I just wanna say I was getting really sick of the breakfasts I had been preparing during induction. I tried the Mock Danish recipe and gotta say I just love it!! There are many ways to make this and I'm trying them all. This makes a lovely breakfast or snack. Thanks to whomever created this recipe!

Well I just read the entire thread and I think I'm going to try this for breakfast tomorrow. Coming from a large Swedish family though, I have to ask, has anyone found an LC version of Lingonberry preserves or jam?

Also, the Swedish Pancakes mentioned way back in this thread sound like Platta with the exception that platta is made in a cast iron skillet with indentations in it to make the pancakes about 2in in diameter. They are thin and buttery. (And probably a good portion of the reason why I have to loose 100+ pounds now.)

I think I am doing something wrong in Fitday. I looked at the nutrition info Nat provided earlier in this thread, but when I plug the ingredients into FitDay I'm getting different figures. Here's what Nat posted and what FitDay is telling me. Should I be picking different food descriptions in FitDay?

Nat's Info
Mock Danish
Nutrition Facts

Amount Per 1 serving
Calories 167.76
Calories from Fat 117

Total Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 6.87g 34%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.987g
Monounsaturated Fat 4.28g
Sodium 210mg 9%
Potassium 170mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 4g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Protein 11.43g 23%

My FitDay Entry
1 Large Egg, whole, cooked, NS as to cooking method
.25 cup Cheese, cream
.5 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 teaspoon Weight Watchers Sweet'ner, Sweet 'n Low, powdered, sugar substitute

The stats I get are:

Total: 328
Fat: 26 237 71%
Sat: 15 131 39%
Poly: 2 16 5%
Mono: 8 73 22%
Carbs: 12 47 14%
Fiber: 0 0 0%
Protein: 11 42 13%
Alcohol: 1 5 2%

The majority of the excess carbs are coming from the sweetner entry. Is Splenda much different from Sweet'N'Low? Does anyone have the nutrition info on Splenda so I can make an entry in my FitDay custom foods?

If that's not it, what am I doing wrong?

Chrome,

Wish I could help with the fitday thing, but I have no paitence with it. I know I need to learn how to use it but I still haven't dedicated the time.

As far as ...

Never seen any. However, I buy Steele's jams. They are made with splenda. I get then at my local health food store. So far I have bought raspberry and strawberry. Both are very good. Since they are low carb and are not real sticky and sweet, they king of remind me of Lingonberry (not exact, but same not overly sweet and just real good.)

Well after doing a bit of reading on Splenda's site I determined that 1 teaspoon of Splenda crystals has .5g carbs (2 cal). FitDay's counts for Sweet'N'Low are MUCH higher. This being the case I created an entry in my custom foods for Splenda. Using this the nutritional information I came up with for the Mock Danish base recipe (w/o the lemon) is:

Total: 291
Fat: 23 207 76%
Sat: 14 126 46%
Poly: 1 9 3%
Mono: 2 18 7%
Carbs: 5 20 7%
Fiber: 0 0 0%
Protein: 10 40 15%
Alcohol: 1 7 3%

Hope this helps.

Hi! I'm so happy to see "quark" (from r.mines)

we have this in europe too. could someone explain to me what it is really (sort of thick yogurt) what it would be called in the US and if it is atkins induction/owl friendly (i can buy it here with 4 carbs per serving.

thanks!

I'm actually only on my 4th day of Induction, but this sounds great. I am averagiing about 16 grams of carbs a day, so having a mock danish instead of bacon and eggs shouldn't make me go over. I am planning on staying on induction for a month or two also. I'm just getting tired of bacon and eggs. Do you guys think that it would be okay to have this for breakfast?

Jason,

Should be no problem as long as you do not over do cheese the rest of the day.

Chrome, I haven't made a MD in ages, but I did notice a big difference in the fat grams. I always used the Low Fat Philly Cream cheese - it's acutally lower in carbs than the regular. It would account for some carbs but for a lot of the fat and calorie difference.

I also stopped using Splenda when I made these and moved on to Brown sugar twin (canadian version). It has even fewer carbs.

HTH
Nat

oakejs, just be sure to count the cream cheese toward your daily cheese numbers and you'll be fine. Having a Mock Danish in lieu of 3 eggs, 3 slices of bacon and a cup of decaf with whipping cream works out to about the same number of carbs

Nat

Thanks guys I'm going to go make one now.

I haven't seen brown sugar twin in any of the stores. I'll have to look around more.

All bow down to thee who invented the Danish to beat all Danishes!!

I think I just had a mouthgasm.
Elaine

Small variations on Mock Danish:

1 jumbo egg
1 tbl half and half
1 tbl cream cheese cut up in small pieces
1 tsp almond flour
1 tsp unsweetened flaked coconut
dash of cinnamon
sweetner to taste

Mix up egg w/half n half, almond flour, coconut, cinnamon, sweetner. Add cut-up cream cheese. Nuke for about 1 minute.

I had this this morning and it was yummy.
The coconut and almond flour add about 25 calories and about one half gram of effective carbs, and they give it a nice texture and flavor.

Sorry if these ingredients have turned up elsewhere in this thread. I didn't have time to read the whole thing before I posted this.

YUMMY!
Great recipe! Thanks to those creative and inventive few who share their rewards with the rest of us!!!
A true treat!

bebe

Thanks Nat - i read every post and decided to try one - awesome!
mine came out sort of like a souffle...is that right? i was afraid i cooked it too long--brand new MW 1200 watts.

ally