Recipes for: January 13, 2009
Lunch: Curried Chicken Salad made with a chicken breast I poached on Saturday to make broth for the Gumbo. I cut up the chicken breast, added 1/2 a green pepper, diced, mayonnaise (Hellman's!), 1/2 teaspon of mild curry powder. Ate this on some bagged lettuce, some cut up tomatoes (little ones - on the vine - from Costco), and half an avocado (from a bag of five - also from Costco). Lunch for two (Jim and I work in the same office) easier than pie.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Recipes for: January 11, 2009
Dinner: Beef Stew: put 1/2 large onion, chopped, a handful of baby carrots (the kind they sell in a sealed plastic bag), 4 stalks celery, in big pieces, 2 turnips, peeled and chopped in big pieces, 1 clove garlic chopped, in a large crock pot. Brown 2 pounds of beef cubes in olive oil (in batches) and add to the crock pot. Add 2 bay leaves, 1 can crushed or diced tomatoes. Cover, cook on high for 5-6 hours, or on high for 1 hour and low for 7-8 hours. Serve with mashed cauliflower and a salad.
Snack: Pecan Sandies from Dana Carpender's 500 Low-Carb Recipes. I used erithritol and a couple of packs of Truvia instead of sucralose (I just don't like the taste of sucralose). These cookies are pretty good. Next time, I'll add a little more sweetener - maybe 5-6 packs of Truvia.
Dinner: Beef Stew: put 1/2 large onion, chopped, a handful of baby carrots (the kind they sell in a sealed plastic bag), 4 stalks celery, in big pieces, 2 turnips, peeled and chopped in big pieces, 1 clove garlic chopped, in a large crock pot. Brown 2 pounds of beef cubes in olive oil (in batches) and add to the crock pot. Add 2 bay leaves, 1 can crushed or diced tomatoes. Cover, cook on high for 5-6 hours, or on high for 1 hour and low for 7-8 hours. Serve with mashed cauliflower and a salad.
Snack: Pecan Sandies from Dana Carpender's 500 Low-Carb Recipes. I used erithritol and a couple of packs of Truvia instead of sucralose (I just don't like the taste of sucralose). These cookies are pretty good. Next time, I'll add a little more sweetener - maybe 5-6 packs of Truvia.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Recipes for: January 10, 2009
Dinner: Gumbo adapted from NY Times Magazine December 28, 2008. Used 1/2 low carb thickener, 1/2 potato starch instead of flour, and served it on cauliflower 'rice.' Very nice. Jim was in the Floridan panhandle this week and said it compared favorably to gumbo he had there.
Dessert: Cranberry Pie from Judy Barnes Baker's Carb Wars. I only had 2 cups of cranberries leftover from the holidays - about 1/2 of what the recipe calls for. So I made 1/2 a pecan-meal, butter and coconut flour crust pressed into a small oven-proof dish. Made 1/2 recipe of the cranberry pie filling, and baked for 25 minutes in my toaster oven. This was good with whipped cream (as Judy suggests).
Snack: I'm planning to make Dana Carpender's Pecan Sandies (from her 500 Low-Carb Recipes), but I had a glass of wine - a nice Malbec, a Christmas present from Jacob - with the Gumbo and may not get there.
Dessert: Cranberry Pie from Judy Barnes Baker's Carb Wars. I only had 2 cups of cranberries leftover from the holidays - about 1/2 of what the recipe calls for. So I made 1/2 a pecan-meal, butter and coconut flour crust pressed into a small oven-proof dish. Made 1/2 recipe of the cranberry pie filling, and baked for 25 minutes in my toaster oven. This was good with whipped cream (as Judy suggests).
Snack: I'm planning to make Dana Carpender's Pecan Sandies (from her 500 Low-Carb Recipes), but I had a glass of wine - a nice Malbec, a Christmas present from Jacob - with the Gumbo and may not get there.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Recipes for: January 4, 2009
Dinner: I had some leftovers from an organic chicken I roasted late last week. I found Laura Dolson's Easy Thai Coconut Curry Chicken and used jarred Thai red curry paste to make it. I served it on cauliflower "rice" that we ate while watching the Eagles win the playoff game. I used one of Laura's suggestions to use the steel S blade of my food processor for the cauliflower. I must have processed too long. The cooked cauliflower had the texture of cream of wheat. Not bad, just not like rice.
Dessert: I made Sugar-Free Chocolate Mousse To Die For from 500 Low-Carb Recipes by Dana Carpender (bless her). Dana claims this was the first low-carb dessert she came up with. It really is wonderful, chocolate-ful, rich and creamy. It calls for soft tofu as well as heavy cream and I'm guessing that for those who are trying to avoid fat as well as carbs, you could substitute sugar free whipped topping for the cream. Now I can't wait to try the Sugar-Free Vanilla Mousse to Die For!
For lunches this week:
- I made Low-Carb Clam Chowder - another one of Dana Carpender's from 500 Low-Carb Recipes. Dana's books are wonderful.
- Nancy's Meatloaf made with 2 pounds of 80% hamburger, some chopped onion, 2 eggs, and about 1/3 cup of Costco jarred pesto.
Dessert: I made Sugar-Free Chocolate Mousse To Die For from 500 Low-Carb Recipes by Dana Carpender (bless her). Dana claims this was the first low-carb dessert she came up with. It really is wonderful, chocolate-ful, rich and creamy. It calls for soft tofu as well as heavy cream and I'm guessing that for those who are trying to avoid fat as well as carbs, you could substitute sugar free whipped topping for the cream. Now I can't wait to try the Sugar-Free Vanilla Mousse to Die For!
For lunches this week:
- I made Low-Carb Clam Chowder - another one of Dana Carpender's from 500 Low-Carb Recipes. Dana's books are wonderful.
- Nancy's Meatloaf made with 2 pounds of 80% hamburger, some chopped onion, 2 eggs, and about 1/3 cup of Costco jarred pesto.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Recipes for: January 3, 2009
Dinner: Ham-Bean Soup inspired by the Black Bean Soup recipe from Dana Carpender's 200 Low Carb Slow Cooker Recipes. We bought a bone-in ham (organic, Matha Stewart brand) from Costco, and have eaten it in various incarnations since Christmas Eve. Jim got most, but not all, of the meat off with his favorite electric knife. I covered the ham bone with water and it is simmering for a couple of hours with half of an onion (chopped), a clove of garlic (chopped), a handful of baby carrots, and about 6 stalks of 'on its last leg' celery (chopped). I used some of the broth to make the soup for dinner. I do have to be careful - for some reason, Jim's blood glucose measurement is higher in the morning when he has had soup for dinner the night before.
Recipes for: January 2, 2009
Dinner: Nancy's Cabbage and Noodles: I sauteed some chopped onion in olive oil in a large non-stick skillet for about 5 minutes. I added one clove of sliced garlic, about 1/4 of a small head of cabbage, knife-shredded, and continued cooking for about 5 more minutes. I added some small pieces of leftover ham - about 1 cup - and 2 packages of shirataki-tofu fettucini noodles and heated it all through. I sprinkled with fresh ground black pepper, and some crushed aleppo pepper. It was wonderful. Will definitely make this again.
Dessert: I tried a recipe for maple-walnut tea cakes from Rozanne Gold's low carb 1 - 2 - 3. The recipe called for sugar-free maple syrup. I accidentally bought a bottle of maple syrup that had some sucralose (I do not like the taste of sucralose) but made the tea cakes anyway. They turned out great! Jim says eating them is like having a piece of his mother's Austrian walnut strudel (a bready nut-roll - not German strudel).
Dessert: I tried a recipe for maple-walnut tea cakes from Rozanne Gold's low carb 1 - 2 - 3. The recipe called for sugar-free maple syrup. I accidentally bought a bottle of maple syrup that had some sucralose (I do not like the taste of sucralose) but made the tea cakes anyway. They turned out great! Jim says eating them is like having a piece of his mother's Austrian walnut strudel (a bready nut-roll - not German strudel).
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