I am newly diagnosed (one month) and am following the LCHF diet and exercise (oh! so much exercise!!). Planning ahead for meals I can take to work I have just made up a big batch of stew with: beef, celeriac, onions, peas, lentils and SWEDE. Having a browse around I have seen that all root vegetables tend to be bad for us on this forum so my question is "having cooked the stew with swede, can I take it out before eating it, or has all the carbs transferred themselves to the gravy" (sorry this is a daft question but I am really trying to cut the carbs out because I don't think they like me at all. Also whilst I have your attention - are sausages any good? I don't really like the chunky meat ones but am worried about the fillers in the normal ones ie; Richmond Thick Sausages.