frankbegbie
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Ha ha, that's why you always find them in the Car Boot sales; they scare people.
Ha ha, that's why you always find them in the Car Boot sales; they scare people.Frank, there are some great low carb, pressure cooker site on the interweb.
I'm a relatively new covert to pressure cooker (IP) cooking (my OH has used a pressure cooker since before I knew him, but it scared me - all that hissing!), having bought an Instant Pot last Black Friday (and evangelised so much @Brunneria bought one), so I tend to look out for bloggers/recipes using the IP. Fortunately, one of my favourite food bloggers is a massive IP user/IP cookery book author. Her food is largely LC.
https://twosleevers.com/facet-recipe/
I also like I Breathe I'm Hungry, who is a strong low carber, but also has an IP, so some of her recipes utilise it. Of course, having been using a pressure cooker for years, you can probably convert your recipes without too much guidance.
https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/recipes
Two good meal sites from the first quick look.Frank, there are some great low carb, pressure cooker site on the interweb.
I'm a relatively new covert to pressure cooker (IP) cooking (my OH has used a pressure cooker since before I knew him, but it scared me - all that hissing!), having bought an Instant Pot last Black Friday (and evangelised so much @Brunneria bought one), so I tend to look out for bloggers/recipes using the IP. Fortunately, one of my favourite food bloggers is a massive IP user/IP cookery book author. Her food is largely LC.
https://twosleevers.com/facet-recipe/
I also like I Breathe I'm Hungry, who is a strong low carber, but also has an IP, so some of her recipes utilise it. Of course, having been using a pressure cooker for years, you can probably convert your recipes without too much guidance.
https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/recipes
Ha ha, that's why you always find them in the Car Boot sales; they scare people.
Thanks for that I just need the flour and the little pasta machine.
Suppose you can just roll it out thin and make shapes out of it?
I'll give it a go whatever soon.
Not atall that was a good explanation.The pasta machine rolls it out for u then it has a part that can cut it to spaghetti, different sizes, lasagne etc., but without the machine u can still try the recipe. Roll it out thin then fold it 2-3 times (dust some flour inbetween so it doesnt stick) and then just chop it and unfold the pieces... kinda like how japanese people make udon noodles, just make it thinner. Sorry my explanation is kinda poor, I ll leave a video link here so u see what Im talking about.
Pasta machine + how to make the recipe without mixer (I have one by Imperia, but same thing, this video explains it better whats the thing):
Udon noodles (watch from about 4mins, that shows how to cut it):
Good Luck !
I would say that initially you may find you're spending more shopping, but that could be new/different ingredients, which once bought are in the store cupboard for some time. That obviously gets better as these ingredients/spices or whatever build up.
Low Carb eating needn't be expensive. I have set myself various challenges over the almost 4 years since I started eating reduced carbs and ensure that we experiment with cheaper cuts of meat very regularly.
One of my latest finds have been pork and beef cheeks, which pressure cook, or slow cook beautifully, with the connective tissue making for a gelatinous sauce The last pork cheeks I bout were under £2 for six, from my local butcher. That was plenty for three portions.
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Artisan breads, crackers and extra thick for toast are now a Lidl multi-grain and 4 lidl rolls a week. <snip>.
You little Hipster, you.
Cheaper cuts of meat have become fashionable in the last few years; so much so that they are not always cheaper these days.
My son (a bit of a foodie) raves about beef cheeks for making chilli.
You just cook them whole until they disintegrate.
None of this mince stuff.
I think it's costing me more; mainly because I never used to eat snacks or rubbish in the first place. I would very occasionally have a Danish or something. I think my problem, related to becoming diabetic, was all the 'healthy' fruit I used to eat. I am certainly spending a lot more now on beef steaks, for example.I'm pretty sure it is but I haven't worked it out yet.
Just wondered.
I was thinking the same thing the other day.I seem to be in the minority here, I think LCHF eating is much more expensive.
Most of the posters on this thread are explaining that they are saving money on meals out, on buying cheaper cuts of meat, on not buying ready meals or takeaways, even buying their wine from Lidl. None of these things are something you couldn’t have done anyway if you wanted to save money without going low carb.
The cheapest way to eat is to fill up on carbs. Rice, pasta, potatoes and bread are extremely cheap, which is why they are the staple foods of poor people everywhere. A large box of supermarket cornflakes will feed a family breakfast for several days, it’s hardly going to be as cheap to give them bacon and eggs every day. Meat and fish, vegetables and salads are much more expensive than chips and pies.
I think the expense could be one of the reasons why the medical profession are reluctant to take carbs out of the recommended diet. People with little money are hardly going to be able to replace their cheap carbs with steaks, salads, avocadoes, almond flour, raspberries and the like. Eating lower GI versions and smaller portions is a sort of compromise that more people can afford.
Don’t get me wrong I am a big fan of LCHF, it has worked well for me, but I can afford the extra expense and health is a priority. If your priority is just managing day by day then low carb is going to make that more difficult.
As I stated in my post it really does depend on lifestyle. There can be no one size fits all response and overlaying responses with a late introduction of someone in specific circumstances is spin and mirrors. I clearly stated why I was making significant savings and I can assure you this is not something I wished or looked for. Someone in different circumstances will have a different result. I merely widened the responses you were receiving to your question to a whole life micro economic scenario. Some aspects of LCHF cost more but yet again that is affected by the circumstances for each individual. I grew my own potatoes so several sackfuls of spuds cost me <£5 whereas celeriac is expensive. Nuts and almond flour cost more than alternatives available on a non lchf diet but I do not buy them unless we have guests. Having no access to medication has completely detroyed my previous lifestyle and so overall I spend less. I certainly am not going to buy decent wine when I only get a small glass a day. All plain, straightforward, economic facts. I am sure I am not the only person that has had their lifestyle affected by diabetes and LCHF. We do not go to as many gigs in pubs now so that is another saving that your recently introduced person on benefits will not have. Life is very hard for a lot of people but in the UK even deciding in whether or not to believe food banks exist is affected by political persuasion and that was not an aspect raised in the original post. Wine comes from Aldi btw. It has a screw top lid so it is still drinkable after 5 days.I was thinking the same thing the other day.
How do people on minimum wage manage if they're Diabetic?
Their food expendeture would be a lot lower than a person on the Average wage for instance, with very little room for manouver.
So they would be very likely to totally depend on the drugs.
Why have you no access to medication?As I stated in my post it really does depend on lifestyle. There can be no one size fits all response and overlaying responses with a late introduction of someone in specific circumstances is spin and mirrors. I clearly stated why I was making significant savings and I can assure you this is not something I wished or looked for. Someone in different circumstances will have a different result. I merely widened the responses you were receiving to your question to a whole life micro economic scenario. Some aspects of LCHF cost more but yet again that is affected by the circumstances for each individual. I grew my own potatoes so several sackfuls of spuds cost me <£5 whereas celeriac is expensive. Nuts and almond flour cost more than alternatives available on a non lchf diet but I do not buy them unless we have guests. Having no access to medication has completely detroyed my previous lifestyle and so overall I spend less. I certainly am not going to buy decent wine when I only get a small glass a day. All plain, straightforward, economic facts. I am sure I am not the only person that has had their lifestyle affected by diabetes and LCHF. We do not go to as many gigs in pubs now so that is another saving that your recently introduced person on benefits will not have. Life is very hard for a lot of people but in the UK even deciding in whether or not to believe food banks exist is affected by political persuasion and that was not an aspect raised in the original post. Wine comes from Aldi btw. It has a screw top lid so it is still drinkable after 5 days.
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