Tonight my family wants spaghetti..... one of my favorites before induction, but have'nt made it since before starting induction 12 days ago. I'm going to make the regular spaghetti sauce with ground beef & angelhair pasta for them. I'm going to try Carb options pasta sauce with ground beef added over frozen french cut cooked green beans.
(afraid to try any low carb pasta's from what I've read) Heard of a lot of people using spaghetti squash in place of noodles but don't think that's allowed yet on induction.
I'm running out of ideas though, I have a few low-carb cookbooks, but I like simple meal ideas and family friendly choices! Any ideas???? Thanks!!!

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myangelcorinne :o

We love spaghetti sauce over spa squash. It is so versatile, you can do shrimp scampi over it, or have it with some butter and parmesan. I've also heard of people eating it with butter and cinnamon.

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My family loves the squasha nd it would not hurt you on induction if you counted the carbs and left space for it since it has a couple more than most other veggies. I ate it on induction but I ate a LOT of stuff on induction that wasn't strictly on the list and still lost like 15 lbs. Spaghetti squash is excellent italian style too--olive oil and garlic on the "noodles" then sauted for only long enough to coat the whole batch and heat it up! It virtually has no flavor and picks up so many readily! I didn't like it sweetened though--tried splenda and cinnamon--ewwww (IMHO). DD requests it instead of regular pasta. Just an FYI--carb options spaghetti squash has exactly the same number of carbs and almost exactly the same ingredients as Ragu flavored with meat, but you can buy a MUCH bigger jar of Ragu for the same cost of a jar of the carb options sauce. Stick with the Ragu in my opinion--I like the taste better too. Same carbs and same fiber content--Same with the carb options ranch dressing--only 1 less carb than the regular dressing and the ingredients are almost identical--I will stick with the 1 carb for the flavor I love! I do like the carb counters chocolate milk though!

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Lori

232/190/130
My other journal http://www.lowcarbeating.com/bb/showthread.php?t=1130

Thanks for the tips about the spaghetti squash (I've never tried it before & never cooked it either...I guess just boil it right???) I read on the boards that it was good though!!!

Wow, Ragu with meat has the same net carbs as Carb options????? That is great to know, especially since my husband & daughter (mainly my husband, since my daughter is only 4, and has no preference yet) won't use or even try the low carb sauce (they like Ragu). Even though my husband won't use the low carb products he is still very supportive of me!!! He just has his crazy ideas about anything fat free/low carb etc, he says it all tastes funny (I'm sure if I did'nt tell him (on certain products) he would never be able to tell the difference. That's another story, though...done it!!!

I ended up buying a jar of Ragu for them and carb options for me. It will be nice to be able to buy just one jar of Ragu!!!!
Thanks for the ideas!!!

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I have dh doing this with me so I have lots of support. IF you microwave the spaghetti squash till you can cut it in half--about 7 minutes--then cut it in half and put it in the oven for about 30 minutes til the meat (noodles) pull off in strings when you run a fork across them lengthwise it is the best--you can puncture wound it a coupl eof times and boil it or microwave it whole til you can cut it and halve it then put it back i the microwave for about 7 minutes a half--checka t about 5 and see if it is done--once cut in half clean the seeds out--metal spoon works great--then cook til done--we like the "noodles" a little crunchy so not quite soft but they still pull out nicely--theya re still edible if yoo done but it is mushy and there is very little flavor--picks up whatever you put onit so that makes it less pleasurable to eat. We like it with butter and salt, olive oil and garlic (saute til well coated and hot) and with sauces, spaghetti, alfredo, oil and parmesean, you name it

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Lori

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My other journal http://www.lowcarbeating.com/bb/showthread.php?t=1130

Do you guys like lasagna????? Try making it with zucchini "noodles." Buy a rather largish zucchini or 2, peel it with a potato peeler (yes they are good for things other than potatoes, LOL) slice it lengthwise into 1/4" thick "noodles" and layer your lasagna the same way you would as if you were using real noodles. I make mine with cottage cheese (16 oz.) 3 eggs, 1 lb of shredded mozarella all mixed together. You can add thawed and drained frozen spinach to this mixture too, if you like spinach in your lasagna. (It's also good with some oregano and basil added to the cheese mixture.) Use Ragu or any LC sauce you like (add browned/drained ground Italian Sausage too, YUMMERS!!) Cover with foil and bake a minimum of 1 hour. You can also par-boil the "noodles" for about a minute or so in boiling water if you want them to be mushy. Drain them well before adding to your layers. positively divine!!!!!

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YUM...Thanks!!!! I'll give that a try!

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myangelcorinne :o

I found a link to this site on the OWL board, I just had to repost it here:

http://users3.ev1.net/~fontlady/recipes.html

I think this will be a life-saver for me, as her recipes (the ones I've looked at/tried, anyways) are easy and don't use "weird" ingredients. She provides net carb counts, her editorial comments on the recipes (they are all ones she's tried), pictures of many of the dishes, and has even marked the ones "suitable for induction."

Hey when you have recipes, this WOE is soooooooo easy!!!!

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Well, I found lots of recipes. Doesn't mean I want to cook! actually, the cooking isn't so much what bothers me. Its the darn cleaning up afterward. well, yeah, the prep work too.
Do you get the feeling I just want the food to show up , eat it, and forget about it? That's my ideal world. no wonder Oprah can do it - she's got lots of people willing to do that for her

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Mary Kay 1/1/04 - 232
5/19/08 (5/23/08) - sw226/(cw222)/mg210/fg160

Hehe, I hear ya MK. Jeeeeeez, my kitchen is in a constant state of upheaval. And DH is going to tear the kitchen floor up the first weekend in May, ugh. We will have some of that new wood laminate installed (doing it himself with the help of his business partner. They did HIS basement a few months back and it was pretty easy I hear.) My equipment is going to be move into the diningroom and I will be grilling out everynight, barring rain. It's going to be pure he!! during all of this, but will be so worth it afterward. My kitchen floor looks like it has been through WWII. Well, it has been sorta, 5 kids and 3 grandkids and a dog will certainly put a floor through the ringer. Cana't wait til it's done though and I have my kitchen back. I will have to do some creative cooking. What I SHOULD do is cook a bunch of casserole type dishes, freeze them and then just eat out of those. That will take some serious planning.........I better get started, eh?

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yep.. barb sounds like you will be haveing fun! lol... congrats on the new floor... i know the feeling in our old house we had to replace the floor due to water damadge and it was 2 inexperinaced people doing it LOL... my hubby and at the time a roomate.. they tore the old floor out and we got 4 days worth of rain.. they couldnt cut the new floor and i was stuck w/ out a kitchen.. at all! beacue everthing was stuffed in my laundry room and no floor to get to it.. thank goodness i didnt have my toddler then.. he wasnt even thought of.. lol.. we ate most of our meals at my parents house and cereal and milk that we bought by the pint at the convience store.
that was horrid.

do you have a Hot plate? that would help for steaming veggies or anything you would cook on top of stove.. crock pots are nice too.. lol nothing like cooking in all the rooms of your house good luck

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DH and I have been planning to do our kitchen/family room with slate tiles. we have it picked out and were planning on it this spring. But, I'm haveing such serious second thoughts. I'm ready to pay someone to just do it for us. I can't deal with the upheaval (don't think the dog will like it either).
and anyhow, it will be cheaper than a divorce. I can tell ya, I don't work well with DH. He is one of those who expects you to read his mind on what he wants done, and it better be done just like he wants it or he gets all bent out of shape. I can't handle that, and just get p***ed and go storming off to a room to sulk. I just know trying to do this ourselves would spell disaster!
and I really,really have changed my mind on the slate tiles. they are nice, but a wood would be SOO much nicer. again. DH has his mind set on the original, so that is how it will be.
so, I'll pick out the carpet for the Living room. That will be my outlet. we have lived here for 19 years, and haven't even painted the rooms since we moved in. The living room is MINE!!

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Mary Kay 1/1/04 - 232
5/19/08 (5/23/08) - sw226/(cw222)/mg210/fg160

I'm with you, MaryKay!!!!!!!!!

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myangelcorinne :o

you can have spaghetti sauce on induction? ????? since when? i am so lost on this...

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