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Old December 15th, 2011, 06:09 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Doug Freyburger
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Default Substitute for breadcrumbs in NO CARB fishcakes and meatballs

Tanya Möller wrote:

Does anyone have a substitute for breadcrumbs in NO CARB fishcakes and
meatballs?


There is no need to put fillers in those items. They are better
without. Flavor them with celery and herbs and such and don't bother
with the fillers.

There is no reason to go "no" carb in anything. You're low carbing not
no carbing. At a half gram per meatball that has as much as half celery
and peppers there's a vast amount of flavoring that works just fine.
Look through the "ultra low carb list" aka the "under 10% by weight
list" aka the "salad ingredient list" of foods. After deducting fiber
many of those veggies are extremely low and they make fine flavoring
ingredients. There's a lot more than just lettuce on that list.

There is no need to put a coating on fried items. Try it and you'll see
a fair number of foods are better fried without breading than with it.
Try it with chicken and see. Heck, try it with brocolli florets and
see. Did you know that brocolli florets can be cooked other ways than
just deep fried in the fondue pot? Brocolli can be cooked all sorts of
ways.

Anyways, that said there are a few extremely low carb ways to crust
foods for pan frying or deep frying. Doctor Atkins was partial to
macadamia nut crusting. Expensive but he was a millionaire after all.
Some folks like using crushed chicherones aka fried pork rinds. They
get soggy easily so the timing is tighter than for cheap starchy junk
coatings.

I am on Atkins, Induction and desperate for something else other than
grilled red meat and cheese or tuna salad.


Mental attitude. Induction by the book lasts two weeks. That is a very
short time scale. It's a big change in a very short time. Don't worry.
The confusion passes. You get used to the new shopping and cooking and
eating patterns very soon. Think of it like going through a boot camp
initiation. Tough to do but after you've finished the rest is easy
because none of it is anywhere near as hard. Looking farther forward
gives a better perspective of the short term change.