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"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 01/29/2013 10:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Todd wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I mean real chili, not the stuff with beans in it (can't
>>> eat beans anyway).
>>>
>>> Raley's had a three pound natural rump roast on sale
>>> for $3.99/lb. So, I had the butcher grind it up. The
>>> idea is to make chili.
>>>
>>> So, I have 3 lb ground beef. Powdered and fresh onion
>>> and garlic. Powdered Chili: Cayenne, Ancho, Chimayo
>>> (new Mexico Red), Paprika.
>>>
>>> And a saute pan.
>>>
>>> What next? How would you guys make up a pot of chili?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> -T

>>
>> You wouldn't like mine then. My preferred chili is three cans of beans
>> (different kinds), a can of corn, a jar of salsa and from there I doctor
>> it
>> with whatever I have. Usually lots of chopped onions and peppers, fresh
>> tomatoes if I have those, ciltantro, chili powder, maybe jalapenos if I
>> have
>> those. I used to serve this over rice. I don't have the rice now. I do
>> have rice. But for me, it's usually either rice or beans but not both.
>> Exception would be when I make Spanish rice and put some beans in it to
>> use
>> it up. But some would say that I can't call what I make Spanish rice
>> because I put so many vegetables in it to lower the carb count.
>>
>> I may be the atypical diabetic. But eating low carb simply does not work
>> for me. If I don't eat enough carbs, my BG will shoot up over 300 and
>> this
>> was true even when I was on no meds or insulin. But for me, it's a fine
>> line. Must eat some carbs but not too many. On the flip side, I can at
>> times just as easily go hypo. So I have to be really careful. But beans
>> never spike me, provided I don't eat too many of them.

>
> I'd loose a foot or two to beans, corn and rice. Yikes. I guess we
> all have our own personalized T2.
>
> Thank you for sharing!


Why in the world do you think you would lose a foot?