Any ideas

[Kaylz]

Hi guys 🙂
I avoided peas for a long time as they were carbier than other vegetables (don't know why as I always had a lotus with tea @5.7g when a 100g serving of Tesco's frozen petits pois is only 5.4, much more filling and healthier but never mind I've changed that now lol )
Anyways was just wondering if anyone had any tasty recipes using peas?
TIA 🙂 x

 

[Sprogladite]

Pea and mint soup! LOL xxxx

 

[Kaylz]

Pea and mint soup! LOL xxxx

I meant something that could accompany my main meal!!!! HAHA, gimme a text! xxxx

 

[Sprogladite]

Just sent you one 😉 xxxx

 

[Mark T]

Nuuuuu, Peas are only slightly less evil then Brussel Sprouts!

 

[khskel]

Yorkshire caviar aka mushy peas

 

[Amigo]

Fry some chopped bacon and onion then throw in the frozen garden peas and mix with that cous cous you’re going to try. Add garlic if you wish...delicious and not high carb 😛

 

[Kaylz]

Fry some chopped bacon and onion then throw in the frozen garden peas and mix with that cous cous you’re going to try. Add garlic if you wish...delicious and not high carb 😛

Just been looking at recipes along those lines actually lol, was hoping my Tesco sold the garlic and herb prawns to throw in too but unfortunately they don't x

 

[Drummer]

Avoid the couscous - it is pasta, so high carb. Although I need to be careful with peas, as with all legumes they seem to punch above their weight when it comes to carbs, I can have a small serving.
I don't do anything much with foods - I just put the peas next to the roast lamb and add mint sauce made from concentrate, not the ready made stuff. I should grow my own but have never managed to - it always gets 'rust' and dies off.

 

[mikeyB]

Mind you, onions do contain a lot of sugar, that’s how they can caramelise. That’s sucrose, not the usual fructose.

 

[Kaylz]

Avoid the couscous - it is pasta, so high carb. Although I need to be careful with peas, as with all legumes they seem to punch above their weight when it comes to carbs, I can have a small serving.
I don't do anything much with foods - I just put the peas next to the roast lamb and add mint sauce made from concentrate, not the ready made stuff. I should grow my own but have never managed to - it always gets 'rust' and dies off.

A 100g serving of whole wheat cous cous is about 20g carbs and frankly I need to eat carbs to gain the wait I need, also I am type 1 and can inject for it, sorry but this whole avoid the carbs is why I'm in trouble with my weight and mental health in the first place

 

[Kaylz]

Mind you, onions do contain a lot of sugar, that’s how they can caramelise. That’s sucrose, not the usual fructose.

We're not talking tons of onion here Mike! LOL I eat about 20g a day in my cheese toastie as it is so I'm sure a bit more wouldn't hurt! Haha
(Anyway this coming from the man who bigs up Tunnock's caramel wafers 🙄) HAHA x

 

[Drummer]

A 100g serving of whole wheat cous cous is about 20g carbs and frankly I need to eat carbs to gain the wait I need, also I am type 1 and can inject for it, sorry but this whole avoid the carbs is why I'm in trouble with my weight and mental health in the first place

Sorry if I was not clear - I mean go for the foods which are going to be full of nutrition - vitamins and minerals, not the pasta which is 'just' carbs and little of benefit. Add in a good multicolour stir fry with your meals and fruit for dessert - you could even make 'real' ice cream with eggs and cream to make a custard, then when almost frozen add chopped walnuts and a little honey - my grandmother's original recipe was called 'forget me not' icecream and it was prescribed for children in the area who were not doing well, by the local doctor.

 

[Amigo]

I think we need to be very careful about trying to take Kaylz down an even lower carb route. I’m not type 1 but I appreciate the distinction and as she says, she needs the calories and needs to learn how to cope with increasing and introducing certain carbs into her diet in a balanced way. Not all carbs are bad and trying to massively reduce them in my diet stressed my kidneys. I have my eGFR levels as proof! I prefer balance and nutritional variety.

 

[Matt Cycle]

Sorry if I was not clear - I mean go for the foods which are going to be full of nutrition - vitamins and minerals, not the pasta which is 'just' carbs and little of benefit. Add in a good multicolour stir fry with your meals and fruit for dessert - you could even make 'real' ice cream with eggs and cream to make a custard, then when almost frozen add chopped walnuts and a little honey - my grandmother's original recipe was called 'forget me not' icecream and it was prescribed for children in the area who were not doing well, by the local doctor.

Well it was clear as you said "avoid the couscous". Ridiculous suggestion in the circumstances. Carbohydrates in sensible proportions as part of a balanced meal are fine for most Type 1's. I'm not insulin resistant and certainly don't have a problem with weight and from the sounds of it Kaylz is the same. I've been monitoring my carbohydrate intake for over 30 years long before most of the LCHF brigade probably even knew what carbohydrates were.

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Kaylz is actively trying to up her carb intake following medical advice, some may not be aware of this though.
My nan used to put peas, onions, ham and tomatoes in an omelette. I'm not a fan of cooked peas but used to eat them fresh out of the pods when my dad grew them 🙂

 

[Drummer]

I eat up to 60 gm of carbs a day even as an unmedicated as a type 2 - but I eat cauliflower cabbage radishes celery green salad peas raw carrot tomatoes onions mushrooms celeriac bok choy daikon radichio lettuce brussels sprouts green beans courgettes spaghetti squash turnips water chestnuts rhubarb kohlrabi leeks asparagus and so on - all things which are fresh and wholesome, nothing wholemeal or dried. I also eat small amounts of low sugar fruits.
I'd like to encourage people to eat fresh unprocessed foods which were growing fairly recently - which are naturally low carb, and avoid things which are simply stodge. They might encourage weight gain, but they are not proper fuel for my metabolism. I put on weight around my middle and feel sluggish and just plain old. I have lost 12 inches off my waist in a year. I was on a supposedly cholesterol lowering diet, full of grains and potatoes - and I looked pregnant with a huge rock hard belly so I could not even reach the lower shelves of the book cases or the fridges.
I can't see anyone encouraging fewer carbs - just a single warning about the couscous which is wheat - processed wheat - nothing more than that. At least bread has to have things added so as to make it able to sustain life.

 

[Robin]

I can't see anyone encouraging fewer carbs - just a single warning about the couscous which is wheat - processed wheat - nothing more than that. At least bread has to have things added so as to make it able to sustain life.

I'm sorry, but I can't put any other interpretation on your wording
Avoid the couscous - it is pasta, so high carb
other than taking it as an encouragement to reduce your carbs.

 

[Drummer]

Well it was clear as you said "avoid the couscous". Ridiculous suggestion in the circumstances. Carbohydrates in sensible proportions as part of a balanced meal are fine for most Type 1's. I'm not insulin resistant and certainly don't have a problem with weight and from the sounds of it Kaylz is the same. I've been monitoring my carbohydrate intake for over 30 years long before most of the LCHF brigade probably even knew what carbohydrates were.

Only 30 years - I started to eat low carb in the teeth of ferocious opposition back in the early 1970s in order to control my weight. Oddly enough the amount of carb I can eat these days is exactly the same as when I was maintaining my weight - I have normal blood sugar and Hba1c levels - but I can't eat the high carb foods without spiking my BG. I checked.
You might think it ridiculous to encourage avoiding highly concentrated sources of carbs without anything beneficial in it - personally I think quite the reverse is the case.

 

[Kaylz]

Sorry if I was not clear - I mean go for the foods which are going to be full of nutrition - vitamins and minerals, not the pasta which is 'just' carbs and little of benefit. Add in a good multicolour stir fry with your meals and fruit for dessert - you could even make 'real' ice cream with eggs and cream to make a custard, then when almost frozen add chopped walnuts and a little honey - my grandmother's original recipe was called 'forget me not' icecream and it was prescribed for children in the area who were not doing well, by the local doctor.

I dont have 'dessert' I struggle with mental health towards my food intake because of certain statements made about carbs and up until the other day I had 25g for dinner, I have a proper meal and a square of chocolate and that is my choice as I can, I'm trying not to let fear take over my life so please keep your comments about carbs to yourself, I mean that in the nicest way possible but at this stage I really do not need to hear it, sorry if I sound blunt but its not the first time you have told me to avoid things, I will make my own decisions and as long as I'm eating and eating healthy (which I am) then there shouldn't be a problem