Low carb (very very low carb)

[eastbaychicks]

I just invented a new recipe

I call it Italian Sushi

One roll

Various greens combined (spinache, baby lettuce, micro-greens, sprouts, romaine) I'd go for greens that are a little spicy if you like. (negligible cals maybe 5)
Half a hard boiled egg (about 50 cals)
Salt and pepper (no cals)
Prosciutto (about 60 cals)

S&P the egg... lay out prosciutto and add a small amount of greens set the egg on top and wrap! I had 4 of these for dinner which was about 450 calories... and it was oh so yummy! I was in a really bored mood and was really craving sushi (which we all know has lots of white rice on it), so I got creative. My friend and I were being so silly acting like Italians it makes it so much more fun to make them.

How to cook a hard boiled egg according to Debra Madsen in Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. Add cold water in a pan to cover eggs, bring to a boil. Just as the water boils add 2T Salt and 1T ACV and set the timer for 1 min. After that remove from heat and cover the pan for 6 mins. Plunge in ice water bath and you'll have THE most perfect cooked HBE ever. Note you want the yolk to be just set so there should be a soft spot in the middle when you slice them and no green coloring. Otherwise you're overcooking the eggs as unto pasta that's super soft.

 

[19Dawn76]

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Thanks a bunch!

 

[Wifezilla]

A calorie, is a calorie--in the case of food it is DE (Digestible Energy) and it is a unit of measure.

A calorie is a measure of COMBUSTION. When you eat food, it does get lit on fire.

High protein and fat diets also have consequences for the body. Organs that process those types of foods (kidneys and liver esp.) take a lot of wear and tear.

This was a theory (proteins are hard on the kidneys) that, like many others, looked good on paper but did not stand up to scientific testing.

" The long-running Nurses' Health Study, for example, showed that a high protein intake was not associated with renal function decline in women whose kidneys were healthy at the start of the study."
http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/kidney.html

"If you have healthy kidneys, you can't eat enough protein to damage your kidneys." - Elizabeth Ward, British Kidney Association

Funny enough, two of the biggest causes of kidney damage are high blood pressure and diabetes...both of which are caused by high carbohydrate consumption.

Here is the story of Dr. Richard Bernstein, a type 1 diabetic who reversed his kidney disease with a very low carb diet.
http://www.rajeun.net/fifty.html​

 

[Wifezilla]

"A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same. "
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/

A calorie isn't a calorie even when you are talking about 2 different kinds of carbohydrates.

 

[patman75]

One of my favorite low carb egg drinks. Quick and easy.

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/recipes/recipe167.php

 

[19Dawn76]

I found a recipe for an asparagus Souffle I would like to try but it calls for 1 1/4 cups of crackers.

Any suggestions for a substitute?

 

[Ryu]

A Gram Calorie is a unit of 'heat', a DE Calorie is what is used to measure usable 'digestible energy' from food. They are two different units of measure.

It is hard to damage normal tissue with high protein, but people-and I include myself here-who are over weight are not healthy or normal.

 

[Wifezilla]

If you skip the carbs, you lose the weight. And no, your kidney's don't explode. It is the carbs that cause the kidney damage.

As for the souffle, is there a crust or is it just mixed in with the eggs?

I need to update, but here is one of my before and during shots...

Left....low fat and whole grains.
Right.... NO grains, lots of meat and whole dairy

 

[patman75]

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I need to dig around and find my fat pictures and do a side by side comparison.
6 foot 225lbs on the american standard diet.
Low carb, lots of veggies, fruit, meat, healthy fats, no dairy,1 serving of gluten free alternative grain. 155-160lbs.

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

patman You could try using the porkrinds if you season them and crush them in the food processor they work great. I use them to coat chicken,fish etc even my grandkids dont know the difference when I use them in fried chicken they think its shake n bake.lol
edited for spelling