Seeing as I am broken in body, and have some difficulty moving about I started a new regime to lose some weight. Basically, no sugar or carbs, lots of green leafy vegetables and healthy fats. Some, including the missus think all fats are unhealthy. 3 weeks in and I'm down 11 pounds, or about 3 kilo's. Feeling pretty good too! Anyway, looking for some new way to cook old favorites. All input welcome.
I'm familiar with the diet. Back in the day it was referred to as Atkins though it's been popular since the 20's I think, and has gone by many names. It's basically a high protein low carb diet. It forces the body into ketosis which results from the breakdown of fats in the liver. In this state the body switches over from burning glucose (or sugar) to dietary fat. One of the things I missed most was mashed potatoes as a side to the meat portion of a meal. I'm a "meat 'n' two" gal, so substituting the carbs in that combination was always a challenge. I found this, which I loved!! Still love, and sometimes make it anyway, even though I haven't followed the diet for a long time, just because it tastes yummy! Now that I follow a low calorie diet I vary the recipe and make low cal substitutions. It's a very forgiving recipe, and you can add or subtract the various flavoring ingredients without much impact. There's even frozen chopped cauliflower now in the frozen food section of the store, so you can eliminate all that chopping if you want something faster! Let me know how you like it! Ingredients Creamy Mash Cauliflower 5 cups cauliflower chopped 4 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream 3 tbsp Butter 5 cloves garlic minced 2 tsp rosemary 3 tbsp parmesan 1/2 tsp pepper salt (to taste) Chop up 5 cups of raw cauliflower. Bring pot of water to a boil (enough to cover all the cauliflower), add the cauliflower and boil for 15 minutes or until tender. Drain cauliflower and place in processor. Cook butter, garlic and rosemary in a saucepan over medium heat until fragrant. Add melted butter, garlic and rosemary to processor and pulse several times until well combined. Add cream, parmesan, salt and pepper to processor and process until smooth and creamy. Taste for salt level. Serve warm and enjoy!
Keto is Atkins on steroids. The Atkins diet phases carbs out and back in, while limiting fat. Keto starts out low carb and goes lower. It's also called a low carb/high fat diet. The goal is to maintain 25 grams of net carbs (total carbs minus fiber) per day. The trick is to avoid anything with wheat based flour or sugar, and to up the amount of fat and fiber in your diet. There are a lot of good Keto recipes out there, I recommend https://www.reddit.com/r/ketorecipes/ You'll probably find all of your favorite are out there and have been "ketofied".
Thanks Ronni, cauliflower? Really? Don't think I'm odd because I don't like cauliflower. I'm odd anyway. ER, I hadn't found that site, thanks.
Honey you can make it taste not much like cauliflower at all depending on what you put in it, because it's such a bland vegetable. If you add cheese, butter, sour cream etc., (all allowable on your diet pretty sure) or other flavorings of your choice, you get the experience of mashed potatoes as an appropriate accompaniment, without the carbs.
I'm willing to try it again, there is just this predisposition to, I don't know......I'll report back!
I love cauliflower but no one in my family will have anything to do with it. The frozen mashed cauliflower in the freezer section is good all fixed up like Ronni suggests, but I still prefer the large pieces cooked with butter. Just keep telling your self that it is just a carrier for cheese, butter and sour cream. Actually with all the fixin's in it there is no taste of cauliflower at all.
If you have Netflix, watch the documentary called "The Magic Pill", it explains rhe benefits of a Keto diet in great detail. It's also on YouTube It runs about an hour and a half, but it's well worth the time.
Only trick to losing weight is to work off more calories than you take in ! I put my " now ex-hubby" on a diet and he lost 30 lbs in 30 days ! Just a balanced diet eliminating the fats,,6 oz lean meat either broiled baked or boiled, all the fresh green vegetables you want with no butter or fat, one slice bread per meal or 2 inch square cornbread with one serving of starches,, beans peas corn ect ! Worked for him !
Low, very low carbs, high protein worked and veggies for me and your body needs fat to survive so be careful about cutting it all out. I have to have more protein because of hypoglycemia and I really have not missed the carbs......potatoes are my only carb. I went from an almost size 18 to a size 12, don't remember the time frame.
That diet was only a short term and not intended as a lifestyle. But when you learn how to trim the fats without missing everything fried its not so hard to maintain healthier eating habits !
Why not give us a few of your favorites and let us see how they can be made healthier. We may have some new ideas for old favorites. We just don`t know what your favorites are ! You can also mix the cauliflower 50/50 with mashed potatoes .
