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Type 2 Low carb and cooking with red wine

woollygal

woollygal

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Type of diabetes
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Seen a recipe I like but it uses red wine.

Can we have red wine for low carb even if it’s cooked?
 
Butter? I’ve been using benecol the full fat version. But should I be using proper butter like anchor?
 
Cana said:
Butter? I’ve been using benecol the full fat version. But should I be using proper butter like anchor?
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We only have butter in the house. Our personal preference is Kerrygold.
 
DCUKMod said:
We only have butter in the house. Our personal preference is Kerrygold.
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Oooh thank you. Salted or unsalted? No idea the difference other than the obvious
 
Cana said:
Oooh thank you. Salted or unsalted? No idea the difference other than the obvious
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Salted here, except for baking, frying and a few other things, but if I could only have one type, it'd be salted.
 
Wolf Blass Eaglehawk Merlot goes down well with reheated pasta.

We buy Western Star salted butter.
 
Cana said:
Oooh thank you. Salted or unsalted? No idea the difference other than the obvious
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I don't think there's a diabetic reason to go for salted or unsalted butter, unless you've been advised to cut down on salt, in which case unsalted is probably better.

I believe salt is implicated in causing high blood pressure, so personally I use unsalted butter and also use it very sparingly in cooking. A lot of processed food is overloaded in it, (just like sugar :)).
 
Kerrygold, salted.

I'll pass on the red wine as it used to be a migraine trigger in pre LCHF days!

Robbity
 
Cana said:
Seen a recipe I like but it uses red wine.

Can we have red wine for low carb even if it’s cooked?
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I personally don't drink wine, red or white, but in cooking, it is very nice. I only buy a small bottle, I like Shy Pig and it does the job well.
 
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