[Overtaxed]

...Steve's on the diet, not me! :-D

Poor guy! You expect him to hold to a low carb diet when you're munching bagels in front of him?

[2Jedismom]

I don't do it in front of HIM!! How long have we been friends???

I did have a hamburger in front of him tonight, as did the boys. He had a hamburger, but with a flaxseed bun I made...very low carb.

But I would NEVER snack on say, ice cream or cake in front of him. Or bake a big ol' thing of cookies with hime right there. I have plenty of time to do those things when he's at work!

I also still serve the boys toast and rice and couscous at dinner...I eat a little too. He just skips it. I make it so he doesn't mind! He gets so much food he can't eat it all.

[2Jedismom]

My Flaxseed Hamburger "Buns"

1/4 Cup Flaxseed Meal ...... ?g Carbs
1/8 tsp Onion Powder ....... .2g Carbs
1/8 tsp Baking Powder ...... .3g Carbs
1 packet Splenda ............. .9g Carbs
1/8 tsp salt .........................0g Carbs
2 tbsp hvy cream (1oz) ..... .8g Carbs
2 Large Eggs ............... 1.2g Carbs
1/2 tbsp sunflower seeds ... .4g Carbs

I chop the sunflower seeds up coursely in a little food processor. Then add the two eggs and cream, whirr that up good. In a bowl, add all the dry ingredients, mixing well. Add the egg, cream and sunflower mixture to the dry ingredients, stir well. Fry like a pancake in a lightly oiled skillet. Monitor it with a pancake turner...you can't tell when to turn it just by looking in my experience.

The batter seemed to do better after it sat for a few minutes...raised more when I cooked it. Makes three average-size pancakes.

I'm showing it at 3.8 carbs right now, not including the Flaxseed meal which is confusing me...I've heard differing values for it, ie seeds have one value, meal has another per tablespoon.