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Cooking with wine on LCHF diet

Scandichic

Scandichic

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I have recently been diagnosed as type 2. I follow a LCHF diet but would like some advice about cooking with wine. I have a fab recipe for bean bake which includes a glass of red wine. Is this ok?
The recipe is:
2 onions (chopped finely)
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
1 tin of mixed beans in a mild chilli sauce
Quarter of pint sour cream
Grated cheese
2 tablespoons tomato purée
Mixed herbs
Salt
pepper

Fry the onions. Add tomatoes, beans, seasoning, tomato purée and wine. Simmer for 15 mins then put in ovenproof dish. Put cream in middle. Cover with grated cheese. Cook on 180 for 40 mins in middle of oven. Share with others if feeling generous. I have included the recipe so that you can look at the quantities or even cook it if you want. Sainsburys beans with mild chilli sauce do have some sugar in but I don't know how much.
If I have made huge errors - please be gentle with me as I am new! I have lost 7lbs and halved my bs levels and I have only been on this diet since 29th of Jan! :)
 
No problem with the recipe if you're not counting your calories, cooking with wine won't make any difference to the carbs. Even the alcohol will evaporate. The fat would be a bit much for me, I'd reduce the cream, maybe low fat crème fraiche, and low fat cheese, but sounds nice.
 
One glass will be fine, if you can't manage the rest send it my way :D
 
When you are looking at labels look for carbohydrates ignore the sub section sugar you need the overall figure :-)

Enjoy the meal
Wine ick
Beans...devils poop

Cheese yummmmmm

Oh l think most of us look for around 5grams carbs/100gram product as a baseline. If it is more decide how importaint it is and how often....one off treat it is.
 
Mud Island Dweller said:
When you are looking at labels look for carbohydrates ignore the sub section sugar you need the overall figure :)

Enjoy the meal
Wine ick
Beans...devils poop

Cheese yummmmmm

Oh l think most of us look for around 5grams carbs/100gram product as a baseline. If it is more decide how importaint it is and how often....one off treat it is.
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Beans, I'm fine with.
Sugar, I'll avoid, but carbs depend on what the carb is, so it's the sugar count I'll look for, and the carbs are fine if they're carbs that don't spike me.
GI and GL for me.
Cheese, too much fat in quantity, that's the one off treat, and comes out of the daily calories at 9 calories per g of fat.
 
I agree the wine is not a problem, but I couldn't eat the beans. Out of curiosity what's the carb count for them?

By the way...Congrats on your weight loss :)
 
Beans


Kidney beans are 18g carbs per 100g, with 6g fibre,
Haricot are 15g with 7g fibre,
Mung, 15 and 5
Flageolet 12 and 6
Borlotti 12 and 6
Butterbean 15 and 5

But admittedly, that's a straight tin of beans, not a chili mix.
 
Mud Island Dweller said:
When you are looking at labels look for carbohydrates ignore the sub section sugar you need the overall figure :)

Enjoy the meal
Wine ick
Beans...devils poop

Cheese yummmmmm

Oh l think most of us look for around 5grams carbs/100gram product as a baseline. If it is more decide how importaint it is and how often....one off treat it is.
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Thank you for making me laugh!!!!!!!
 
douglas99 said:
Beans


Kidney beans are 18g carbs per 100g, with 6g fibre,
Haricot are 15g with 7g fibre,
Mung, 15 and 5
Flageolet 12 and 6
Borlotti 12 and 6
Butterbean 15 and 5

But admittedly, that's a straight tin of beans, not a chili mix.
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Thanks Douglas. Beans are too high fibre for me. I'm just curious how much difference it being a chili mix will make to carbs.
 
Beachbag said:
I agree the wine is not a problem, but I couldn't eat the beans. Out of curiosity what's the carb count for them?

By the way...Congrats on your weight loss :)
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As you made me laugh so much when I read that you'd forgotten that you had a body part missing on 1 of the other threads, I have just gone to the kitchen cupboard. Per 100g: carb 13.5g of which 3.8 sugars. Fat 0.3g of which 0.1g saturates. :)
 
Scandichic said:
As you made me laugh so much when I read that you'd forgotten that you had a body part missing on 1 of the other threads, I have just gone to the kitchen cupboard. Per 100g: carb 13.5g of which 3.8 sugars. Fat 0.3g of which 0.1g saturates. :)
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Not lot of difference then. They just add a bit of chili, and a bit of sugar.
 
Scandichic said:
As you made me laugh so much when I read that you'd forgotten that you had a body part missing on 1 of the other threads, I have just gone to the kitchen cupboard. Per 100g: carb 13.5g of which 3.8 sugars. Fat 0.3g of which 0.1g saturates. :)
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Thank you... On both counts ;). The recipe does sound good, enjoy!
 
Beachbag they burn on the way in and out.
See l just love all beans.

If you go on a low carb high fat diet cheese is fine to eat.
The OP hasnt said what she is hearding for LCHF or nhs.
Carbs may not spike you but they can spike others.
If you have one if not get one and eat per meter. That will help find out what pushes you up.
 
Ingredients:
Mixed Beans (43%) (In Variable Proportions: Red Kidney, Pinto, Cannellini, Borlotti, Black Eye), Water, Tomato Puree, Red Peppers, Onion, Sugar, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein, Spices, Spice Extracts.



I would be tempted to just use a tin of mixed beans in water, add some chilli seasoning and a load of jalapeños. Everything tastes better with jalapeños!
 
Mud Island Dweller said:
Beachbag they burn on the way in and out.
See l just love all beans.

If you go on a low carb high fat diet cheese is fine to eat.
The OP hasnt said what she is hearding for LCHF or nhs.
Carbs may not spike you but they can spike others.
If you have one if not get one and eat per meter. That will help find out what pushes you up.
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To be frank MID, beans are one of the most antisocial foods I have come across!:oops:, plus they spike me too much. However, as we keep seeing on here it's a question of different foods for different people. Fascinating stuff.
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
Ingredients:
Mixed Beans (43%) (In Variable Proportions: Red Kidney, Pinto, Cannellini, Borlotti, Black Eye), Water, Tomato Puree, Red Peppers, Onion, Sugar, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein, Spices, Spice Extracts.



I would be tempted to just use a tin of mixed beans in water, add some chilli seasoning and a load of jalapeños. Everything tastes better with jalapeños!
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Omg! Those little devils take the skin off the roof of my mouth, lol. Can tell you're going to have fun with that recipe...personalise it ;)
 
Mud Island Dweller said:
Beachbag they burn on the way in and out.
See l just love all beans.

If you go on a low carb high fat diet cheese is fine to eat.
The OP hasnt said what she is hearding for LCHF or nhs.
Carbs may not spike you but they can spike others.
If you have one if not get one and eat per meter. That will help find out what pushes you up.
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Low carb, high fat!:)
 
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