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Low carb topping for stuffed mushrooms

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Chrissiem

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Here is my first foodie question

Have bought some large mushrooms for tea, which I plan to stuff with peppers and philadelphia cheese. I normally top them with breadcrumbs but as I'm no longer able to do that, was looking for alternative suggestions. Any ideas?

There could be a lot of these questions as I to get my head round a new way of cooking.

Thanks
 
Chrissiem said:
Here is my first foodie question

Have bought some large mushrooms for tea, which I plan to stuff with peppers and philadelphia cheese. I normally top them with breadcrumbs but as I'm no longer able to do that, was looking for alternative suggestions. Any ideas?

There could be a lot of these questions as I to get my head round a new way of cooking.

Thanks
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Hi there.

To be honest, when I was getting to grips with things, and modifying things I might have eaten before or looking for new food inspiration, I found Dr Google to be a friendly chap. I'd just put "low carb stuffed mushrooms recipe" into the search bar, or go to something like www.yummly.com where the site holds recipes form all over.

You can create an account and store your dietary requirements and preferences, and it will search accoring to your personal requirements.

When it comes to low carb, because that's on a scale really (less than 130gr carb a day is considered low carb), some recipes are better than others, but some recipes hold the nutritional information on them.

Alternatively, there are some great specialist low carb sites out there, like ibreateimhungry . ditchthecarbs , sugarfreemon , just as exaples.

I'm reduced carb and gluten free, but yummly still returned 227 recipes for me. You can also save your recipes to your yummly account.

No. I have no association with yummly. I just find it very useful.
 
Chrissiem said:
Here is my first foodie question

Have bought some large mushrooms for tea, which I plan to stuff with peppers and philadelphia cheese. I normally top them with breadcrumbs but as I'm no longer able to do that, was looking for alternative suggestions. Any ideas?

There could be a lot of these questions as I to get my head round a new way of cooking.

Thanks
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Would it really be that many breadcrumbs? Could you just use a few less?
 
How about roasted pine nuts? They only come in at 4.0gm/100gm of carbs and for what you would use on a mushroom would be negligible as far as affect on blood glucose is concerned.
I often have stuffed mushrooms but don't bother with a topping, though do add lardons, feta, onions and peppers in varying proportions and combinations.
 
Ground Linseed is your friend. Anything that uses breadcrumbs, I find ground linseed replaces it nicely. Just sprinkle it on the mushrooms as you would breadcrumbs. Aldi is the cheapest place to get it, but look for the plain stuff as they also do versions with added goji berries.
 
Thank you, that's very helpful. I just used less breadcrumbs last night but will try these next time.

I had my lowest fasting level this morning since I was diagnosed at 12.8, down from 19 but still a long way to go.
 
Mark Parrott said:
Ground Linseed is your friend. Anything that uses breadcrumbs, I find ground linseed replaces it nicely. Just sprinkle it on the mushrooms as you would breadcrumbs. Aldi is the cheapest place to get it, but look for the plain stuff as they also do versions with added goji berries.
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I quite like the goji berries version, the blueberry version too when added to my porridge in the morning. ( when I am feeling brave! )
 
Greymouser said:
I quite like the goji berries version, the blueberry version too when added to my porridge in the morning. ( when I am feeling brave! )
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I might try the goji berries version for breakfast. I just didn't think it would be a good idea for putting on mushrooms. Though, whatever takes your fancy I suppose.🙂
 
It does not to be that strong a taste, to me anyway Mark. A little sweetness. I wanted it for the supposed superfood quality. o_O
 
Mark Parrott said:
Ground Linseed is your friend. Anything that uses breadcrumbs, I find ground linseed replaces it nicely. Just sprinkle it on the mushrooms as you would breadcrumbs. Aldi is the cheapest place to get it, but look for the plain stuff as they also do versions with added goji berries.
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How much is it at Aldi and what size of bag if you don't mind me asking? x
 
I think it is 1.69 for a 250g bag.
 
Oh wow! Unfortunately our Tesco doesn't sell it.:(
 
Probably best to use a coffee grinder attachment if you have one.
 
I doubt you will blitz it in a blender, a coffee/spice grinder, should do it though. Not sure about using it for coffee afterwards though, I guess you can get a cheap one off Amazon, just for Linseed etc. 🙂
 
Diabetes turns everyone into foodies. 🙂
 
Greymouser said:
I doubt you will blitz it in a blender, a coffee/spice grinder, should do it though. Not sure about using it for coffee afterwards though, I guess you can get a cheap one off Amazon, just for Linseed etc. 🙂
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I have used my coffee grinder for grinding nuts many times: I never considered that it could then not be used for coffee (not a coffee drinker). I’m not sure why it would be a problem?
 
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