"Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>>
>> "Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
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>>> Julie Bove > wrote:
>>>> I am trying to change my diet some to heal a fatty liver. I know I need
>>>> to
>>>> eat more onions and celery but need to read more about what to eat. I
>>>> got
>>>> some marked down organic grass fed ground beef and a big bag of green
>>>> beans.
>>>> I loosely followed a recipe. The recipe said to either put the beans in
>>>> water, bring to a boil and let sit for 5 min. or... *Cue Jill* Steam
>>>> them! I
>>>> opted for the boiling water.
>>>>
>>>> Original recipe uses ground beef, the partially cooked green beans and
>>>> a
>>>> sliced onion. I added two bell peppers that had an accident so needed
>>>> to
>>>> be
>>>> used soon and a good handful of grape tomatoes. Stir fry all with a
>>>> little
>>>> garlic in sesame oil. I did mostly peanut with a little sesame as I
>>>> find
>>>> sesame to be overwhelming. Add some beef broth or water and beef
>>>> powder,
>>>> 1 T
>>>> molasses and 3 T. soy sauce. Cornstarch (I used sweet rice flour) to
>>>> make
>>>> a
>>>> gravy. Some reviewers claimed it needed more seasoning so I added salt,
>>>> black pepper and a touch more garlic.
>>>>
>>>> Serve over rice. I made brown. It's good but if I were making it just
>>>> for
>>>> me, I would not use the molasses and soy sauce. I think I would prefer
>>>> a
>>>> plain brown gravy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> This may be the worst recipe Ive ever seen if you want to heal your
>>> fatty
>>> liver! No red meat (ground beef), no sugars (molasses), no sodium (soy
>>> sauce, beef broth, plus extra salt), no saturated fat (peanut and sesame
>>> oil) and low calorie (this isnt it). At least you served it over brown
>>> rice. Its this recipes only liver saving grace. Please get your diet
>>> information from reputable medical sites (not sites that recommend more
>>> onions and celery).
>>
>> I did not eat that for the fatty liver. I ate it to try to use up things
>> that I had in the house. I am trying to eat more onions and celery. I did
>> not get the onion and celery thing from a website. Both of those are good
>> for a fatty liver as are a lot of other fruits of vegetables but some of
>> those are things I can not or will not eat. Such as asparagus and Brusell
>> sprouts. No how, no way on those things. The recipe actually was pretty
>> low
>> calorie though, as I didn't eat very much of it.
>>
>>
>
> Sorry, my mistake. You posted first thing that you were trying to change
> your diet for fatty liver. Then you said you got some marked down beef and
> green beans, which implies you just bought them for this diet, not had
> them
> and were trying to use them up. Lastly, despite being €œlow calorie€� by
> virtue of not eating a lot, it still wasnt the healthiest meal for fatty
> liver.

But I have a lot of other medical conditions and I do need to eat beef for
one of them. I mentioned the onions and celery for fatty liver. I already
eat a lot of those but am trying to increase those.