Wednesday 14 August 2013

Lowcarb lemon sponge cake.


OK I know what you are thinking, how many more variations can these people come up with on the lowcarb almond flour cakes, plenty for sure. This is a great cake, and served very chilled tastes great on a hot summer night. Add a scoop of lowcarb ice cream, and pour over some double cream, voila, tastes great. Check out the basic recipe here. We added grated lemon peel inside and across the top. We added the juice from a lemon to the wet mix before cooking.

Pork leg steaks with spiced apple stuffing.


A bit of a cheat because the meat was a ready meal from Waitrose. Pork leg steaks with spiced apple stuffing and wrapped in bacon. Carb content. per serving, 7.6 We  served with the pork, some cubed roast celeriac, a mushroom stuffed with cheese and  half a courgette. Total carbs, 10 maybe 15 tops. That's the sort of food that keeps BG in the safe zone.

Sunday 14 July 2013

Smoked and peppered Mackerel salad


 Smoked mackerel carbs 0.5 per hundred grams, apple raisin and walnut coleslaw carbs 8 per hundred grams, cabbage and carrot coleslaw 4.8 per hundred grams, tomato 3.1 per hundred grams, iceberg lettuce carbs 1.9 per hundred grams, cheese 0.1 per hundred grams.

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Lowcarb bacon and mushroom breakfast crustless quiche.



Ingredients:
4 eggs
  4 rashers of bacon cut in to pieces around an inch square or 25mm
A cup full of quartered mushrooms
6 tablespoons of double cream
Salt, pepper and dried mixed herbs to taste.
Serves 2

Mix the eggs, cream and seasoning in a bowl or pyrex jug
Place the bacon pieces and mushrooms into a non stick baking dish 8" x 1"
Pour over the cream and egg mix
Place into a pre heated oven at 190c and cook for twenty minutes.
This crustless quiche rises like a souffle and is best served hot. 


Saturday 4 May 2013

Lowcarb Chorizo and red onion crustless quiche.


Ingredients:
4 eggs
  70 grams of thinly sliced Chorizo
A quarter of finely chopped red onion
6 tablespoons of double cream
Salt, pepper and dried mixed herbs to taste.
Serves 2

Mix the eggs, cream and seasoning in a bowl or pyrex jug
Place a layer of Chorizo and chopped onions into a non stick baking dish 8" x 1"
Pour over half the egg and cream mix
Add another layer of Chorizo
Pour over the remaining egg mix
Place into a pre heated oven at 190c and cook for twenty minutes.
This crustless quiche rises like a souffle and is best served hot. 


Thursday 28 March 2013

Sardines featured great food of the week !




Sardines are rich in numerous nutrients that have been found to support cardiovascular health. They are one of the most concentrated sources of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA, which have been found to lower triglycerides and cholesterol levels; one serving (3.25 ounce can) of sardines actually contains over 50% of the daily value for these important nutrients. Sardines are an excellent source of vitamin B12, second only to calf's liver. Vitamin B12 promotes cardiovascular well-being since it is intricately tied to keeping levels of homocysteine in balance; homocysteine can damage artery walls, with elevated levels being a risk factor for atherosclerosis. A true super food that will not break the bank !

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Home made lowcarb Guacamole.


So low in carbs, not worth worrying about, serves two. And the taste blows away factory produced food. Avocados are one of the healthiest foods on the planet. 

Ingredients

2 medium sized avocados scrape out the flesh and chop.
I medium sized tomato finely chopped remove seeds
I heaped tablespoon of finely chopped green Jalapeno peppers 
I tablespoon of finely chopped white onion
One teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
The juice from a medium sized lime
Salt and black pepper to taste

Method

Mix all the ingredients in a pyrex jug or bowl and serve, how easy is that.