So hard to find nice pickles that have not been pasturised in the UK. Pasturisation can lead to a loss of goodness.
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^for low sodium salsa (i’m more concerned about microplastics from salt than sodium per se)
TRADER JOE’S FIRE ROASTED RED PEPPER
~16 grams of sugar/lb in cranberries… it’s way lower than other berries (even strawberries are 22 grams of sugar/lb)
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AnUser
#86
You have to do sodium per kcal and not sodium per gram. They are all high in sodium then except Alberto’s.
Calories and sodium need to be in a 1:1 ratio or better tilted towards calories.
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California Farms minced garlic
also THIS garlic: Amazon.com : Zarrin - Pickled Peeled Garlic, 24 Oz (700g) : Grocery & Gourmet Food [not in plastic and 0.56$ per ounce]. I ate a few cloves raw WHICH WORKED [and is often the thing preventing me from snacking on them properly], zero inhibition. I ate some ginger raw too but there was a bit of aversion
but there are minced garlic in other plastic forms…
Amazon.com : Iberia Minced Garlic In Water, 32 Ounce : Grocery & Gourmet Food . THIS is iberia minced garlic water
[you can’t get healthier than garlic]
Amazon.com: Walden Farms Fruit Spread, Raspberry, 12 Ounce : Grocery & Gourmet Food => i didnt notice this existed
https://archive.ph/lbNz6
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can take off bits and pieces at a time! NO PLASTICS!
Amazon.com: San Pellegrino, Water Sparkling Mineral, 33.8 Fl Oz [am drinking lots of this today+yest]
Amazon.com : garlic press garlic presses can low-effort garlic into being more edible
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But… I would eat an infinite amount of karine & jeff mediterranean harvest soup (with muchi curry) if i could
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Beth
#89
If anyone doesn’t own a garlic press yet, I’ll share the one that changed my life.
I have no idea if it does a better job at pressing garlic, but the ease of cleaning means I am never shy about using it!
Kuhn Rikon Epicurean Garlic Press
Here is a video of their non metal version that shows how easy it is to clean
It’s $54, so kind of pricey. If mine ever broke, I’d search amazon to see if there is a cheaper version that copies how it functions to offer the same ease of cleaning.
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I finally ate black/breakfast tea leaves for once and those suppressed my appetite enough (after my appetite and weight seemed to increase A LOT after a holiday party [ironically it was SSC meetup…]). It was really too distracting and ppl still won’t give me retatrutide, but I’ve controlled my weight for enough of my life that I find enough ways to self-correct after eating too much.
but broccoli heads are good enough with the right bowls to prevent messes
for the first time in my life ever, i finally properly roasted eggplants and carrots in the stove.
[400 degrees for 20 minutes]
i cut them into pieces
after 20 minutes, no signs of charring or blackening (the online guides tell you to do it longer and to roast in oil, but they actually want you to burn/introduce carcinogens and ppl don’t have my capacity to eat vegetables). this was much lower effort than instant-pot or boiling. And everyone has an oven.
the eggplants and carrots were both softened, which is all that matters for me [too many hard carrots will wreck your teeth]
I need to do this next for cabbage and onions AND GINGER (and maybe vegetables that are harder to cook like swiss chard or watercress or parsley)… i always end up throwing away the parsley I buy because it’s so hard to digest. AND ASPARAGUS! [that tastes way better roasted though I will roast w/o oil].
[pumpkin and butternut squash too, though they’re higher calorie so I probably won’t do it unless it’s free]
I really never realized this was the lowest effort and easiest way to cook vegetables. you can easily do it for frozen veggies too…
pomegranate might be cookable this way too
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Ugh, I didn’t realize beans can be baked this way, too…
hmm https://www.reddit.com/r/cookingforbeginners/comments/1chb6ef/what_oil_to_use_for_roasting_veggies_and_such/
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- Parsnip – 25 minutes
- Eggplant – 25 minutes
- Cabbage – 25 minutes
- Carrots – 20 minutes
- Broccoli – 20 minutes
- Cauliflower – 20 minutes
- Green beans – 20 minutes
- Onion slices – 15 minutes
- Bell pepper strips – 15 minutes
- Okra – 12 minutes
- Snap peas – 10 minutes
- Zucchini – 10 minutes
- Summer squash – 10 minutes
- Sugar peas – 8 minutes
^and there are a few vegetables, like zucchini, i can barely tolerate raw, so this is a way to do it!
beets and celery root toO! siri is the best timer…
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Beth
#92
I am glad you tried baking little pieces of eggplant, I do that all the time, and it’s wonderful! And yes, it works great with cabbage, too.
Run and don’t walk to do it with chickpeas! I do this multiple times per week. I also have a great WFPB ‘meatball’ recipe that uses baked black beans.
I learned about the magic of roasting chickpeas from the NYT vegan caesar recipe. It’s outstanding. If that sounds appealing, I’m happy to message you the recipe.
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I just roasted a head of cabbage! cut it into 4 pieces and put in 400degrees for 20 minutes! Cabbage is ridiculously cheap and low-pesticide, so this needed to be done.
there’s some browning on the very outside leaves, but that’s it! the cabbage becomes soft and very easy to eat.
Agh, this is probably the #1 most important thing I could have done in the past but didn’t. So many unnecessary calories (and microplastics) ingested [and money lost and brainage accelerated] just because I didn’t learn this simple trick [not that I feel actual pangs of regret over this, it’s nothing]
also i had a massive stomachache yesterday from eating too much raw broccoli stalks + red pepper, and if I roasted the broccoli stalks, it would have made it easier for my stomach
whole cauliflower can also be roasted too, but probably makes a bigger mess so I’ll choose other options.
next time I’m doing it for asparagus b/c I notice a HUGE difference in how tasty roasted asparagus is from raw asparagus.
and bell pepper b/c raw bell pepper doesn’t feel very appetizing (so I buy jars and those are expensive/heavy)
i can also try this on beyond meat and tofu. I already eat these raw, but maybe doing it once just for the experience.
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Beth
#94
Roast your tofu immediately!!! I mean, as in now!! I once had a cook show me how he made his great tofu, and my jaw was on the floor that it baked and not fried.
Cut it in strips or cubes after cutting the block in half so the pieces are not as thick. I’d suggest spices but it seems you might eat things more in their natural state.
Can’t help you on the impossible burgers because I don’t like them, but a chef told me to cut them in half to make them thinner and then bake them to make them crispier…
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Roasting tofu turns its proteins carcinogenic though…
^too much effort to be worth it tho
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i just tried asparagus, it browns pretty easily but I think after 12-13 minutes it can be taken out.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Keto_Food/comments/dfbmjt/psyllium_husk_pudding_the_ultimate_quick_low/
^omg pudding, if i can make psyllium husk edible, that changes EVERYTHING
https://www.reddit.com/r/LowCalorieCooking/comments/ikuql6/can_i_replace_flour_with_oat_fiber/
https://www.reddit.com/r/safe_food/top/?t=all
[god damnit, so many safe threads on reddit without the crsociety label]. not that a higher audience would have saved crsociety (just as lookbook.nu didn’t get saved)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Volumeeating/comments/udq26q/recommendations_for_low_cal_recipes_with_oat/
^tho most of that subreddit is trash
https://www.amazon.com/Keto-Pancake-Waffle-Zero-Carb/dp/B0B982JHF2/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?crid=1UNLUXCJU27XJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MoUFnu0tVIVfmyMkszQfxhJ-VAqAInCb8-5xZWTTRwAvDb6GcPwD6z3r7bvs_qyohgGm_pZPlc6Qbke5Wv5Mzg5ACzoXkG-LDAXrd7c_KEPfcNwkT0aoYuxvRj1LB4hwRnAuRXaMwbsmFaBS8ZfXz-zd1IJhqO4I_GU5DQrTTxMNuII4Iul2De_pZ7Y0c28nrp_DqPV2L9Mluo6ICgp7rA.IcddKK6i8BVSxspJS1bXVRmqCQ9UpJhIQp0hempJF_M&dib_tag=se&keywords=keto+pancake&qid=1735618565&sprefix=keto+pancake%2Caps%2C386&sr=8-7
[i mean you could also just eat the batter…] it may be healthier if you just ate the batter [and this makes it easier for you to just make cocoa powder v. tasty]…
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blenders without plastic jars could also be useful (also grind chia and flax seeds AND maybe even onions)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BB74CLW/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza?th=1
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You don’t even need to bake it…
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^i just baked my first bread ever. in like 375F at 35-40 minutes (along with an onion I cut into 4), no need to add additional yeast. I put some cinnamon and blueprint cocoa in it too. And it held together like real bread
]but doing the thing i always do, I impulsively ate the whole thing and got K/O’d a bit]. I know it’s not that many calories so I did it [and overall needed to eat way less today than other days]
I might try ground flaxseed next [though i suspect it is NOT good to bake flaxseed b/c the omega-3’s can turn into oxidized byproducts that are NOT good. The real solution is oat fiber + psyllium + something to make it stick LIKE gluten or smg else
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hmm some of it shows a spike, damnit I have to test my meter with this sometime
ground flaxseed absorbs way more water than nuts do, i wish i binged on that rather than nuts
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Beth
#100
I’m not sure exactly what you are looking for, but if interested, you might want to look around at this website for inspiration.
I have made this bread many times which is not dissimilar from what you shared.
I don’t use eggs or milk and instead use non dairy milk and flax eggs. She even provides the instructions. If you wanted to try another egg substitute, like chia, she is very approachable if you contact her.
At the very least, you might enjoy her recipe ideas on what you can turn her (or Scotty’s) bread into. I’ve made the chocolate babka and cinnamon swirl which are similar to your idea of adding cocoa, but she offers a technique that you might like to try, even if you skip the butter/oil. Her bread mix only has 5 ingredients, so I imagine this would be easy to copy without a mix,
I also overeat it, so much so that I don’t buy it anymore! To control myself, I’d make partial loaves in mini loaf pans. Those are nice to have incase you ever want cake/brownie but only want to make one or two portions!
Trying this today after I baked my first two beets: Amazon.com : King Arthur Baking Keto Muffin Mix, All Purpose, 1g Net Carbs 0g Added Sugar Per Serving, Low Carb & Keto Friendly, 10 oz, White : Everything Else
(this has a minimum of starch and doesn’t use too much nut flour and MUCH of the rest of the bulk is fiber [most keto breads you can buy could be using higher fiber to calorie ratio, and my digestive system tolerates it better than most]). I added 4 tbsp lecithin and one egg, and mostly replaced the oil with extra water (tho i added a little of olive oil). The batter at least is fluid-y enough
Baked beets are REALLY filling
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https://www.masterclass.com/articles/coconut-flour-vs-almond-flour-explained
wow, more carbs in coconut flour.
It came out way more uneven than the keto bread mix (between inside and outside). Maybe I should have tried eggs rather than lecithin, idk. muffins are also intrinsically less stable than bread, but I got the sense that the bread was good enough to serve to others, the muffins weren’t (i don’t care much myself, but I find batter edible enough)
one tbsp of lecithin is also ~50 calories [not too different from the egg it replaced]. but 4155 = 300 calories. At least I properly used lecithin for the first time ever! [east asians don’t bake so it took me FOREVER to realize this was an option], even as I’ve boycotted rice for approximately 50% of my life now.
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there are keto brownie mixes, they often call for coconut butter, but it looks like mashed avocado could be substituted so I should try that
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS69ZNPC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
omg one of the glasses shattered and I ate some broken glass… [still, one of 24 broken is not a bad “pass rate”]
rly tho i’ve been trying psyllium husk in water for first time ever, and that, on top of unbelievabun really helps.
[still i cant tolerate it if i eat too much, damn sodium metabisulfate]
[sadly i binged on beans yesterday, i should not have when unbelievabun could have prevented it]
Found this! https://livivafoods.com/
dried shirataki. Maybe this is one that finally doesn’t sneak in ungodly amounts of plastic (there’s still some, but not as much as the terrifying levels you see in others)
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and here’s some just tea: Amazon.com : Just Ice Tea Ready To Drink Original Black Tea Unsweetened, Contains Caffeine, Fair Trade, Kosher, USDA Certified Organic, 16 Fluid Ounce (Pack of 12) : Grocery & Gourmet Food
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