[pops88]

Thanks for the Stella Style link. I took advantage of his cookbook offer. I’ve been eating low carb since about 2000. There really aren’t any carbs I miss anymore because the few times I cheat and eat them, I usually feel awful afterwards- sluggish, indigestion, heartburn, etc. I love my spiralizer for zucchini and prefer that sauced rather than pasta. I like to cook cod pieces (the fish, not the wardrobe piece) in butter, garlic, lemon, and Parmesan and add the zucchini during the last few minutes of cooking. It’s a dish that has been well received by the family.

I gave up on trying to make ice cream because even with alcohol it’s hard as a rock. Now I just whip some cream with cocoa powder, Splenda and sugar free Torani syrup or almond extract. I drop spoonfuls onto a wax paper covered cookie sheet, freeze solid, then stick in a Ziploc. Usually just a couple take care of any desert / treat cravings.

Another treat favorite is pepperoni with a dot of pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese cooked in the microwave on 2 paper plates till crisp (about a min.) I use tongs to move the pepperoni to the paper plate on the bottom to continue to absorb the grease. It’s a nice substitute for pizza. I don’t like crust enough to bother trying a cauliflower one.

[Jamestown1630]

I also notice that when I cheat and eat a lot of refined carbs, I don’t feel as good. I also notice that after a while on the ‘diet’, a lot of sweets are really unpleasantly sweet.

I never had a weight problem until “midlife”, around 50, when I gained about 30 lbs within a year. I lost most of it using the low-carb diet, and my husband lost 65 lbs. and has kept it off for years.

I still sometimes struggle with staying at my ‘young’ weight, but don’t have to be terribly strict with the diet. I do notice, however, that when I do fall off the wagon, I eat much less of things like pie or cake - a little bit is satisfying enough, once you train yourself out of routinely eating those things. (Ice cream - rather Sherbet - is my regular downfall now!)

(LOL over your cod pieces ;-)

[kitchen]

I have heard of using a thin layer of ground beef as a pizza crust. Sear it off real fast under a broiler and then build your pie on top. Definitely a fork food, however.

[Yaelle]

Love your ideas. Sounds like things I used to do. Unsweetened whipped cream, mixed with puréed unsweetened strawberries, then stuck in the freezer for an hour. Ice cream without sugar.

And I used to make “nachos” by using jicama slices with shredded chedddar over them and sliced jalapeño on top, microwaved.