The lowcarbprogram has meal plans for vegetarians and even a file of recipes for vegans.I am almost vegetarian (chicken only), cannot eat fats as I have uncontrolable lipids, and don’t eat any type of fish. Anybody got any ideas? None of these are through my own making, I just don’t like meat or fish. Pretty difficult to do low carb without getting bored with salads (no dressings allowed due to fat content) or chicken with veggies. HELP!
Not necessarily, I used to spend money on very good quality bread potatoes, pasta and rice. They certainly weren't rubbish and they didn't cost a fortune.Actually, we all spent a fortune on carbohydrate rubbish.
Yes it is. It just needs a little effort, such as learning how to cook, avoiding pre-packed or processed food, and making an effort. Once you master it, or get a sense of what you should be doing, it's amazing how much money you can save by ditching all pre-made supermarket/shop goods and learning how to make basic, tasty, wholesome food yourself.Is it possible to be low carb on a very small budget? I feel like I’ve lost all the cheap ingredients that turn a small amount of meat into a filling meal (pasta, rice, bread) and while I would love to replace that bulk with more meat, cheese, cream, eggs etc those are all pretty expensive in comparison. Even veg costs quite a bit if you need a lot of it and the filling ones are the carby ones!
I buy cooking bacon or bacon mishapesThat wasn't the question though, it was do they sell them cheaper
I find it more expensive because:
I don't eat red meat apart from a little bacon/ham occasionally
my other health conditions make it hard for me to cook, I can only stand for a sort time and can't chop veg easily so I have to buy pre-prepared veg (such as onions) and salads
even after my gallbladder was removed I struggle to eat eggs - one a day max.
I end up buying some ready made salads, ready to cook veg and fish - plus occasionally, for a bad week, ready cooked chicken - so even without coconut milk, flour and almond flour that all works out a lot more than my old food list.
So eating low carb can be as cheap, or cheaper, if you have access to decent shops, are a meat eater, can spend time in the kitchen doing extra cooking/clearing up - but that doesn't work for everyone.
I think so too, especially when you add magnesium, potassium and psyllium husk powder supplements...The cost of low carb is to some extent the elephant in the room as far as controlling type 2 is concerned.
i dont have any of those things. I have been low carbing for nearly 6 years.I think so too, especially when you add magnesium, potassium and psyllium husk powder supplements...
Not to mention the "almond flour, coconut flour" for mug bread, as noted above...
Yes, I used to buy lots of fruit from the open market. It was wonderful quality and so cheap, it was almost impossible to spend £5 and still be able to carry it all home in my rucsac. Those were the days!Not necessarily, I used to spend money on very good quality bread potatoes, pasta and rice. They certainly weren't rubbish and they didn't cost a fortune.
I take potassium because my very LC diet doesn't allow me many vegetables. However I take it in the form of Lo-salt,when you add magnesium, potassium and psyllium husk powder supplements...
The alternative would be to ask my GP for potassium supplements, and I doubt she'd be very willing.Lo salt uses salt with chemical additives though
Maybe you could earn some money offering courses in economical eating and then spend it on luxury foods?Wow everyone, thank you so much for your replies and suggestions.
There are quite a few comments that suggest we are currently over spending on high carb processed rubbish and will save by learning to cook from scratch, shopping reduced items, “making an effort” etc. I’m sure that is true for a lot of people but I would say that we already cook from scratch and buy a lot of yellow sticker foods. We don’t buy pre-chopped veg and already use things like cooking bacon. Basically all the normal money saving things are things I/we already do.
Please don't taking it personally, many members were I'm sure only recalling their own experiences of changing to a new way of eating. On a forum we can't always get a full picture.There are quite a few comments that suggest we are currently over spending on high carb processed rubbish and will save by learning to cook from scratch, shopping reduced items, “making an effort” etc.
Please don't taking it personally, many members were I'm sure only recalling their own experiences of changing to a new way of eating. On a forum we can always get a full picture.
Maybe you could earn some money offering courses in economical eating and then spend it on luxury foods?
Because too much potassium can be dangerous, potassium supplements are obliged to be extremely weak, so that you'd have to swallow lots to make any difference.
My local butcher's is by all accounts excellent but extremely expensive, which is why I go to the supermarket, even Waitrose are cheaper. See the price list below and note that their cheapest chickens are about £13 each. All suggestions of being a regular customer and getting cheap meat from your local butcher's are not going to work in my postcode.I would never presume to disagree with so many people who find their local butcher excellent in terms of value and quality. This could be some kind of post code lottery. Even with a family member giving "mates rates" we could never match supermarket prices and would merely be virtue signalling and wasting money buying from local butchers. I am very much in favour of buying local and keeping villages alive but financially it would be madness for us. Even spending £2-300 2-3 times a year e.g. Christmas. Easter and Harvest just leaves them with the "so, some other smuck will pay top dollar" attitude. I ain't driving 50-60 mile round trip for questionable better deal. In my area local butcher = farmers market prices without the quality but you guys are much luckier. Now, visiting my son in Southampton I have found a good butcher - but that is not a viable option.
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