twopennygal

So during more exploration of this site, I noticed the blogs. I think I may post my recipes there (also?). What do you think?

Here's another recipe: Homemade Chorizo Makes about 66 1-ounce balls This homemade chorizo is great added to eggs and many other dishes for spice and substance. Rachel Ray uses a store-bought chorizo that is very much like this one in many of her recipes. This is not your standard Mexican chorizo made from questionable…

As a low-carber, it's already light. Fat and protein are my friends, it's carbs that are the problem. So my recipes are going to be geared toward low-carb, especially low-sugar and -starch, not low-fat. And I just found out that I can add my foods to the general database, but I have to do it when I add the foods, I can't…

That's for 100grams. A tablespoon is about 29 grams. So it depends on how much you use. Whenever I make a recipe that is used as in another recipe or as a condiment, I calculate it based on 100g and then measure it by weight when I use it. The engineer in me wants accuracy and my scale is my best tool for that. :glasses:

It turns out that I can't submit My Ingredients to the site database. So here's the nutrition for the Salsa Ranch Dressing: Serving Size: 100g ; Calories: 342 ; Total fat: 35g ; Saturated fat: 6g ; Polyunsaturated fat: 18g ; Monounsaturated fat: 9g ; Cholesterol: 20mg ; Sodium: 348mg ; Potassium: 61mg ; Total Carbs: 6g ;…

Salsa Ranch Dressing Hidden Valley Ranch has a bottled dressing that is what we modeled this on. We think it's better. It's definitely fresher and more natural -- no annoying chemicals. We buy our Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix (original buttermilk recipe) in a bulk package at Smart & Final. 1 cup whole milk buttermilk…

I make my own yogurt and strain it and I just went through an arduous procedure to figure out the nutrient values of my strained yogurt. However, it turns out that straining the yogurt doesn't take out that much: Mostly it takes out about half the sugar and very little protein -- that's the main reason Greek yogurt is…

Read The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Kieth. It's partly a memoir of her being a vegan for 20 years and the damage it did to her body and partly a treatise on truly sustainable farming. It's pretty interesting reading and quite entertaining when she writes about how carniverous chickens really are. The problem with…

I've been low-carbing for over eleven years. Sometimes better than others, but I've never gone back to the level of carbs I was on before I started low-carbing. I started for my health, I had PCOS. Long story short, I find it's easiest to avoid starchy vegetables (potaotes, etc.) and grains. My big downfall, since I'm…

Check out the UK study at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16579728. Not so much myth. --- OK I'm new here. I didn't realize that replies to specific replies are appended to the end of the thread.

Here's the link to the UK study about grapefruit: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16579728. It looks like it might be worth a try. I think since I'm diabetic and need to lose weight. ;-) Besides I like grapefruit a lot and half a grapefruit before my meals sounds pretty appetizing.