"Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote:
>> Nick Cramer wrote:
>> > Alice Faber > wrote:
>> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> >>> "Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
>> >
>> >>>> Today 5/20 FBG 84. Just before dinner 83. Had a 10.6 oz. frozen
>> >>>> Glutino Penne Alfredo (61 gms net carbs) for dinner. One hour PP BG
>> >>>> 158. Two hour 181. Three hour 142.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Makes up for the previous days.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 5/16 FBG 97 Before 83 1 hr 111 - bacon, eggs, 1/2 potato
>> >>>> 5/17 FBG 85 no meal - A/C died, 105°F inside, stressed out
>> >>>> 5/18 FBG 95 1 hr 118, 1 hr 86, 1 hr 105 - another hot day, just
>> >>>> snacked 5/19 FBG 99 Before 89 1 hr 110 - bacon, eggs, cheesy
>> >>>> mushrooms and potato
>> >>>
>> >>> I think most Alfredo sauce is pretty high in carbs. It's not
>> >>> something I've been tempted to eat because I never liked it. When
>> >>> I did eat dairy, I would usually just throw some cheese on the
>> >>> pasta instead of making a sauce.
>> >>
>> >> A good alfredo sauce should be quite low carb. It's just butter,
>> >> cream, and parmesan cheese, and seasonings. Now what you put it
>> >> on...that's another story.
>> >
>> > The penne was rice pasta (ground brown rice, rice bran). The Alfredo
>> > sauce was milk, cheese, corn starch, maltodextrin, lipolyzed cream
>> > and guar gum. Jun added a bunch of fresh shrimp, fried in butter, and
>> > fresh grated Pecorino Romano cheese. My Alfredo sauce is more like
>> > what you describe. She won't be buying this again.
>>
>> It begs the question... why is she bringing high carb convenience foods
>> into the house. The hotter the weather the more likely you are to grab a
>> convenience meal than cook from scratch. If the wrong foods aren't in the
>> house then you can't eat it easily.
>
> I beg to reply. Well, she went to this place to get CarbQuik for me. Her
> English being somewhat limited, she assumed that everything there was OK
> for me. I have since explained the difference between low carb and low
> gluten to her. She thought she was doing something nice for me. She's
> learning. Having spent the first 50 years of her life in Thailand, the hot
> weather is no deterrant. She cooks in the house from 6 AM to midnight, for
> her catering business, everything from scratch. Does her and my meals, as
> well.

Ah... I was wondering why all the gluten free food!