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Alternatives to rice

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Stevenpollock2000

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Newly diagnosed and looking for food alternatives, especially Rice, have tried making cauliflower rice and couscous, which were ok, but…
Has anyone tried other alternatives that work?
 
I've found that cauliflower rice often needs quite a bit of flavouring added to it - I tend to fry it in something strong - eg cumin, black pepper, & a bit of chilli. Otherwise I've not found anything that does the trick for me.
 
KennyA said:
I've found that cauliflower rice often needs quite a bit of flavouring added to it - I tend to fry it in something strong - eg cumin, black pepper, & a bit of chilli. Otherwise I've not found anything that does the trick for me.
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Thank you, I had planned on adding cumin etc this week, hopefully that will help alleviate the rice, pasta or potatoes pang.
 
Stevenpollock2000 said:
Newly diagnosed and looking for food alternatives, especially Rice, have tried making cauliflower rice and couscous, which were ok, but…
Has anyone tried other alternatives that work?
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hi steven, cous cous is apparently a pasta! who knew? not me. i thought it came from a couscous tree, i figured it out when it kept on spiking me. to replace it - and rice etc - i often use quinoa, or lentils.
 
I stopped eating high carb foods and didn't really replace them with anything.
At first I did have cauliflower cheese, and more recently ate quite a bit of swede, but these days I am eating hardly anything and still don't feel the lack of anything.
Other people seem to eat so much these days.
 
I'm another that doesnt routinely replace. I just have more of whatever the rice supports eg more curry, more meat, more chicken and make sure its satisfying, ie rich and tasty.

I do sometimes blitz any hard vegetable (caulifower, white cabbage, swede) in the food processor then add flavourings and spices and butter and pan fry.

It can take a while to get used to the idea that not every meal needs carbs. We are so indoctrinated and marketed at, and restaurants want us to fill up on cheap carbs so their profit is higher and costs lower.! They aren't interested in our well being.
 
I occasionally get konjac rice, very low or zero carbs, zero fat, zero protein - essentially it's just water and fibre, so it's completely tasteless and relies on the sauce you're making for it. But it does tend to make you feel full and takes minutes to prepare. There are also konjac noodles and other forms.
 
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