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Picked up a copy of Slimming World today and found a receipe for Simple Cottage Pie; it replaces the potato topping with celeriac and cabbage. Has anyone tasted celeriac and is it a starchy carb like potato.

I know it's trial and error and I'm going to swap some of the ingredients - pork mince instead of steak mince and more frozen peas than carrot but just wondered about the celeriac...

Thank you. Amanda x 🙂
 
It's not to my taste and would rather use swede or cauliflower to replace the potato.
 
Vicsetter said:
1 cup cooked (boiled): 7.1 grams carbohydrate
Tastes of Licorice - you must be desperate!
Replace the potato with Cauliflower and some parmesan.
Whats wrong with carrots?

this site has a simple list of low carb veg:
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/whatveg.htm
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I read that boiled carrots are higher gi then raw therefore need to reduce? Is this not right? I'm going to buy some ramakins and then make individual one's; some with mash for hubby/son and some for me with cauliflour (can also freeze them). I don't eat any cheese because I am cutting out saturated fats because of fatty liver....:(
 
I think cooked carrots are about the same as the celeriac, but you won't get many in a cottage pie. Peas are higher carb than carrot!

Isn't pork mince more fatty than lean steak mince? It will need more flavouring as well.

.5 cup: uncooked frozen peas 7 gram
.5 cup: cooked carrot 4 gram
 
Vicsetter said:
I think cooked carrots are about the same as the celeriac, but you won't get many in a cottage pie. Peas are higher carb than carrot!

Isn't pork mince more fatty than lean steak mince? It will need more flavouring as well.

.5 cup: uncooked frozen peas 7 gram
.5 cup: cooked carrot 4 gram
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I think I'll give it a miss.....
 
I guess it's all down to personal taste, but I quite like celariac. I don't usually mash it, but use it in stirfries or casseroles. If you have a juicer, it's also quite nice when combined with carrot, cucumber and an apple...
 
evilcat said:
I guess it's all down to personal taste, but I quite like celariac. I don't usually mash it, but use it in stirfries or casseroles. If you have a juicer, it's also quite nice when combined with carrot, cucumber and an apple...
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I am going to try it - really like the thought of adding apple... I don't tend to eat red meat so adding pork mince is a compromise although I might try quorn. I would like to be able to eat "old favourties" but obviously need to modify them....

Shame there are no decent cook-books that use 'everyday-food'...rather than ingredients you're unlikely to have in your food cupboard or are quite expensive....🙄
 
You could always try topping the cottage pie with mashed butternut squash. That's what I had for dinner a couple of days ago - pretty yummy, just don't add too much liquid to the mash or it sinks into the meat 😱
 
evilcat said:
You could always try topping the cottage pie with mashed butternut squash. That's what I had for dinner a couple of days ago - pretty yummy, just don't add too much liquid to the mash or it sinks into the meat 😱
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I really need to start being more adventurous with food; I've never tried butternut squash either..🙄 my diet was normally potato; potato; potato...😱
 
If you go to the bbc website you can specify I think it's 3 ingredients and it will give you a list of recipes. www.bbc.co.uk/food
 
Vicsetter said:
If you go to the bbc website you can specify I think it's 3 ingredients and it will give you a list of recipes. www.bbc.co.uk/food
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That sounds jolly useful!

I have no idea why you would say cleriac tastes of licorice though - I find it tastes of celery, which I don't find tastes of anything other than celery .....

Do others think it tastes like licorice too? ie is it me that's the odd woman out here?
 
Another good site is http://www.supercook.com - you list everything in your cupboard and it will find you a list of recipes.

I use it all the time, especially when I have a random selection of items...
 
I have no idea why you would say cleriac tastes of licorice though - I find it tastes of celery, which I don't find tastes of anything other than celery .....

Do others think it tastes like licorice too? ie is it me that's the odd woman out here?
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It tastes like celery to me. Never had it as a mash substitute but it's great in stews.
 
I like it as a mash sometimes and often put it in soups and casseroles. It tastes a bit like celery to me too. If it was really aniseedy like liquorice I wouldn't touch it as I hate liqourice (and aniseed).
 
Precisely my dear Alison, can't even stand a touch of chervil or tarragon in a recipe because they are aniseed too!
 
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