Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / July 2007
I tried avocado oil! :)
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Julie Bove - 30 Jul 2007 02:17 GMT First let me say that I hate avocadoes. Can't even put them in my mouth! So why did I buy it? Because I'd read that it had a buttery taste and I was looking for something to use as a butter sub since we have so many food allergies.
Tonight I made Quick Swiss Chard Supper over mashed potatoes. I don't exactly follow a recipe. Just sort of throw things in until they look and taste right.
Start with some ground beef. Brown it in a large skillet, crumbling it as it browns. Add some chopped onions (I'm lazy. Used dried "Just Onions") and some Swiss Chard that has been cut into small slivers. I used about three big handfuls to 2 pounds of ground beef and a bit of olive oil if your meat is not moist enough. I use really lean meat. I suppose I could have tried the avocado oil in this as well, but I didn't. Hmmm... Sometimes I also add chopped celery to this.
When the meat is brown and the vegetables are soft, you will need something to thicken the gravy. I use sweet rice flour. Just enough to give the meat a light coating. You could also use regular flour or Xanthan gum if you can't do that many carbs. Not exactly sure how to tell you to do the Xanthan gum for thickening. I only use it for baking gluten free stuff.
Add beef broth a little bit at a time, stirring well. I used a large box of the Imagine brand. Season to taste. I used freshly ground black pepper and some Herbamare. Cook until the desired thickness is reached.
To do the potatoes, I boiled them and drained off most of the water, reserving a little bit in case I need extra. I then mashed them in the retained water (didn't need to add any extra this time) and added several big splashes of the avocado oil, a couple of pouches of beef broth concentrate (equal to one cup if made up with water), some freshly ground black pepper, Herbamare and chopped parsley.
Serve the gravy over the mashed potatoes.
Let me tell you, the potatoes are REALLY good! Taste just like they have butter in them. I normally do them with light olive oil but they always leave me thinking there is something missing. This is much better.
I realize not everyone here can do mashed potatoes. You could also serve this dish over rice (ha!), wild rice, pasta, a piece of low carb bread, or even a pile of green or waxed beans. It's a good way to get some extra calcium. I came up with it a couple of years ago when I got some Swiss Chard in my organic produce box and didn't know what to do with it. Daughter loves baby Swiss Chard in a salad but wouldn't eat the big leaves. Until I made this recipe. I've since discovered she will eat the big leaves in a salad if I cut them in little slivers like I do for this recipe and mix them with other greens.
krom - 30 Jul 2007 15:18 GMT Sounds very tastey! Didnt know there was avocado oil. Whatsthe nutritional info on calories per serving etc?
KROM
> First let me say that I hate avocadoes. Can't even put them in my mouth! > So why did I buy it? Because I'd read that it had a buttery taste and I [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > big leaves in a salad if I cut them in little slivers like I do for this > recipe and mix them with other greens. Julie Bove - 30 Jul 2007 19:53 GMT > Sounds very tastey! > Didnt know there was avocado oil. > Whatsthe nutritional info on calories per serving etc? Don't know offhand, but I think all oil is pretty much the same.
Wes Groleau - 30 Jul 2007 22:39 GMT > Don't know offhand, but I think all oil is pretty much the same. The proportions and types of fats varies. Some have lots of healthy MUFA, others are more PUFA.
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Nicky - 30 Jul 2007 17:30 GMT >Daughter loves baby Swiss Chard in a salad but wouldn't eat the big leaves. >Until I made this recipe. I've since discovered she will eat the big leaves >in a salad if I cut them in little slivers like I do for this recipe and mix >them with other greens. I happened to get a huge bunch in last week's box. According to Jane Grigson - who was THE British veg guru - one should strip off the leaves and treat them like greens, but chop and blanch the stalks and serve them in a white sauce. The consensus was that the leaves were great cooked with onion and a bit of bacon, but forget the stalks...
I keep meaning to get round to trying avocado oil, it does sound nice.
Nicky. T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid D&E, 100ug thyroxine Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25
Alan S - 31 Jul 2007 00:11 GMT >>Daughter loves baby Swiss Chard in a salad but wouldn't eat the big leaves. >>Until I made this recipe. I've since discovered she will eat the big leaves [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >D&E, 100ug thyroxine >Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25 Our Silver Beet is a form of chard. This is the version I plant each Spring: http://www.naturalgardening.com/images/chard_fordhook1.jpg
I simply rinse it well, shake most of the water off and chop the stalks off a few cm below the point where the green leaves commence. I put a few leaves together then slice them across thinly, resulting in long strips each side of a chunk of stalk.
I have a large plastic "microwave" pot with a vented lid. A bunch usually fills that. Put it on "High" for 3 or 4 minutes, stir and add a minute and it cooks down using just the plant juices and the residual water from washing. The result is very similar to spinach with whitish bits of edible stalk all in a green juice. Lovely:-)
What I don't eat at the next meal goes into ice-block trays in the freezer. Any time I need quick greens for a meal I put a few cubes in a mug and zap them for a minute or two and serve.
Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/ latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/ latest: Self-Testing and Type 2 Management
Julie Bove - 31 Jul 2007 01:34 GMT >>>Daughter loves baby Swiss Chard in a salad but wouldn't eat the big >>>leaves. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > put a few cubes in a mug and zap them for a minute or two > and serve. *shudder*
I can't stand cooked spinach unless it's a small amount and mixed into something. Like lasagna. No way could I ever eat it as is. Seems like some of it stays in your mouth while some of it is trying to go down your throat. But then it still wants to come back up again.
Alan S - 31 Jul 2007 02:52 GMT >>>>Daughter loves baby Swiss Chard in a salad but wouldn't eat the big >>>>leaves. [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >some of it stays in your mouth while some of it is trying to go down your >throat. But then it still wants to come back up again. Julie, I've slowly come to the realisation that a test for good healthy delicious food for me is that you can't stand it:-)
Over the past couple of years I've lost track of the list you can't eat, can't stand, dislike the texture of, or will not try.
Exactly what do you eat, or more specifically, enjoy?
Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter. -- http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/ latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/ latest: Self-Testing and Type 2 Management
Julie Bove - 31 Jul 2007 03:19 GMT > Julie, I've slowly come to the realisation that a test for > good healthy delicious food for me is that you can't stand [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Exactly what do you eat, or more specifically, enjoy? My favorite foods are: Celery, peppers, onions, green beans, raw carrots, tomatoes, dried beans, olives and popcorn. Also like lettuce and raw greens, kohlrabi, turnips, radishes, raw corn, potatoes, peas (cooked or raw), hummus, falafel, peanut butter, most nuts and seeds, chia seeds (gelled), lemons and limes, ground beef, pasta and rice. Can eat a small amount of white meat chicken, chopped up fine and mixed into a soup or casserole. Can eat turkey breast a few times a year. Tuna packed in water, from a pouch. Like oatmeal and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereals. Like grits and polenta. I like roast beef if cooked until very tender. Unfortunately it does not like me and it comes back up a few hours later. So it's not something I can eat. Same for other types of meats. I do like bacon and some sausage but can't eat them very often because my stomach doesn't do well with oily foods. Also like coconut, coconut oil, olive oil and avocado oil. And I like corn chips and tortillas.
I may have left some things off that list. Am allergic to all dairy, eggs and almonds. So that lets off some foods I might otherwise like, or foods that I like that may be cross contaminated with those things. Like most bread.
I will try pretty much any food unless it's something I'm allergic to or is on the list of foods I must avoid because of the gastroparesis. Alas, most any vegetable is something I can't eat much of at all any more and some not at all because I don't want to get a bezoar. I had two raspberries the other night and those were enough to make me throw up. Raspberries were on my list of foods to avoid, as was broccoli. Guess I should pay more attention to the list. I also will not try something I feel is unsafe to eat. Like raw meat or fish or unpasturized juices, unless I have just juiced them myself. I have even tried octopus cooked in tomato sauce. Can't say that I cared for it. It was really chewy and had no flavor.
Loretta Eisenberg - 30 Jul 2007 19:18 GMT The recipe sounds delicious. I am glad you found something you really like Julie. For me , it would be too much work. I am very lazy.
Loretta
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