low carb recipes

Jessica Church said:

Anyone have good low carb casserole type dishes?

LC doesn't lend itself well to casseroles, primarily because the thickeners you'd use in other
dishes aren't present to hold everything together. I've tried cheese-based casseroles and they just
end up oily.

That being said, you really ought to pop over to alt.support.diet.low-carb and ask about recipes
there. In addition to what that group has to offer, a simple google search will bring up more LC
recipes than you know what to do with. Many are on websites of folks who have been on the low-carb
plan for a while, so they are tried-and-true favorites.

Dawn

Dawn said:

Jessica Church said:

Anyone have good low carb casserole type dishes?

LC doesn't lend itself well to casseroles, primarily because the thickeners you'd use in other
dishes aren't present to hold everything together. I've tried cheese-based casseroles and they
just end up oily.

I offer a different reason for problems with low carb casseroles: Low carb veggies are low starch,
so their fiber is not as densely packed. When cooked slowly, low carb veggies tend to turn to mush.
That's why most casserole recipes tend to have more root veggies than above ground veggies.

So it depends on your current carb level. Turnips, rutabagas, parsnips and so on do fine but you'll
need to be in the 40-50 gram per day or more levels before they are doable.

So how about a staged cooking method? Bake the meat and liquid slowly like a casserole with a bit of
onion. Then add the low carb veggies in the last half hour. Later than that, sprinkle with a nice
rich cheese and crumbled pork rinds for the crust.

Quoted message said:

That being said, you really ought to pop over to alt.support.diet.low-carb and ask about recipes
there. In addition to what that group has to offer, a simple google search will bring up more LC
recipes than you know what to do with. Many are on websites of folks who have been on the low-carb
plan for a while, so they are tried-and-true favorites.

Great advice.

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:52:52 -0800 (PST), [email hidden] (Jessica

Church) said:

Anyone have good low carb casserole type dishes?

Sure, cut the amount of pasta/rice/whatever in half.

Maybe add more veggies?