You need The Cook's Thesaurus.
It'a a complete online encyclopedia of food. http://www.foodsubs.com/ ... everything is discussed -- meats, vegetables, creams and cheeses, smoked and deli meats, and there's a picture for everything. It even lists other names that a food may be known as.

A very handy guide.

Doreen

JeanetteJ
Healthfood stores carry Diakon since it's popular with people eating macro...they're long, white and larger than the typical round red ones in the grocery store. If you are lucky enough to live in a city with either a Whole Foods or Wild Oats you'll find diakon and a lot of other interesting foods.

>>I have never heard of boston or Bibb lettuce, Swiss chard, kale and collard greens. << Oh my! ARe you in for a treat!

Good Luck!

Chinese Snow Pea Pods

2 TBS vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped fine
1 clove garlic, chopped fine
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/4 cup sliced water chestnuts
1/2 pound snow pea pods
1 TBS Tamari soy sauce
1/4 cup chicken stock --just something else for you to do with you chicken stock fiona!

Heat oil in heavy skillet. Add onion, garlic, salt, and ater chestnuts. Saute until onion is golden. Add pea pods, soy sauce, and chicken stock. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Uncover and cook for 5 more minutes.

I like mine crispier, so I only cook for 5 minutes total.

Total Carb grams 28.4
Carb Grams per serving 4.7

I haven't made these yet, but plan to next week after I go shopping. I was wondering what to put on them...any suggestions? I was thinking maybe cook some bacon first and just brown them in the bacon fat instead of the butter.


Mock Potato Dumplings

1/2 head cauliflower (1 cup mashed)
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon parsley
1 teaspoon nutmeg
4 TBS soy flour
1 TBS salt
4 TBS butter

Boil cauliflower until soft, for about 25 minutes. Mash with fork or potato masher.

Add eggs, parmesan cheese, parsley, nutmeg, and soy flour. Shape into 12 walnut-sized balls.

Bring large pot of water to rolling boil. Add salt. Drop cauliflower balls into water. When they rise, remove with a slotted spoon.
Heat butter in skillet. Fry balls until brown on all sides. Drain on paper towel.

Total carb grams 18.1
Grams per serving 1.5
Total:
protein 44.2
Calories 802.8
Fat 76.28

wow, dorreen!!
That site is AMAZING! THANIK YOU!
Just what I need- visual aids.
I looked at the picture of the green onion-to my huge surprise it was long and thin, i've been looking for something round!
jeanette

Thanks for starting this thread Karen ! I am really struggling with veggies. I keep eating Cabbage (white or green), Tomatoes (Ok, I know they are actually a fruit), Cucumbers and Lettuce. That's it. If I don't find anything else to eat soon, I think BF is going to move out of the bedroom

I don't have any recipes at all at the moment, but I promise I will try and look some up. My Mom makes some really nice Cauliflower, I'll ring her and ask her for the ingredients.

Hmmm, thinking about it, she does something nice with Zucchinis as well

Greetings
Sabine

I can't take any credit for it. Sharon - our fabulous Low-Carb Kitchen Moderator - starts a recipe thread every month on a different subject to collect recipes for the site. This month it was vegetable recipes.

There have been some great contributions so far, but of course there could be more.

Karen

Karen,
The spinich pancakes are so yummy! I traded the parsley for a couple of slices of Swiss Cheese that I melted on top.

About the parsley. I forgot to buy it-- along with a couple of other items...where was my mind? I was distracted with trying to deny the effects of the smells wafting out of the bakery...I think I'll stop shopping in the morning at Albertson's! lol

mucho gracias!

Thanks Ka3n! That's what sharing recipes is all about - making a recipe your own.

I fooled around with a cabbage "pancake" last week that was kind of interesting. It ended up being more like hash browns. I will continue and probably post both versions. Stay tuned for Spinach and Parmesan Crackers!

Karen

Folks, I had a sneak preview of those, they're great!

Wa'il

This is a great thread. I don't do recipes really. I steam vegies or eat the raw in salad. Of course I stay in the induction phase and mostly eat salads.

thanks for the ideas!!

Opps, I'm not at all creative in the kitchen so I've been sharing recipies from the new Atkins Cookbook thinking that someone who might not have the book would enjoy them. I hope that this is alright.
Katherine

All ideas a great... The recipes that are your original creations will be posted in the member's recipe section, but that doesn't mean you can't other share recipes with us that you've tried and enjoyed.

By posting our own recipes in the Low Carb Recipe section we have our very own Low Carb Cookbook, unique to the Lowcarb Forum.

I'm sure we all have something that's our very own creation, it's just a matter of putting it on paper and doing the nutritional breakdown, i.e. carb count, fibre, for the rest of the members. This is the time consuming part of the job!!

Keep those ideas coming!

That's the part that I'm familar with! The Atkins' cookbook only lists carbs! boo hiss!

Don't let the carb count calculations discourage you..