Low-carb bread replacement recipes?
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@CoconuttyMummy that's alright. No offense taken. I'm just not much of a cook, let alone baker.0
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Well i tried KetoCaveman's Flax buns today and i was pleasantly surprised. Much breadier texture than Oopsies. I didnt find it too heavy - just fine. The recipe would be a keeper but im concerned about the carbs. Theres 10 total carbs but 10 grams fiber, resulting in 0 net carbs. BUT, i dont count net, im a totaller, so 10g total carbs is half my daily allowance for just one sandwich (and i like to keep my carbs more for dinner so i can have a few veggies). Cant quite get my head around whether i should accept that there are 10g carbs in it and move on, or if the flax having the same amount of fiber as carbs means i can discount it. I dont discount anything, so this seems weird to me. What do you think?0
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@CoconuttyMummy I count net. Fiber subtracts out because your body doesn't absorb it. I've found I feel great and have great progress at 40 - 60 carbs a day, with my net being in the 25 - 35 range.0
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Hi auntstephie, thanks hun. Ive been aiming for 20g total carbs, so maybe i'll try 20g net. Hmm.. i really didnt want yet another thing to have to work out every day, total carbs just seems easier, but i can see how fiber can change things.
I was thinking of raising my carbs slightly anyway actually because im feeling utterly awful since going keto. I dont want to have to raise my carbs, and frankly have no idea if thats what my body's telling me it needs, but ive felt like death 90% of the time since going down to 15-20g total carbs from 50g total carbs (primal/paleo), so my body's telling me its just not happy, for whatever reason. God - i wish there was just one way of doing low-carb/keto, the right way, that was effective... not a billion different ways and different carb amounts and macro proportions for everyone which may or may not have any darn effect. This whole keto thing is so vague to me. I cant work out where my carbs are meant to be. Everyone's so different. What's the magic number of carbs to feel good AND lose weight? *screams*. I wouldnt mind all this trial and error if i wasnt feeling so ill and if the scale was moving, but the scale hasnt moved in weeks.
Ok, moan over. On the plus side the Flax Buns were pretty good (bit high calorie though, but cant have everything i suppose. I'll just have to have one bun cut into 2 thin slivers. Gawd, this dieting lark is so much fun. Not. )0 -
Did I read somewhere that in the UK, the carb count on packages is the Net? But in the US, it is not? I don't know but I vaguely remember seeing that somewhere.0
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Nope, its total carbs written on back of our packages, and then another figure which says "of which sugars...?g " and then the fiber count.
Thats same as US, isnt it?0 -
@CoconuttyMummy I was told in another thread that at 50g you would still be in keto but would just take longer to adapt completely, 20g will get you in keto and adapted faster but you can go higher and still get the benefits, especially if you aren't feeling well.
In the US or labels show all carbs then a sub category of fiber, sugars, or sugar alcohols, I subtract mentally the fiber from the total carb. Other countries keep them separate so the carb count doesn't automatically include the fiber count0 -
I totally agree @coconuttymummy. I try to make everything from scratch but not everyone has the benefit of time or experience to do that so.....maybe we can come up with some mixes for them that can be thrown together and just stored???0
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Very true, Jumana, great idea. x0
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You guys get on that (our own mixes). I'm not that great a cook otherwise I'd help. Seriously you don't want me trying to figure out anything cooking/baking related. But I sure would use dry mix recipes that could be stored.0
