad or Sub places with Whole wheat bread or wraps. I don't care if everyone else wants to go out to tacobell for gut bombs... you do not go. do NOT eat that fast food junk.
2 - corn syrup is taboo.. If it's has high fructose corn syrup or any thing but cane sugar or honey in it is taboo. Corn syrup I am certain is the downfall of health.
3 - drink 2 additional pints of water a day. One of them is first thing in the AM. you really need to do this. It helps keep you full as well.
4 - Fresh fruit is no longer taboo... sorry but low carbing usually means leaving out fruit, I disagree. Eat fruit, at least 6 servings a day. Prefer you to eat 1 serving of blueberries or something that is very high in antioxidents daily.
5 - Add mini-exercise where you go... Get a hand exerciser and build your grip while you drive, do not use the elevator for anything more than 3 floors. Get off your butt.
6 - More nuts! the higher fiber type like Almonds. eat at least 10 nuts (small handfull) daily. stay away from the pure fatty ones.
7 - Eat more veggies.. Come on, get over it and eat at least a couple of celery sticks and a carrot stick or something else a day.. add this to what you already eat.
8 - Pay attention.. You cant just wing it, pay attention to what you eat every day. Make a conscious decision to eat good food instead of that crap that everyone else eats. when you shop do not buy crap, and certainly refuse to buy anything that has corn syrup in it.
that's my start for this year.... ¶ 2:00 PM 0 comments
So my steps.....
1 - fast food is taboo.. the ONLY fast food allowed is salad or Sub places with Whole wheat bread or wraps. I don't care if everyone else wants to go out to tacobell for gut bombs... you do not go. do NOT eat that fast food junk.
2 - corn syrup is taboo.. If it's has high fructose corn syrup or any thing but cane sugar or honey in it is taboo. Corn syrup I am certain is the downfall of health.
3 - drink 2 additional pints of water a day. One of them is first thing in the AM. you really need to do this. It helps keep you full as well.
4 - Fresh fruit is no longer taboo... sorry but low carbing usually means leaving out fruit, I disagree. Eat fruit, at least 6 servings a day. Prefer you to eat 1 serving of blueberries or something that is very high in antioxidents daily.
5 - Add mini-exercise where you go... Get a hand exerciser and build your grip while you drive, do not use the elevator for anything more than 3 floors. Get off your butt.
6 - More nuts! the higher fiber type like Almonds. eat at least 10 nuts (small handfull) daily. stay away from the pure fatty ones.
7 - Eat more veggies.. Come on, get over it and eat at least a couple of celery sticks and a carrot stick or something else a day.. add this to what you already eat.
8 - Pay attention.. You cant just wing it, pay attention to what you eat every day. Make a conscious decision to eat good food instead of that crap that everyone else eats. when you shop do not buy crap, and certainly refuse to buy anything that has corn syrup in it.
that's my start for this year.... ¶ 2:00 PM 0 comments
12/28/2007
I'm not dead.
I've taken a bit of a hiatus... I will be back very soon though.
Lowcarbcook will return! ¶ 8:19 PM 0 comments
Lowcarbcook will return! ¶ 8:19 PM 0 comments
3/06/2006
Palm Carb software
Ok it's has been a really long time cince my last post here. I have been working in Detroit and living 160 miles away so I have had zero time for cooking to put up tried and tasty recipies here. I also am gaining weight as I cant eat right while on the road 6 hours a day (resturants suck!) so I am going to have to start all over here soon.
Anyways, I found a great tool for all carb counting people. A FREE and open source carbcounting application for the palm pilot. carblog used to be a commercial product but is not open source. if you go to the products page it links off to a sourceforge page here that allows you to download the program for your palm or the sourcecode if you are a techie. you can also get gobs of meal databases from the first website to make it really easy to count those carbs.
I love the program because it has the best database available of foods and that even when you had to buy it, it was not overpriced like the atkins program.
Go download this, install it and keep a better track of your carb intake.
and I promise, I will have a nice low-carb Thai chicken stir fry recipie here for you to try very soon. It's really simple and tastes great. (Plus you can get lots of heat to it as well! ¶ 8:21 AM 1 comments
Anyways, I found a great tool for all carb counting people. A FREE and open source carbcounting application for the palm pilot. carblog used to be a commercial product but is not open source. if you go to the products page it links off to a sourceforge page here that allows you to download the program for your palm or the sourcecode if you are a techie. you can also get gobs of meal databases from the first website to make it really easy to count those carbs.
I love the program because it has the best database available of foods and that even when you had to buy it, it was not overpriced like the atkins program.
Go download this, install it and keep a better track of your carb intake.
and I promise, I will have a nice low-carb Thai chicken stir fry recipie here for you to try very soon. It's really simple and tastes great. (Plus you can get lots of heat to it as well! ¶ 8:21 AM 1 comments
12/11/2005
Low carb French Fries
Yes you heard that right, French fries that TASTE like french fries only a little bit tangier. If you eat them with vinegar or catsup you will never know the difference. I have heard of this recipie before and poo-pooed it because it simply sounds wierd and CANT taste good. Now, these will not taste like Mc Donalds fries and certianly will not have their trademark texture and crunch. But as a low-carb eater we really cant be that picky. Yes I have eaten these myself, And i have also unleashed them on non low carb eating friends without telling them what they are. Lets get to eating some fries!
Shopping List
Daikon Turnip/Raddish -- I have heard this called both a radish and a turnip. doesnt matter get the thing that looks like a big white carrot and has the Daikon name. raw it will taste like a very mild radish.
Recipie
1 Daikon radish cut into fries
1 TSP Soy flour
1 dash crushed red pepper
1 dash salt
EHeat up your oil, if you have a deep fyrer set to to the highest setting for fries if you are doing this on your stove please be careful and get it up to around 325 deg F.
Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Slice the Diakon into thin fries.. kind of the size that you get at a fast food resturant. 1 of them will make a decent pile of fries. rinse them off, try to dry them a little bit and toss in the bowl with your dry ingredients to coat all the fires. This will give you the "seasoned fries" taste. yes you CAN cook them without coating them but I really like seasoned fries.
Deep fry them in batches of about a handful at a time until browned a bit. thery will not get the color of regular fries and they will not be super crispy.
that is about it. I love these things and they work great to solve that "I gotta have fries" craving. ¶ 10:30 AM 0 comments
Shopping List
Daikon Turnip/Raddish -- I have heard this called both a radish and a turnip. doesnt matter get the thing that looks like a big white carrot and has the Daikon name. raw it will taste like a very mild radish.
Recipie
1 Daikon radish cut into fries
1 TSP Soy flour
1 dash crushed red pepper
1 dash salt
EHeat up your oil, if you have a deep fyrer set to to the highest setting for fries if you are doing this on your stove please be careful and get it up to around 325 deg F.
Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Slice the Diakon into thin fries.. kind of the size that you get at a fast food resturant. 1 of them will make a decent pile of fries. rinse them off, try to dry them a little bit and toss in the bowl with your dry ingredients to coat all the fires. This will give you the "seasoned fries" taste. yes you CAN cook them without coating them but I really like seasoned fries.
Deep fry them in batches of about a handful at a time until browned a bit. thery will not get the color of regular fries and they will not be super crispy.
that is about it. I love these things and they work great to solve that "I gotta have fries" craving. ¶ 10:30 AM 0 comments
