Congrats Steve!
I haven't had any weight loss lately, but clothes are fitting differently.
I haven't had any weight loss lately, but clothes are fitting differently.
Those look good Steve.
I did break down and buy some Xanthan Gum (EXPENSIVE) to use for slight thickening. It does wonders for a light thicken (jelling) of soy sauce based sauce in place of cornstarch. I used about a quarter teaspoon for about a quart of soup.
This is too late to help you, but it may help others. In a couple of our local grocery stores they sell these little packets of Xanthun Gum for a about sixty cents. A good way to check it out before making a large investment. It is usually in with the specialty baking items like Bob's Red Mill.
A little does go a long......long......................LONG ways.
I drank a shot glass of heavy cream for breakfast today. It was surprisingly filling and strangely tolerable.
~Kathleen
Not here. I simply can't tolerate real sugar at all. Even 8 gms of sugar kicks my blood glucose through the roof.So, 1/2 cup of granulated sugar would be 387 calories in the whole recipe, most likely you would get 12 servings out of the cake. That's 8 gms carbs in a serving.
Just pointing it out...I really hate artificial sweeteners and think everyone should give them a pass. Stick to real sugar.
Yes.Addiction?
I grew up in the bread eating tribe. Love fresh, homemade bread. Pasta, well not being Italian, pasta = spaghetti every Monday. I can't remember the last time I made spaghetti. Maybe 10-12 years ago? Easy to cut pasta out of my diet. I do, however, love barley, rice of the prairies, faro, quinoa, and wild rice. I would have a hard time cutting whole grains out of my diet. However, I have cut back on those.Addiction? In my case, memories. I grew up in a house where my Dad worked for a bread baking company. Many a day he would come home with a loaf fresh out of the commercial ovens. In the summer it was still warm - probably from being in a non-air conditioned car, but I could pretend it was still warm from the oven. Whenever I eat a slice of bread I think of Dad.
Mom stretched a lot of meals with noodles and spaghetti. We've been eating less and less pasta at our house over the years, subbing in grains like rice and bulgur. Again, though, it's a lot of the memory thing for me.
Mine, too. When I was shopping Thursday, cauliflower was $5.99/head at the produce market, $3.99 at the wholesaler. I skipped cauliflower this week, went with beets and fennel, instead.Thanks. Some of those look pretty good. The cauliflower "rice" has been a regular item in my diet lately.