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Low Carb Recipes

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BIWI · 21/01/2024 15:56

I was wondering if it would be possible to have a thread for low carb recipes, in the weight loss section? Could be used for both the Bootcamp and Low Carb topics.

We currently have separate recipe threads in the Bootcamp topic (organised by food type, e.g. meat or poultry or vegetarian, but they keep getting lost in the list of other topics.

Having them all in one, dedicated topic would make them much easier to find.

What do you think?

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ArcaneWireless · 06/02/2024 19:50

Will be dipping in and out and pinching recipes happily.

Thank you 😘

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BIWI · 06/02/2024 13:05

Yay!

Thank you so much @BeckyAMumsnet Flowers

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BeckyAMumsnet · 06/02/2024 12:32

Hi everyone - get sharing those recipes! Your new topic is ready to go. Smile
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low-carb-recipes

If anyone has requests for other recipe boards, please add them to this thread for consideration.

Thanks, all.

Low-Carb Diets & Keto Recipes Discussion Forum UK | Mumsnet | Mumsnet

Following a low-carb or keto diet? Find low-carb meal inspiration and share ideas on our recipes forum.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low-carb-recipes

Magnolia82 · 31/01/2024 22:23

Thank you @BIWI and @BeckyAMumsnet

FinallyHere · 31/01/2024 22:21

Brilliant thank you @BeckyAMumsnet

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BIWI · 31/01/2024 19:47

@BeckyAMumsnet here are links to the 5 recipe threads - hopefully makes your job easier!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low_carb_bootcamp/3146576-Vegetarian-Low-Carb-Recipes?reply=127816668

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low_carb_bootcamp/3409598-Desserts-and-other-sweet-things-Recipe-thread?reply=126973736

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low_carb_bootcamp/3148498-Low-Carb-Meat-recipes-beef-pork-lamb-venison?reply=98073021

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low_carb_bootcamp/3153013-Low-carb-recipes-for-chicken-duck-and-other-poultry?reply=109967833

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low_carb_bootcamp/3171876-Low-carb-fish-and-seafood-recipes

Page 10 | Vegetarian Low Carb Recipes | Mumsnet

*Asparagus Frittata (serves 2)* 250g/9oz asparagus, trimmed and cut into 5cm/2in pieces 4 eggs 4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan or Pecorino...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/low_carb_bootcamp/3146576-Vegetarian-Low-Carb-Recipes?reply=127816668

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ArcaneWireless · 31/01/2024 18:11

Thank you BIWI and the gin palace 😘 Gin

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BeckyAMumsnet · 31/01/2024 17:07

You're very welcome. Thanks for suggesting it. 🥚🍤🍽

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BIWI · 31/01/2024 17:00

Fantastic! Thank you very much Flowers

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BeckyAMumsnet · 31/01/2024 16:59

Thanks, @BIWI , and everyone else too. We'll get this set up in the next couple of days and give you a shout on here when it's ready to go.

OldandTired66 · 31/01/2024 15:43

Another vote for a low carb recipe thread here

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BIWI · 31/01/2024 15:03

shearwater2 · 31/01/2024 13:19

Didn't we used to have a Mumsnet user recipes area separate from Talk or am I making it up?

I remember finding a cupcake brownie one and my daughters making them on their own rather a lot when they were small. So you could even have a separate tab and entire area for recipes, perhaps between "Parenting" and "Swears By".

Edited

Yes you're right - there was a whole section for recipes, all user-tested/reviewed, I seem to recall! Not quite sure when/why they disappeared.

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lurknolinger · 31/01/2024 14:21

Another one who would appreciate a dedicated Low Carb recipe thread

shearwater2 · 31/01/2024 13:19

Didn't we used to have a Mumsnet user recipes area separate from Talk or am I making it up?

I remember finding a cupcake brownie one and my daughters making them on their own rather a lot when they were small. So you could even have a separate tab and entire area for recipes, perhaps between "Parenting" and "Swears By".

RestingCatsArseFace · 31/01/2024 12:02

I gave up searching on here for low carb recipes because I couldn't find any due to the muddle of diets on the same threads.

Made even more difficult because I search for vegetarian low carb.

So, yes I would like to see this please.

cathyandclaire · 31/01/2024 08:31

I'd appreciate this. I'm a long-time low carber ( 12 years) and the recipes often get lost in the super-fast bootcamp threads.

Auntiesitting · 31/01/2024 08:06

I think it’s a great idea. As well as people low carbing for weight loss others who low carb/keto for health reasons would use it too.

Thesoundofmusic23 · 31/01/2024 08:03

I’d use a LC recipe area and would help me stick to this WOE long term. Thanks mumsnet,

Podgedodge · 31/01/2024 07:49

Yes please to low carb recipes.
Great idea

alwaysclockwise · 31/01/2024 07:41

Yes please for a separate LC recipies topic!
It will be useful for so many of us.

whinsome · 31/01/2024 07:29

I’d definitely use a low carb recipe section. Great idea!

Jollyholibobs · 31/01/2024 07:27

I’d use a low carb recipe topic and think it’s a great idea.

Metabolicallycomplicated · 31/01/2024 07:09

I’d appreciate a low carb recipe section away from other types of recipes. A couple of reasons for this from me:

  1. LCHF isn’t about weight loss in many many cases. I do need to lose weight, but more than that I need to get my PCOS and IR under control sharpish.
  2. It’s such a different way of eating from SW, WW, CC etc I don’t think people on diets particularly support or want to stumble on our recipes. I know when I was struggling on high carb diets it would have been unhelpful.
  3. Many low carbers eat this way for an extremely long time and dipping back in to the boot camp or LC topic when you’re already a pro is annoying. It would be good to have somewhere where anyone can post LC recipes and you can dip in and out of without having to scroll back through endless threads.

I think the weight loss and diet section of the site needs an overhaul generally, there’s a lot of totally dead topics that don’t get used at all. Cleaning some of those up to make room for an LC recipe topic (and a SW recipe topic etc) makes sense.

PurpleWhirple · 31/01/2024 06:34

Agree that a separate low carb recipe section would be very helpful, and also that all the ozempic/wegovy/weight loss drugs threads should be grouped together somewhere. There are so many of them!

Goodiewhemper · 31/01/2024 06:24

Yes another vote for a low carb recipe thread. It would make it so much easier as so many great recipes get lost in the general BC threads. I don't get the objections really. I started BC because I am a coeliac whose blood sugars were at the highest point in the normal range and with a family history of diabetes and heart disease and previous gestational diabetis I needed to get it under control. It was my doctor who first suggested low carb to manage it and since starting BC a few months ago my levels have gone from.42 to 36.

Low carbing is not just about weight loss. That is a bonus. I have lost 7kgs and my waist line is decreasing. Quite a few wins in there. As an aside even if my only goal was weight loss most other weight loss plans are really not compatible with coeliac disease in the long term. LC recipes all tend to be gluten free as well.