Ridgetop
Herd Master
Thanks for the information. Maybe keeping him off fats in previous diets was not the answer. Yesterday DH went to produce store (very cheap prices about half the price of Walmart or grocery stores, lots of choices of veggies since it is Armenian and also caters to Hispanic population - I will miss it if we move to TX since incredible selection of Chinese veggies too). Before we moved to this place - horrible soil - clay and shale with Ph of 9! - I had fruit trees and huge garden where I canned everything for our family of 6 and 2 daycare kids that ate with us. I hope to go back to that again when we move to place with better soil. 30 years of putting all manure, barn waste, etc. back into soil has made no difference here! LOL I had him pick up 4 heads of cauliflower. About $2.00 per head. I cooked one head and mashed some for DH and myself as mashed potatoes with chicken breast and gravy. He allowed as how it was ok. I already use zucchini under spaghetti sauce instead of pasta occasionally, particularly when I have ginormous zucchini in garden. I slice them lengthwise and fill with meat sauce then bake. Very good. In fact, just as good as spaghetti and easier than spaghetti squash. I am going to mash up portions of the cauliflower and freeze in individual portions. Need to try it in Spanish/Mexican recipes instead of rice.
I don't eat many carbs except in apples and other veggies, but DH loves them. Need to have healthy substitutes for him since he is hard to control on a diet. Luckily doctor scared him! He does not have any problem with cholesterol though. We are going on a 3 week cruise with friends in mid-March. He was worried but I told him I would order for him in the restaurants and to stick with salads, vegetables, no carbs, and meats in the buffet. If this diet allows fats, then he can have bacon, etc. which will help. I am also trying to keep him from salt. Our friends are careful eaters and Lois has been trying to oversee his eating for years when we travel! I told him I would turn her loose on him. LOL Exercise is a problem since his knee is really bad (2 knee replacements in one knee), but he cleans the corrals, and has been working with DS1 on other barn stuff. I have been encouraging him to get out and do more outside in spurts of activities. Definitely looking into the Y for swimming.
I still need to know what are "fat bombs"?
I don't eat many carbs except in apples and other veggies, but DH loves them. Need to have healthy substitutes for him since he is hard to control on a diet. Luckily doctor scared him! He does not have any problem with cholesterol though. We are going on a 3 week cruise with friends in mid-March. He was worried but I told him I would order for him in the restaurants and to stick with salads, vegetables, no carbs, and meats in the buffet. If this diet allows fats, then he can have bacon, etc. which will help. I am also trying to keep him from salt. Our friends are careful eaters and Lois has been trying to oversee his eating for years when we travel! I told him I would turn her loose on him. LOL Exercise is a problem since his knee is really bad (2 knee replacements in one knee), but he cleans the corrals, and has been working with DS1 on other barn stuff. I have been encouraging him to get out and do more outside in spurts of activities. Definitely looking into the Y for swimming.
I still need to know what are "fat bombs"?
