Recent content by theislandgirl

Just chiming in way late ... but the whole carb counting thing was a hot topic back in 2003/2004 and then low carb took a nose-dive with a lot of big name manufacturers hopping on the wag and making substandard products, then claiming low carb didn't work and didn't sell, when it was their crap...

Wild guess, baking or parchment paper... what we would call the en papillote method. At least, that's what I would use.

Anyone have any ideas on how to clean these babies (pump/oil mister)? I've got a couple of them, and it's the 'glaze' the oil seems to develop on the plastic pump parts that's the problem for me...NOT flavorful and interferes with the pumping ("crap" in short). Hate to give up on them and go...

Have you got all the results you need, then? You're done collecting? :ermm: Darn.

What an interesting idea! I planned and (half-built, half-extended) mine, and am quite pleased with the results. Sadley, there's no seeing the bones of it under all the stuff on the counters and hanging from the dual potracks! I could certainly wish for a larger one...I was forced to do the...

I lowered my bad cholesteral and increased my good cholesteral, and vastly improved my ratios (doctor said "awesome ratios!") by getting rid of sugars and refined starches in my life. Kept the beef and pork (and the good fats in oils, and fibers in nuts and flaxseed, and the "good"...

Actually, I do :chef:....this works best for North American labels, but go here: http://www.expertfoods.com/FAQ/labelbasics.php Enjoy.

I have never seen anything to indicate good clean natural coconut products raise the LDL or bad cholesteral in the body. Matter of fact, it seems more the other way, that coconut oil is a healthy fat.

I have never seen anything to indicate good clean natural coconut products raise the LDL or bad cholesteral in the body. Matter of fact, it seems more the other way, that coconut oil is a healthy fat.

Actually, sushi rice is seasoned with vinegar and sugar, it's distinctly sweet. I go for handrolls (cones) when I'm treating myself to some marvelously healthy sushi style foods, that way it either has less 'seasoned' rice (I avoid white or not-whole/processed carbohydrates and grains, minimum...

For topping vegetables and other flavoring purposes, I actually use I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray, which has a surprisingly "clean" ingredient list. A good low calorie option. For other quick sautes and egg frying, I actually use a (coconut oil based) MCT Oil with natural butter...

Sadly, if one is not excercising (properly or at all), preferably weight training as you pointed out, and one is not paying attention to the proteins, one is DEFINITELY not doing Atkins -- or any "low" or controlled carb regime -- correctly. It pays to do the reading and the research, no...

You're mixing up ketosis and ketoacidosis (which is often done, they're very close in spelling). You're in and out of ketosis all the time, in low carb it's a more "steady state". Ketones (ketosis is the production of ketones as a byproduct of breaking down fats) are the body's alternate...

I'm in the precise middle of a year of culinary training, having come from a lifetime of selfteaching and watching, like you. :chef: I have Professional Cooking, and the New Professional Chef, but right now I'm liking On Cooking (Labensky et al). Plenty of copies of just about any good text...

Greetings, Swifty, from a fellow Canadian (I'm out on Vancouver Island)! If you're watching Food Network Canada, you've GOT to watch Anna Olsen in her show "Sugar", she is a baker and Pastry Chef extraordinaire! I've got some great and simple ideas from watching that show. Enjoy!