Low cholesterol recipes, please!

[8ball]

It was the bacon wot done it.

 

[TopCat]

I made this last night and it was delicious - great recipe! Well, I forgot to buy pinto or kidney beans and so used black-eyed beans, but it still worked and went down really well with TopCat . We had it with chicken breasts done in the griddle pan with peppers and onion, some chunky guacamole I made, rice and a wholemeal wrap. Sort of fajita cum burrito (there's probably a name) but without cream or cheese.

It was excellent. I ate the lot and had seconds.

So I liked the veg curry stuff I did, your re fried beans and that were great. What else did we eat this week~?

 

[TopCat]

Oh I made a load of pulled pork, over cooked it for a day in the slow cooker. I stuffed that as well last night. Not so low cholesterol.

 

[Mation]

It was excellent. I ate the lot and had seconds.

So I liked the veg curry stuff I did, your re fried beans and that were great. What else did we eat this week~?

You made fish curry. It was yum We've also had chicken stir fry and burger/beanburger, jacket potato and salad.

Tune in daily, folks, to find out what TopCat and Mation have had for dinner

Oh I made a load of pulled pork, over cooked it for a day in the slow cooker. I stuffed that as well last night. Not so low cholesterol.

(I didn't have any *polishes halo*)

 

[TopCat]

Does lager have beneficial properties?

 

[Citizen66]

I'm sure you have already, but it's worth reading up on what actually constitutes a healthy diet in terms of cholesterol management. Low fat isn't necessarily the right approach. Salmon, for example, is high in fat but great at reducing 'bad' cholesterol because of its quantity of omega three. Nuts are the same.

Oats are good cholesterol busters too.

This. Cut out foods containing trans fats and severely reduce saturated fats and introduce foods with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats instead.

http://m.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-eating/healthy-diet-fats

 

[EastEnder]

Does lager have beneficial properties?

Yes, it helps take ones mind off worrying about stuff like cholesterol!

 

[Greebo]

Yes, it helps take ones mind off worrying about stuff like cholesterol!

Also sometimes recommended by doctors as an alternative to prescribing diazepam or antispasmodics for muscle spasm. Apparently alcohol (in moderate amounts) has fewer unpleasant and neurotoxic side effects. The same goes for cannabis, but they're not officially allowed to say so.

 

[spanglechick]

Cheese. In a chart.

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(Well, a table, but that didn't sound as good.)

Cheddar (and most hard cheeses) More calories, weight for weight, than actual sugar. I was about 14 when I worked that out. Possibly contributing to my crack-addict-alike behaviours around sweet things.

 

[spanglechick]

Cincinatti 3 bean chilli (black beans, kidney beans, aduki, or other beans of choice), onions, garlic, chilli, oregano, cumin, cloves, cider vinegar, allspice, bay leaf, cocoa powder/ dark chocolate, cinammon stick, tomatoes.

Fry up onions and garlic with spices (according to your taste). Add three cans of drained beans, and tomatoes, with cinnamon stick and teaspoon of cider vinegar (it will help bring flavours together). Leave to cook on a slow heat for about an hour (you could do this in 20 mins though its worth a while longer and you'll have enough grub for days on end...) It's a superhealthy chilli with the decadent aroma of chocolate. Serve over spaghetti (for the Cincinatti experience) with cheese on top. This could go with rice too - I have taken to eating brown rice recently - nutty and nicer than white rice.

To adapt this for the boy, you could fry up some mince in a separate pan, and add that his serving, and top with cheddar at the end, with garlic bread on the side.

I don't like chilli and that sounds awesome to me.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Thanks! Hope it doesnt sound too complicated - its really easy! I forgot that i usually roast up some peppers and courgettes and throw them into the pot. The 'roasted' flavour enhances it even more....

 

[Cid]

Made dumplings. So good.

Red peppers (very finely chopped) simmered in rice wine and a little soy sauce with lemongrass (keep it wholeish so it can be removed, crush it a bit) for a few minutes. Add finely chopped mange tout. Shortly after some mushrooms (shitake or similar). Mix in some grated ginger and associated juice, fresh chilis, greens (pak choi etc), spring onions, remove from heat. Probably some szechuan pepper and star anise would also be good, but I couldn't be arsed. Add pre-cooked meat or seafood (I did a batch of prawns and a batch of crab - prawns sliced finish, crab obviously already in sort of mushy state).

The dough:

2 cups flour.
3/4 cup boiling (well, just off boil) water.

Flour hill with dip, stir in water slowly, knead dough for 2 minutes (smooth like baby's arse), in bag for 1/2 hr or so. Inch thick sausage, 15g of dough per wrap, roll circle, crimp edge. Steam DONE. Gone Ramsey with instruction. However running out of steam, not becoming massive wanker. Night.

Oh yeah, dip - more rice wine than soy, some ginger, reduce a bit.

 

[Mation]

Have to report tonight's dinner

I adore carbonara, but its parmesan, cream and bacon don't lend themselves to my necessary diet. Eggs too, possibly. But! Today I thought of substituting the bacon with smoked salmon, used low fat Greek yoghurt instead of cream, and ricotta in the sauce instead of parmesan. I did grate some parmesan for TopCat to sprinkle on top, and... it worked! Rich, creamy, same (I think) yummy tasting carbonara, but comparatively ok for me to eat

Yay!