Resistant Starch

Steak and Baked Potato

Steak and a wee baked (microwaved) potato with butter. So yummy! Remember, I am on maintenance. How much simpler could this meal be? Skip the potato, I guess. LOL [I cooked my steak out on the patio with my new butane stove today. No lingering meat smell in the apartment for the first time ever!]

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Can I Eat Rice on a Low-carb Diet? (Chicken Congee Recipe)

You can eat anything you want on a low-carb diet, as long as you keep the DAILY TOTAL carbs at 20 grams or less. But most people completely stop eating sweets, grains (including rice), potatoes, pasta, etc. because you can’t eat much of those foods before you reach 20gm of total carbs. However, 1/2 a…

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Spanish Omelette or Tortilla (Recipe Link)

Spanish-style omelette/tortilla with 1 small potato (I am on maintenance so I do eat a few more carbs sometimes), ghee, 2 shallots, 3 baby red peppers, 3 eggs, 3 bacon purses, salt and pepper. This meal was quite filling, but low in protein, so I likely will need to top up later on. And… the…

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Beef Finger Meat Stew with Carrots and Potatoes (Recipe Link)

Beef finger meat stew with shallot, celery, eggplant, carrots and potatoes. I had two servings as this is a fairly small bowl. [Remember, I am on maintenance, so a few carby veggies like carrots and potatoes are generally okay… for me!] I used this base recipe: https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-chinese-beef-stew/.

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Leftover Meat and a Small Potato

One chicken thigh, two English banger sausages, four bacon “purses” and a small buttered potato (~28 g carbs) cooked in the microwave. I am on maintenance, hence the little potato. A lovely, easy meal, as the meat was all pre-cooked and just needed reheating in the air-fryer!

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Hot Dogs, Fried Eggs and Potato

Beef hot dogs, three fried eggs, a small potato, butter. I am on maintenance hence the occasional higher carbs (~46 total grams; hot dogs + potato). Note: A cooked, cooled potato has resistant starch which feeds the friendly bacteria in your intestine and increases the production of short-chain fatty acids like butyrate. Butyrate feeds the…

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Potato and Sardine Hash

Sardine and potato hash, with three boiled eggs for extra protein. For those of you who need a lower carb count, I make something imilar with Konjak noodles which is really delicious, but much lower in carbs.

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