trying harder to love low carb

[anotheranon]

D. and I have been on the low carb diet longer than it's been trendy, because D.'s doc prescribed it for his high triglycerides. We've both lost a good amount of weight in the past couple of years on it, but we were starting to get bored.

We've recently become aficionados of Food TV, and D. started recording Low Carb and Lovin' It (in addition to Good Eats, which we LURVE) and there were some good ideas (and some not so good ones) I decided to try out:

Jamaican Jerk Pork Loin - turns out pork is very low carb, and this is fairly simple to make. The hard part is finding jerk sauce in a bottle that is low carb (a couple at the grocery were mostly high fructose corn syrup - even if you're not worrying about carbohydrates that stuff is evil). Did manage to find one, and this is quite good. Even a half-loin still makes enough for two plus leftovers.

Little Mama's Side dish: replaced the cauliflower with broccoli because D. hates the former. This is quite good (bacon lends yummy salty-meaty flavor), but as neither of us like green olives we will probably leave them out next time. Both of us have needed to eat more green veg, so another plus - we'll be doing this one again :)

Strawberry cups - cheated and made with real sugar as Splenda tends to be pricey; also unfortunately didn't have any vanilla extract in the house so I wasn't able to whip the rest of the cream.

I'm not keen on strawberries (I know - heresy!!) and haven't tried this (yet?). D. says it is ok, but frankly the appearance is off-putting: it looks like one of those Pepto-Bismol pink 1950s parfait things :P

Overall review: I'm not especially thrilled with everything in the show (the replacement of squash for spaghetti in the Italian food show - I mean, some things just won't work!), but at least now I have ideas for some meat other than chicken.

Comments

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

I'm not keen on strawberries (I know - heresy!!)

I'M NOT ALONE!!!!! ANOTHER PERSON ON THE PLANET ISN'T WILD ABOUT STRAWBERRIES!!!!!!! It isn't heresy ... the rest of them just haven't seen the light ... yet. ;-)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I hate the way the little seeds stick in my teeth! I don't like most fruit, and it's almost never the flavor, it's the texture that's the sticking point...

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

And she's not wild about 'em for the same reasons!!!!! Invasive seeds!!!! Aside from fish (which is a smell/flavour thing), pretty much all my food dislikes are based on texture, while at the same time I often like the flavour. Eating IS terribly complicated, can't it? :P

[sarff-nodwydd.livejournal.com]

Spaghetti squash DOES work well as a replacement for pasta. I was a little leery too, but my mother insisted and it's delicious. Now, I stock up on spaghetti squash. It has a slightly sweet taste, but it's pretty non-descript so it blends well into whatever sauce you're using.

I don't have the option of low-carb pastas, since I'm gluten intolerant, but I'm still picky about what I'll tolerate as a substitute.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I have no problem with squashes, but D. won't go near any gourd on pain of death :P I might give it a whirl for myself one of these days though - thanks for the tip!

Ha ha ha - BUSTED!!!!

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

:::snicker snicker:: Ah HA!!! You can cook low carb!!!! Of course, you know what this means, don't you?

When you visit in September, YOU are doing the cooking, buwhahahaaa!!!

Gigi (smacking lips in low-carb glee)

Re: Ha ha ha - BUSTED!!!!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Cook, what is this "cook" you speak of? I just download dinner off the internet :P

Seriously, I'd be happy to cook, or try to. Just get me to that Indian place at least once!

Re: Ha ha ha - BUSTED!!!!

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Oh - no - I'm going to treat you right. Indian food, glazed doughnuts, c-c-c-c-coffee... the only thing you have to do is enjoy yourself.

[rubyjones.livejournal.com]

Wow. I don't know how people can not eat certain foods. I ♥ all foods, all textures, bring it on! I LIVE on fruit (its better than chocolate - except for double chocolate mud cake). Pfftt. Crazy woman and husband :D