Bacon and Lentil Soup (my version of pea and ham)

A few bacon bones or ham hocks (preferably the hocks as they have some
meat on them)
Red lentils according to carb limits
1 large can of crushed tomatoes
Stock, enough to cover all the ingredients after the canned tomatoes are
tossed in
Onions and garlic
Any veggies you like and can tolerate - shredded cabbage, celery plus
leaves, carrots, turnip, broccoli that may have started to seed.
Cook in a slow cooker on low (after bringing to the boil) until veggies
are done to your satisfaction

On 02/16/2013 03:57 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
> Red lentils according to carb limits

Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt [1]:
39 Grams of carbohydrate per cup.

I could count how many lentils I could have on one hand.

What would you substitute?

-T


-T
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/4439/2

In article >, Todd >
wrote:

> On 02/16/2013 03:57 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
> > Red lentils according to carb limits
>
> Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt [1]:
> 39 Grams of carbohydrate per cup.
>
> I could count how many lentils I could have on one hand.
>
> What would you substitute?
>

First, note the 16 or so grams of fiber. Second, if you put the lentils
in soup, you don't have to have a full 1 cup serving of lentils. I just
made a soup, but haven't tasted it yet, as it needs a cool-reheat cycle,
that started with 1/2 cup dry lentils. Given all the other stuff in the
soup, it will probably be 6 or 8 servings of soup. (There are carbs from
some of the other veggies, but the bulk of the soup is shredded cabbage.)

I have generally had no difficulty with other legumes in soup, but this
is my first try in a long time to have lentils. I anticipate extra
testing tomorrow, to see how this works.

--
"Isn't embarrassing to quote something you didn't read and then attack
what it didn't say?"--WG, where else but Usenet

"Alice Faber" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
>
>> On 02/16/2013 03:57 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>> > Red lentils according to carb limits
>>
>> Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt [1]:
>> 39 Grams of carbohydrate per cup.
>>
>> I could count how many lentils I could have on one hand.
>>
>> What would you substitute?
>>
>
> First, note the 16 or so grams of fiber. Second, if you put the lentils
> in soup, you don't have to have a full 1 cup serving of lentils. I just
> made a soup, but haven't tasted it yet, as it needs a cool-reheat cycle,
> that started with 1/2 cup dry lentils. Given all the other stuff in the
> soup, it will probably be 6 or 8 servings of soup. (There are carbs from
> some of the other veggies, but the bulk of the soup is shredded cabbage.)
>
> I have generally had no difficulty with other legumes in soup, but this
> is my first try in a long time to have lentils. I anticipate extra
> testing tomorrow, to see how this works.
>
> --
> "Isn't embarrassing to quote something you didn't read and then attack
> what it didn't say?"--WG, where else but Usenet

I don't know why but lentils spike me probably worse than anything else.
Odd because I can eat 1.5 cups of beans with no problems. A few months ago
I tried lentil soup again in a restaurant because I wasn't particularly
hungry. The soup wasn't very good and I only ate a few bites but still got
a nasty spike. Thankfully lentils are my least favorite of the legumes so
it's no great loss to me. I have been able to eat a mixed vegetable soup
with a few lentils in it but not a full on lentil soup.

Todd doesn't subtract fiber because he said his Dr. told him not to.

Just leave the lentils out. I used to have barley so lentils were a
great substitute for them. If you were traditional and used dried peas
then I think they would be way too carby. It would still be ok without
any legumes or grains. Also remember that soup servings could be a lot.
I get maybe 6-8 bowls out of mine so even 39 gr of carb between 6-8
serves is quite small. Of course one has to add in the veggie carbs. I
have always been lucky that I can tolerate tomatoes, carrots and onions
very well. Having the cabbage and celery sticks plus leaves can bring
down the carb count if you had to lessen the other veggies and cut out
the tomatoes. Stock, lower carb veggies and the smoked hocks should be
ok. I know someone who takes some of the veggies out and purees them and
puts them back in the soup as a low carb thickener.

"Todd" wrote in message ...

On 02/16/2013 03:57 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
> Red lentils according to carb limits

Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt [1]:
39 Grams of carbohydrate per cup.

I could count how many lentils I could have on one hand.

What would you substitute?

-T


-T
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/4439/2

> "Todd" wrote in message ...
>
> On 02/16/2013 03:57 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>> Red lentils according to carb limits
>
> Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt [1]:
> 39 Grams of carbohydrate per cup.
>
> I could count how many lentils I could have on one hand.
>
> What would you substitute?
>
> -T
>
>
> -T
> http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/4439/2

> On 02/17/2013 02:03 AM, Ozgirl wrote:> Just leave the lentils out. I used to have barley so lentils were a
>> great substitute for them. If you were traditional and used dried peas
>> then I think they would be way too carby. It would still be ok without
>> any legumes or grains. Also remember that soup servings could be a lot.
>> I get maybe 6-8 bowls out of mine so even 39 gr of carb between 6-8
>> serves is quite small. Of course one has to add in the veggie carbs. I
>> have always been lucky that I can tolerate tomatoes, carrots and onions
>> very well. Having the cabbage and celery sticks plus leaves can bring
>> down the carb count if you had to lessen the other veggies and cut out
>> the tomatoes. Stock, lower carb veggies and the smoked hocks should be
>> ok. I know someone who takes some of the veggies out and purees them and
>> puts them back in the soup as a low carb thickener.
>>

Hi Ozgirl,

Okay, now I understand. You are using the lentils as a "Seasoning"
as I do carrots. Now it makes sense. I catch on slowly. Thank you!

Just small talk: I have never likes lentils, except with bacon. Then
I love them. Your recipe sounds wonderful.

Since I can't get a hold of any hocks and the pork in the supers
has a bad aroma (smells like the stockyard), I wonder if plain old
uncured bacon pieces would suffice. Be nice if I could find some
CSA (community supported agriculture) pork.

Saw a documentary on CSA farming where an apple farmer used pigs
to do the full circle thing. I bet he gets a pretty penny for
that pork!

I am babbling.

-T

On 02/17/2013 02:03 AM, Ozgirl wrote:
> Just leave the lentils out. I used to have barley so lentils were a
> great substitute for them

How stupid dopes it sound to use smashed up walnuts?

Nothing sounds stupid to me. I just put things down to individual taste
If you like walnuts in your soup, go for it.


"Todd" wrote in message ...

On 02/17/2013 02:03 AM, Ozgirl wrote:
> Just leave the lentils out. I used to have barley so lentils were a
> great substitute for them

How stupid dopes it sound to use smashed up walnuts?

Thanks for the recipe. Sounds good. Still trying to figger out what is a bacon bone? lol. Will confess not have having messed with lentils too much but found them very good on those few occasions. One point I would hazard to mention is other legumes do not play well with acids early in the cook cycle. With Pinto beans for example..cooking in tomato products is a pretty sure fire method of coming up with a tough i.e. case hardened final product..which is fine if thats what is wanted. We like them soft and chewable in this area..so tomato products are not added till the beans are as tender as wanted. Just a thought. Lentils may march to a different drummer..lol.

Bacon bones are what is left over after the smoked pork is removed and
sliced as the bacon you know and love Most bacon bones have enough
"bacon" left on them to make a nice addition to the bowl of soup, if not
hocks have more. The bones add a nice smoky, salty flavour to the soup.
Like in pea and ham. After cooking I take the bones and hocks out and
remove the meat and chop it up and put back in the soup. When I say I
use lentils I think people are thinking if lentil soup which is quite
thick and almost all lentil. My soup is quite liquid and the amount of
lentils in each bowl wouldn't amount to much carb.

"bigwheel" wrote in message
...


Thanks for the recipe. Sounds good. Still trying to figger out what is a
bacon bone? lol. Will confess not have having messed with lentils too
much but found them very good on those few occasions. One point I would
hazard to mention is other legumes do not play well with acids early in
the cook cycle. With Pinto beans for example..cooking in tomato products
is a pretty sure fire method of coming up with a tough i.e. case
hardened final product..which is fine if thats what is wanted. We like
them soft and chewable in this area..so tomato products are not added
till the beans are as tender as wanted. Just a thought. Lentils may
march to a different drummer..lol.

Ozgirl;1814210 Wrote:
> Bacon and Lentil Soup (my version of pea and ham)
>
> A few bacon bones or ham hocks (preferably the hocks as they have some
> meat on them)
> Red lentils according to carb limits
> 1 large can of crushed tomatoes
> Stock, enough to cover all the ingredients after the canned tomatoes
> are
>
> tossed in
> Onions and garlic
> Any veggies you like and can tolerate - shredded cabbage, celery plus
> leaves, carrots, turnip, broccoli that may have started to seed.
> Cook in a slow cooker on low (after bringing to the boil) until
> veggies
>
> are done to your satisfaction




--
bigwheel

Ok gotcha thanks, Guess most of our bacon in Americka comes from boneless bellies..but some folks do like to make bacon out of Boston Butts which most call "Buckboard Bacon" or out of boneless loins which is called "Canadian Bacon" eh? The lentil shortage in the soup sounds like a good plan for those trying to dodge carbs.

Sounds mighty yummy. Thanks for the recipe. I have a pot of turkey soup going as we speak..made from a leftover smoked turkey carcass. Its tasting purty good but dont have any veggies to go in it..also no noodles..sniff sniff. Thought about dumplings or rice but heck..who needs all those unhealthy carbs huh? Think I just eat it sorta clear and have the bread on the side. Do you think that would be a good plan? Or any other good ideas would appreciated. Thanks.

bigwheel > wrote:


: Sounds mighty yummy. Thanks for the recipe. I have a pot of turkey soup
: going as we speak..made from a leftover smoked turkey carcass. Its
: tasting purty good but dont have any veggies to go in it..also no
: noodles..sniff sniff. Thought about dumplings or rice but heck..who
: needs all those unhealthy carbs huh? Think I just eat it sorta clear and
: have the bread on the side. Do you think that would be a good plan? Or
: any other good ideas would appreciated. Thanks.
: --
: bigwheel

Too bad you have no nice soup vegetables around lke onins, carrots,
celery, etc. I would eat it with a salad on the side rather than regular
bread, but I guess you have no salad vegetables either:-(

Wendy

On 03/16/2013 02:38 PM, W. Baker wrote:
> bigwheel > wrote:
>
>
> : Sounds mighty yummy. Thanks for the recipe. I have a pot of turkey soup
> : going as we speak..made from a leftover smoked turkey carcass. Its
> : tasting purty good but dont have any veggies to go in it..also no
> : noodles..sniff sniff. Thought about dumplings or rice but heck..who
> : needs all those unhealthy carbs huh? Think I just eat it sorta clear and
> : have the bread on the side. Do you think that would be a good plan? Or
> : any other good ideas would appreciated. Thanks.
> : --
> : bigwheel
>
> Too bad you have no nice soup vegetables around lke onins, carrots,
> celery, etc. I would eat it with a salad on the side rather than regular
> bread, but I guess you have no salad vegetables either:-(
>
> Wendy
>

Okay, I realize you said you had no vegi's, so recommending
swiss chard stems is beside the point, but they work like
celery without all the carbs. (Okay, you can use a celery
stem as a seasoning, but then the rest of the batch goes bad
waiting for the next seasoning incident. Chards don't
last a week.)

I keep some frozen vegis around just in case I can not find any
fresh ones. Use about six frozen baby carrots in my chicken broth.
Someday, maybe I will look up broccoli cheese soup.

-T

Todd > wrote:
: On 03/16/2013 02:38 PM, W. Baker wrote:
: > bigwheel > wrote:
: >
: >
: > : Sounds mighty yummy. Thanks for the recipe. I have a pot of turkey soup
: > : going as we speak..made from a leftover smoked turkey carcass. Its
: > : tasting purty good but dont have any veggies to go in it..also no
: > : noodles..sniff sniff. Thought about dumplings or rice but heck..who
: > : needs all those unhealthy carbs huh? Think I just eat it sorta clear and
: > : have the bread on the side. Do you think that would be a good plan? Or
: > : any other good ideas would appreciated. Thanks.
: > : --
: > : bigwheel
: >
: > Too bad you have no nice soup vegetables around lke onins, carrots,
: > celery, etc. I would eat it with a salad on the side rather than regular
: > bread, but I guess you have no salad vegetables either:-(
: >
: > Wendy
: >

: Okay, I realize you said you had no vegi's, so recommending
: swiss chard stems is beside the point, but they work like
: celery without all the carbs. (Okay, you can use a celery
: stem as a seasoning, but then the rest of the batch goes bad
: waiting for the next seasoning incident. Chards don't
: last a week.)

: I keep some frozen vegis around just in case I can not find any
: fresh ones. Use about six frozen baby carrots in my chicken broth.
: Someday, maybe I will look up broccoli cheese soup.

: -T

Ce;ery was the onoy food my Father maintained actually took weight off.
He said it contained fewer calories than it took to chew it up:-) plenty
of celery in soup, also use it with dips, etc instead of chips, etc.

Wendy

"Todd" > wrote in message
...
> On 03/16/2013 02:38 PM, W. Baker wrote:
>> bigwheel > wrote:
>>
>>
>> : Sounds mighty yummy. Thanks for the recipe. I have a pot of turkey soup
>> : going as we speak..made from a leftover smoked turkey carcass. Its
>> : tasting purty good but dont have any veggies to go in it..also no
>> : noodles..sniff sniff. Thought about dumplings or rice but heck..who
>> : needs all those unhealthy carbs huh? Think I just eat it sorta clear
>> and
>> : have the bread on the side. Do you think that would be a good plan? Or
>> : any other good ideas would appreciated. Thanks.
>> : --
>> : bigwheel
>>
>> Too bad you have no nice soup vegetables around lke onins, carrots,
>> celery, etc. I would eat it with a salad on the side rather than regular
>> bread, but I guess you have no salad vegetables either:-(
>>
>> Wendy
>>
>
> Okay, I realize you said you had no vegi's, so recommending
> swiss chard stems is beside the point, but they work like
> celery without all the carbs. (Okay, you can use a celery
> stem as a seasoning, but then the rest of the batch goes bad
> waiting for the next seasoning incident. Chards don't
> last a week.)
>
> I keep some frozen vegis around just in case I can not find any
> fresh ones. Use about six frozen baby carrots in my chicken broth.
> Someday, maybe I will look up broccoli cheese soup.
>
> -T

You can buy celery here by the rib.

On 03/16/2013 07:24 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> You can buy celery here by the rib.


Mumble, mumble.

Thanks for the heads up on Chard. I heard of it but never seen any up close. Course I was full grown before ever trying broccoli and calliflower so guess there aint much mystery to that one. Now this is the first I heard that celery is loaded up with carbs. Richard Simmons always say it burn off more calories to chew it than you get from it. This science changes fast..lol Or he wasn't worried about carbs maybe.

On 03/17/2013 07:36 PM, bigwheel wrote:

>> Okay, I realize you said you had no vegi's, so recommending
>> swiss chard stems is beside the point, but they work like
>> celery without all the carbs. (Okay, you can use a celery
>> stem as a seasoning, but then the rest of the batch goes bad
>> waiting for the next seasoning incident. Chards don't
>> last a week.)
>>
>> I keep some frozen vegis around just in case I can not find any
>> fresh ones. Use about six frozen baby carrots in my chicken broth.
>> Someday, maybe I will look up broccoli cheese soup.
>>
>> -T
>
> Thanks for the heads up on Chard. I heard of it but never seen any up
> close. Course I was full grown before ever trying broccoli and
> calliflower so guess there aint much mystery to that one. Now this is
> the first I heard that celery is loaded up with carbs. Richard Simmons
> always say it burn off more calories to chew it than you get from it.
> This science changes fast..lol Or he wasn't worried about carbs maybe.

Hi Big,

Celery may taste a little better than chard so soup, but it is
pretty close.

Celery Raw:

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/2396/2

One cup chopped: 3 grams carbs.

Okay for seasoning, but you wouldn't want to munch on them.

-T

Well yes we was out of everything yesterday. From all the carrying in of stuff just a while ago..think we must have now restocked the larder. I am ready to rip but throwed out the turkey soup because it smell and tasted sorta funky. I knew there was bound to be some reason I aint never made that before.