Bootcamp Recipe Thread

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Asparagus Frittata (serves 2)

250g/9oz asparagus, trimmed and cut into 5cm/2in pieces
4 eggs
4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan or Pecorino cheese
225g/8oz spring onions, finely chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil

• Cook asparagus in boiling water until tender (7-10 minutes)
• Whisk the eggs and add the cheese and the spring onions
• Pre-heat the grill
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan that can go under the grill
• Put in the asparagus; stir-fry for a minute, then pour in the eaten eggs, moving the asparagus around gently to make sure the egg mixture gets right through, and that the grated cheese is well distributed
• Let the frittata cook over a moderate heat for a few minutes until the underside is cooked and lightly browned, then put the pan under a hot grill for a minute or two until the top is set and golden brown

5.5g carbs per serving

Recipe from Rose Elliot's "The Vegetarian Low-Carb Diet Book"

Thanks BreakOut I'd appreciate help with recipes etc. I'm bumbling around it at the mo :o

Low carb ice cream

200g greek yoghurt
200g double cream
100ml water
vanilla essence to taste

I also put in a teaspoon of purevia which is the equivalent of 3 teaspoons of sugar but I'm not sure it needs it. Just mix it all together and put it in the ice cream maker which is an essential piece of kit if you plan to low carb long term because a life without ice cream just isn't worth living. You can also use just pure cream instead of the yoghurt and water which works better if you want to make chocolate ice cream (25g of cocoa instead of the vanilla and more sweetener to counteract the bitterness).

OMG Queen!

I may have to try that - but I don't have an ice-cream maker and no room for one in my kitchen. Can it be done by the old freeze-stir-freeze method do you think?

I may just have to try anyway ...

marking my place (keep losing this one)

You probably could do it by the freeze-stir-freeze method but it probably wouldn't be as nice as out of an ice cream maker - it comes out like really nice mr whippy style ice cream. Ice cream makers don't actually take up kitchen space - the bulk of it is the bowl which lives in the freezer.

You haven't seen my kitchen ...

Nor do I have much freezer space!

Scotch Eggs (Posted by misspinkpanther on the pig2twig forums)

(Makes 5)
Ingredients:
500g of good quality sausage meat
5 hard bolied eggs
100g grated parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon paprika
Knob of butter, melted in the microwave, in a shallow bowl

Method:
1 - combine the parmesan cheese and dried herbs in a mixing bowl.
2 - divide the sausage meat into 5 equal pieces, flatten each one out until it's just bigger than the palm of your hand to make a pattie shape. This is a bit messy as I didn't use flour, but it's do-able.
3 - put a hard bolied egg into each sausage meat pattie and close it round the egg. Roll the sausage/egg in your palms to make a nice egg-shape and make sure the sausage meat covers the egg all over.
4 - dip the sausage/egg gently into the bowl of melted butter and roll around so it is covered.
5 - put the sausage/egg into the bowl of parmesan and herbs and roll gently around, making sure the whole thing is well covered with the topping.
6 - put the scotch egg onto a baking sheet that is lined with foil (if you don't line the sheet it'll be very hard to clean off afterwards).
7 - when you've finished making the scotch eggs put them onto the middle shelf of the oven, at 180 degrees celsius/gas mark 4 and cook for 30 minutes until golden brown and crunchy looking.

The original recipe for the topping comes from Dana Carpender's book '500 low-carb recipes' and is called 'wonderful wings'

Alternative Scotch Eggs (Posted by Aubergine on the pig2twig forum)

My recipe is to line silicone muffin tray with sausagemeat (make it high as it shrinks on cooking; part-bake about 10 mins, then add usual muffin mix (for 4 sausage cases, I used 2 large eggs, dollop cream cheese, dollop cream, grated cheddar).
Continue cooking, then take them out of the muffin tray for last 5-10 mins, so bases can crisp.

Pandarose then tried it, but lined the muffin holes with sausagemeat, then instead of muffin mix, just cracked an egg into each sausage case.

Pictures here

There's recipe somewhere for scotch eggs with ground up pork scratchings for the coating. Oh yeah.

Dh made this it is delicious and from Hugh fErnley whiting stall river cottage veg every day.

Cambodia wedding day dip

500g chestnut and or cup mushroom
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1 small birds eye chilli finely chopped inc seeds
3 garlic cloves crushed
1 tablespoon curry powder or mild curry paste
2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
400ml coconut milk
Juice 1/2 lime dash of soy
Chopped coriander to garnish

Finely dice mushroom, or blitz in processor not too fine.

Heat oil in large frying pan and cook mushrooms til all liquid has evaporated stir briskly whilst cooking
Add chili and garlic and stir for one minute
Add curry powder/paste and peanut butter stir thoroughly then stir in coconut milk

Let it all bubble rapidly stir occasionally so doesn't stick until thick and reduced (approx 30 min)

Add lime juice and soy to taste

Serves 8 total carbs about 23g

Pinot, sorry I haven't been back sooner! Asked my mum about gluten free tips, she says it's worth investing in rice flour, and if you can find it, tapioca flour, if you do enjoy baking and cooking. Snacks are very expensive to buy, but she's taken to whipping up her own cakes, etc, so she still gets to have them. She says she is much more likely to stick to the diet if she can find alternatives for her to eat, rather than trying to go without- it's too easy to give in and have a binge if she doesn't have an alternative there. Once your set in the WOE, it hurts after a gluten binge!

The bread has also improved recently, and is much more eatable. The pie crusts, etc, don't go right- she's working on them now. She has a book by Phil whatever his name is, live with Fern Britton? Anyway, he has a gluten free book out, the recipes are mainly based on alternative flours- rice flour, potato flour and tapioca flour. But she does like to just try things herself.

here you are you little devil - keep losing this thread

dear all, just joined mums net and have a bmi of 37 and starting golower system next week to kick me off, sorry for being thick but what does BIWI stand for and are these all coolass low card recipes for weight loss? thank you

Marking place for later reference!

Marking my place! Entering a dangerous phase of 'can't be bothered to cook' so will be looking at this often for inspiration.

Italian style turkey burgers

1)Pack of turkey mince
2)A couple of Sundried toms (these can be carby so watch out)
3)Dollop of pesto
4)Whatever other Italian seasonings you fancy
5)Salt and pepper
6)1 egg
7)Some ground almonds if you feel the mixture is too wet
8)Mozzarella balls

Mix ingredients no. 1-7 together.
Refrigerate for half an hour.
Put a mozzarella ball in middle of a handful of mixture and shape into something resembling a burger around the cheese.
Re refrigerate for a bit.
Fry.

Oh and try to get a pesto that is made with pine nuts, not cashews as a lot of them are.

Not exactly a recipe as such but...this is AMAZING .

1. Hardboil an egg.
2. Take it out of the pan and mash it in a cup or small bowl while it's still warm.
3. Add a dollop of Boursin.
4. Eat.
5. Consider repeating steps 1-4.

Oh. My. God.

Welcome, Angelique!

What we're posting here are our favourite low carb recipes - we're on the Bootcamp threads Here's the latest one , using low carbing as a way of losing weight.

You would be very welcome to join us on Bootcamp!

Shakshouka, delicious Morrocan dish. Serves 2 or 3.
Fry 2 chopped onions til soft in olive oil
Add 2 cloves of chopped garlic
Add 2 chopped peppers cook til soft
Add 1 teaspoon of ground coriander seeds (and optionally 1 chopped chilli)
Add 400g of chopped tinned tomatoes or passata and carry on heating and stirring for 6 mins.
Crack an egg per person onto the top, allow it to cook/poach in the tomato.
Serve topped with lots of fresh chopped coriander and lots of crumbled feta.

marking my place, we're new to the low carb world but I love cooking and DH, who is the one that needs to lose weight, loves meat so it should be doable.

Krumbum that sounds lovely, but it also sounds very carby - have you worked out how many carbs?

One way to cut them down would be to use shallots instead of onions - 3.3g carbs per 100g cf 7.9g for onions

I came on here looking for magic mushrooms recipe. Can anyone help?
I'm off to find out where I can buy shirotaki noodles

hilly - the noodles I can help with! You can either buy them online here - this is one site, but there are loads if you Google shirataki

... or if you have an Asian supermarket near you. Make sure you buy the shirataki ones though. They are Japanese.