Atkins, Week One

[Doggygirl]

Atkins, Week One

I've been trying to post this recipe all day, and keep getting an error. Maybe it's the cabbage. Here goes with yet another try - for the cheezy cabbage with "Zing" that I'll take all day long if I can't have mac n cheese....

Ingredients:

1 head cabbage
---Cheese Sauce---
1 cup onion, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup green pepper, chopped (you could leave this out if you don't like it)
salt (I like sea salt or vege-sal)
cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cups cream
1 tsp Not Starch (or Guar Gum or Xanthan sp Gum) for thickening
8 oz cheddar cheese, shredded
---Topping---
1 cup scallion, chopped
1/2 cup pork rinds, ground

Heat oven to 350 F. (180C). Remove outer cabbage leaves and core from the cabbage. Cut cabbage into bite size pieces. Cook uncovered in large pot of water for about 10 min. or until crisp tender. Drain. Make the cheese sauce: Saute onions, celery and green pepper in 1/4 cup water. Add salt & pepper - saute 10 minutes. Add the cream, blending well. Mix the Not Starch in 1/2 cup cold water. Add to sauce pan, and stir until creamy. Add the cheese. Stir until smooth. Place cabbage in 2-quart casserole. (I spray it with Pam first) Top with the cheese sauce. Sprinkle the scallion and ground rinds on top. Bake for 30 minutes.

I'm getting a non-stop error every time I try to post this. Does cabbage = porn or what?? (frustrated)

ETA: FINALLY!!!!!!!!!

[trixietrack]

Atkins, Week One

my weekend was pretty good except I had a bite of a tortilla chip. (bad dolly)
ate mostly soups wit light broth and lots of greens. also snacked on cheese.

today
breakfast cottage cheese and tea

home made chicken teriyaki with watercress salad and miso soup.

dinner grilled chicken and braised napa cabbage. I like having 2 or 3 kinds of cheese and maybe a little dry sausage as an appetizer.
lots of lemon and mint tea.

doggy girl I will post the soup recipe soon just need to get the serving infor right as I learned from my mom who never gave measurements, she just said un poco de ajo una cucharada de sal. .......

[trixietrack]

Atkins, Week One

whats guar gum?

[Doggygirl]

Atkins, Week One

trixietrack;226500 wrote: whats guar gum?

Hi trixie. It is a low carb, gluten free alternative to corn starch for thickening. Many low carbers use it as a flour substitute too, but the *way* it thickens is more like corn starch. (same with xanthan (sp) gum). Guar gum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You can order either one of these on-line, or find them at health food stores. A little bit goes a long way! If you substitute for cornstarch or flour in a recipe you like, use only a small amount at first, and go from there until you get the consistency you want.

Not Starch (by Thicken Thin) is basically a commercial version (hence more expensive than the plain gums) that includes different gums.

Expert Foods: ThickenThin not/Starch Package and Label

I was glad to find out about these things. Happy experimenting!

DG