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Quinoa & Black Beans (onion, cilantro & corn). I was looking for a substitute for refried beans and found this. It goes well as a base for salsa and guacamole. Ingredients: Here is the original recipe halved so that only 1 can of black beans is used, which would yield 5 servings. 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil 1/2 onion,…
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I have a friend who's daughter only eats mac & cheese. They make a big bowl of it for her at every meal I've been to their house. I have seen her eat a few pieces of candy and part of a birthday cookie, but nothing else. I don't know how she remains alive, but she has made it to 16 years old. Her mother eats no green or…
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Not sure of the carbs or fat, but recently I've enjoyed making a "Frogmore Stew" or "Low Country Boil," with the basics of Andouille sausage, shrimp, corn on the cob, red "new" potatoes and a generous portion of Old Bay Seasoning. I also add okra, and some add onion. I've made it in a small stock pot on the stove top, but…
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You will need to do the math, if the following sounds good. "Frogmore Stew" or "Low Country Boil," and Frogmore is a community on the coast of South Carolina. The basic ingredients are few: sausage, shrimp. corn on the cob and red "new" potatoes and a lot of Old Bay Seasoning. You can fix this in a small stock pot, but…
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If you have an Instant Pot (Mini) you could buy a 24 oz. pork tenderloin and cut it up into six 4 oz. pieces, and freeze some. That is about $1.50 per meal for the meat. You can take a frozen pork tenderloin piece out and without thawing pop it into the IP. Cooks quickly and perfectly. It cooks hard boiled eggs and rice…
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Mandarin Citrus Vinaigrette Yield: ~1 cup (8 servings) Serving Size: 2 tablespoons Calories: ~30 per serving (with Avocado Oil ~35 calories per 2 tbl. serving) Ingredients 1/2 cup filtered water 3 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar 3 tablespoons tangerine juice or mandarin orange juice I blended about 5 or 6 small mandarin…
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I’m a type 2 diabetic, with a pacemaker, so the following is tinted by my condition. Get a box of Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt Flakes. If you are going to limit your salt intake, then when you do add salt, add good salt. It even feels different when you rub it between your fingers. When you buy beans, vegetables, bread and…
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Teens? That means cooking help. Let me suggest 3 kitchen tools that may be able to help, and they focus on three different food types. — 1. Braun MultiQuick. This tool has a food chopper & bowl, a stick blender, and a whisk. Two things you can fix without any cooking involved are salsa and hummus. A 15 oz. can of Garbanzo…
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Here is an update on my nightly drink that has various spices that are supposed to be good for "blood sugar control." You need to follow the order that you create this, relatively simple herbal/spiced tea, because the vinegar does affect whether the fenugreek seeds soften (they are hard to begin with). First add some…
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The tomato juice worked wonderfully. The result was like a gazpacho, and once gelled, I ate it with some guacamole and a few blue corn tortilla chips. I also used some dill pickle juice, with a little Ranch Dressing powder added to make a chia pudding. It didn't quite firm up, but I added this to tomato juice and it…
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I might also add some chia seeds to thicken this up, and to add more protein. I want to try Cindy's Kitchen Dressing Marinade, Oil Free, Tangerine Vinaigrette. I saw it on a salad buffet today. No oil, and the calorie count was extremely low.
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Since trying chia seeds in milk, I've also used orange juice, cranberry juice and am thinking about tomato juice. You see the pudding can be sweet or savory. Maybe start with tomato juice, and chia seeds, and then add cilantro, diced tomato and maybe some diced jalapenos. *I also think maybe using pickle juice, or the…
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Broccoli Sprouts on a Salad I've started eating a salad for lunch made from choices on a grocery store buffet. Some time ago I started sprouting various seeds at home, and found that Mung Beans sprout in only about 3 or 4 days, and I like the crunchiness. But, I will also buy Broccoli Sprouts at the store. In the past, I…
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Shrimp, Ground Beef & Peppers SoupI was looking to make a shrimp soup with some hot pepper sausage, but had none. I had also just bought a variety of "exotic" peppers at our State Farmers Market, and wanted to try some of them. I don't consider this soup to be spicy hot, but just a little spicy. Ingredients 10 Medium…
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Creamy Cilantro-Lime Dressing A pared down version of this dressing using Greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise: 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup lime juice 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt (or light mayonnaise) 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 garlic cloves 1/2 a jalapeño, sliced A few drops of a sugar-free liquid sweetener. Originally had honey as…
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Spicy Pork, Lentil & Quinoa Soup Yields: 2-3 servings (approximately) Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 30-40 minutes Ingredients: 1 Hot Pork Sausage (I use a Hot Sausage tube, and cut off just a small portion - 2/10th of the tube.) 1 medium Carrot, diced 0.25 cup Onion, diced 1 Sweet Pepper, diced 3 tbsp Lentils 2 tsp…
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Mexican 3-Bean Salad & Variations.Ingredients: Beans: Black beans (likely canned, rinsed and drained) Kidney beans (likely canned, rinsed and drained) Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, likely canned, rinsed and drained) Vegetables & Aromatics: Corn (kernels, possibly fresh, canned, or frozen and thawed) Red onion (thinly sliced…
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Depending upon the sweetener you use, I think the following simple combo might fit. I mix some Inglehoffer Cream Style Horseradish and French's Yellow Mustard with some sweetener (could be Agave Nectar, Stevia, Equal, Splenda or Coconut Sugar). This goes good on various deli meat sandwiches, but I also like to slice a…
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I've been becoming more attentive to what I eat and how it affects my body, but I will still "cheat" to satisfy a need, and this is okay as long as I immediately go back to what works for to maintain or lose weight. I've been interested in blood sugar levels, starches turning into sugar quickly, etc. for a while. I'm a…
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Yeah, I've seen videos about making these at home. I've not tried this yet. But another thing I haven't tried yet, but plan to is making roasted flavored chickpeas. I think they might have suggested using paprika and/or ground cumin to flavor these as a snack.
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"Black Beans & Quinoa" makes a great base for salsa and guacamole, and only takes about 25 minutes to prepare. Watch the guac for calories, but you can control the salt by starting with low sodium beans (pinto or black beans also make great refried beans). Oh, and to help in blood sugar control you could use blue corn…
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Yes AI! Chat GPT or Gemini for me. I can take a picture of a recipe from an old cookbook or typed page, and upload it to my AI and ask for text that I can paste into a word processor or web page. The photo has to be in focus, but the page doesn't have to be flat in the foto. Or, I can paste a recipe into my AI and ask it…
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I would love to try a bunch of these: https://www.purewow.com/food/what-to-serve-with-polenta Beautiful pictures and recipes from various chefs.
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When I see a recipe in an old book or typed on a page somewhere, I now realize that I can use an AI (like ChatGPT or Gemini) to convert the image of that text into text that I can paste into a wordprocessor or onto a web page and then format it as I would like. The AI is not always perfect, but sometime it is, and saves me…
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I sometimes substitute plain Greek yogurt for sour cream. In addition to calories, I have to watch sugar and sodium. I'm a "type 2." Sprouted grain bread, like Aldi's "Knock Your Sprouts Off" seems to help when I have a need for bread. And blue corn tortilla chips or blue corn taco shells help too. Look for a "Black Beans…
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A tangent to your question… I found I can upload a recipe I find online, to my favorite AI and ask them to make it "diabetic friendly." It will start suggesting certain substitutions, like plain Greek yogurt for sour cream, or less fatty oil, but not cut it out completely. I can also ask the AI to give me nutritional…
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I've recently started sprouting mung beans. Super easy to do, and only takes about 4 days. They add extra crunch & nutrition to a salad or slaw. How about sweet, colorful (Y/O/R) bell pepper or garden peas? Sundried tomatoes, various olives, or some of those pickled peppers (peppadews, etc.). I like spinach, but Romaine…
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The above was my attempt to replicate a dish I found online: https://www.purewow.com/recipes/seared-scallops-green-peas-mint-shallots . I was so enthralled with the image of the food, that I bought the book, although you can find many of those recipes online. I had been looking for recipes that included polenta. I came up…
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Rare that you can get all of these to be in season, at the same time. This was a very enjoyable veggie meal. The tomato had good flavor, as did the corn on the cob and the fried okra. The special thing here was the fried tomatillo with onion. The tomatillo reminds me of green tomatoes in flavor, but not texture.
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This was a thick cut pork chop, with fried okra and a red cabbage slaw, with mung bean sprouts. I don't batter my okra, and I chop up some onion in it. The slaw also has sweet onion & mayo, with some sweetener. Not too long ago I tried sprouting beans, and found it easy to do. In about 3 or 4 days I have a bunch of these…
