tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202575241316909552024-03-05T17:19:22.241-05:00Cheap'n'Easy Lowcarb LivingThis isn't necessarily a place to learn everything you need to know about eating low carb, its health benefits, or how to do it - there are plenty of other places for that. But since I've been living Cheap'n'Easy Low Carb since April 3, 2004, I just want to share some of my inexpensive and simple recipes (often including the cost!), shopping tips, experiences, and the occasional link or opinion. Welcome! :)ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.comBlogger333125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-48875674088999200942013-01-29T15:36:00.001-05:002013-01-29T15:36:37.795-05:00A REMINDERJust a reminder - this blog is now hosted at my new blogging site, www.VitaInVia.com. I no longer post here. The link provided will take you right to the main page where my blogs are listed, and you can select whichever one you want to read. The only blog I will be keeping here is My Nissen Fundoplication Experience (and that may eventually be mirrored at the new site). Please update your RSS ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-35711078882596132762012-12-19T23:52:00.002-05:002012-12-19T23:52:31.885-05:00I MADE KETCHUP!And I made it Cheap'n'Easy too! Get the recipe and read all about it at my NEW site!ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-17432745419647950852012-12-17T19:50:00.001-05:002012-12-17T19:53:20.371-05:00Moving Day!I was planning to wait until Jan. 1st to move all of my blogs from blogger over to my Weebly site. Meanwhile, I have been frozen from blogging. By my own brain. Having to do things twice, or copy/paste, or decide which site to post what every time I wanted to blog. For the last 4 years, 2 months, and 1 day my brain just stops - or freezes when it is overwhelmed. And apparently all of this change ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-61063987967087397552012-11-20T19:10:00.001-05:002012-11-20T19:20:58.905-05:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Catching Up(REMINDER this blog will be moving at the first of the year to my new site: http://www.vitainvia.com/cheapneasy-lowcarb-living.html - please make a note of it.)
Actually there isn't much catching up to do! For a week we ate cabbage soup and yogurt, with an occasional popcorn snack. But we were gone quite a bit also, so ate at restaurants several times. But almost exclusively, it was cabbage soupChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-57651459229740890522012-11-14T00:23:00.000-05:002012-11-14T00:23:38.973-05:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Idieas - Nov. 12-13(REMINDER this blog will be moving at the first of the year to my new site: http://www.vitainvia.com/cheapneasy-lowcarb-living.html - please make a note of it.)
Yesterday was a one-meal day again. When we're eating adequate protein and all this fat, we just don't get hungry I guess.
Our meal was hamburgers on buns, with the remainder of the spinach from Sunday, to which I added cream cheese. ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-82875846227353877092012-11-11T22:15:00.000-05:002012-11-11T22:15:08.387-05:00Low Carb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Nov.9-11Friday the 9th we had leftovers for lunch; supper was broiled steaks and mashed potatoes. Of course I had mostly steak, with just a small amount of potatoes, and lots of butter and sour cream.
Saturday we didn't until late afternoon, and just had one meal all day. I roasted some pork tenderloin, delicata squash, and cabbage/onions. We love that meal, so eat it often.
Today we had just one mealChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-29605273048536223722012-11-08T18:28:00.001-05:002012-11-08T18:28:14.700-05:00Low Carb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Nov.4-8The week has gotten away from me! So I don't remember which day we had what. I do now that we went out to eat one day...Monday maybe? One day we had hamburgers and sweet potato medallions for lunch, then roasted pork country ribs with brussels sprouts for supper. One meal was simply Dreamfield's pasta with a simple sauce. Another meal was roasted chicken quarters with sweet potato medallions (ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-14330485559144673112012-11-04T12:04:00.001-05:002012-11-04T12:04:26.631-05:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Oct.30-Nov.3Big clump of time covered in this post! But it won't be too bad actually. Because Tues., 10/30 I was gone all day, ate just one meal and that was at a Chinese Buffet.
Wed., 10/31 was also gone all day, but I took we took food with us so we wouldn't have to spend any money: Ham/cheese/lettuce/mayo sandwich on Maria's sub rolls, string cheese, cinnamon cookies (homemade), and sunflower seeds for ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-48913746433912883412012-10-29T20:04:00.001-04:002012-10-29T20:04:31.349-04:00#Lowcarb Boredome - Meal Ideas - Oct. 27-29Saturday the 27th we had popcorn - well-buttered (literally half a stick on mine, as usual) - for lunch. Supper was hamburgers. I made Maria's sub buns but shaped them as hamburger buns, brushed the tops with water, and sprinkled them with raw sesame seeds. They puffed up a LOT as they were baking, and the resulting hamburgers, served with fried onions and cheese, were AMAZING! I had been cravingChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-18027712385236578272012-10-27T18:46:00.000-04:002012-10-27T18:46:09.980-04:00SHOPPING TRIP!!You know I love to shop...and it's been about 7 weeks since I last did a big shopping, which I think was on September 8th - almost positive in fact. We haven't had to do any little grocery trips since then either, although of course have stopped for half'n'half when we've run out, and I did go to Bart's (produce) a couple of times and Aldi's once...but my last BIG Shopping Event was a long time ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-88059233381326932072012-10-27T15:44:00.000-04:002012-10-27T15:44:05.873-04:00Low Carb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Oct. 26th(Just a reminder that this blog will be moving to its new home at the end of this year.)
Actually, nothing to report for Friday. We were gone all day and I didn't cook at all. We went to a Chinese buffet for a late lunch/early supper (but lunch prices, just about $16 for both of us, that's $8 each for a whole day's food!) and that's all we had for the day. LOTS of shopping though...I'll write ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-26465550000778610342012-10-24T21:33:00.000-04:002012-10-27T15:12:15.214-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Oct. 24(Just a reminder that this blog will be moving to its new home at the end of this year.)
Was given some ham bits and pieces today from carving a ham. We got the rind parts from the outside, and the bone. I don't do bean soup so not sure what I'll do with the bone - maybe just use it in some other kind of soup? Open for ideas.
So for lunch I just had bits of ham from the bag of pieces, dipped ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-76746267064262051182012-10-23T23:14:00.001-04:002012-10-27T15:12:04.300-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Oct. 23rd(Just a reminder that this blog will be moving to its new home at the end of this year.)
Simple day today.
Lunch was the last of the sausage and summer squash dish from a few days ago. Supper was roasted pork country ribs that I had seasoned with a half-packet of ranch dressing mix, roasted sweet potato medallions (just with olive oil and sea salt), and buttered chopped spinach.
I had a dishChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-79635770509812404012012-10-22T21:27:00.000-04:002012-10-22T21:27:12.492-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Oct. 21-22 & Today's Easy Bread Recipe(Just a reminder that this blog will be moving to its new home at the end of this year.)
Yesterday before church we had some good breakfast sandwiches. Using Maria's sub buns recipe, they were loaded with bacon, eggs, and cheese. This bread plus all the high-fat ingredients are REALLY filling. We didn't get hungry again for the rest of the day.
For supper yesterday I broiled the last of the ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-82920897827394806692012-10-20T23:28:00.001-04:002012-10-20T23:28:24.463-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - Oct. 18-20(Just a reminder that this blog will be moving to its new home at the end of this year.)
Well first, Thursday night I didn't end up making supper. Pete slept all evening and wanted to get up as late as possible before work, so there was no point in cooking. I just ate leftovers.
Friday - yesterday - the 19th - we went out for our Friday night fish supper as always. Earlier in the day we ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-75062668934499112672012-10-19T14:58:00.000-04:002012-10-19T14:58:24.291-04:00Changes Coming!I am going to be setting up this blog elsewhere, and will be completely "moved out" of blogger by the end of the year. This blog will be archived into a single PDF file, which will be available for download at the new site by then. And I will be spending a lot of time copying/pasting my recipes from this site to the new one, which unfortunately doesn't import from blogger. But there are so many ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-89405106506704697872012-10-18T12:14:00.000-04:002012-10-18T12:14:20.198-04:00 #Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - 10/17Yesterday was a delicious day!
My grandson wanted pancakes for lunch, so I made some up. This is the first time that my pancakes actually looked and tasted like pancakes! In the past, I've always called them crumblecakes :). I'm going to write the recipe here, more for my own future use than anything else!
Whip up 2 eggs, 2Tbsp full fat sour cream, a dash of vanilla, 1/2tsp each of baking ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-77153635620207626042012-10-16T14:16:00.000-04:002012-10-16T14:20:12.267-04:00YOWSER! Today's #Lowcarb Lunch - YUM!I don't even know what to call this - all I know is that it is SO GOOD! Love the moist bready-ness of it all...anyway, I will get on with the "recipe" -
Important: have everything ready before you start. You want a crust on the bottom but not a layer of burnt egg!
In a bowl lightly scramble a half-dozen eggs. Into another bowl shred about 3/4c of your favorite cheese. (I used colby-jack - if ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-57666025993919813282012-10-16T12:27:00.000-04:002012-10-16T12:27:01.473-04:00 #Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - 10/12-15I didn't cook much over the weekend. Of course Friday evening we went out for our fish dinner - Saturday we were down in the Midland area and ate there for lunch with leftovers for supper. Sunday we had a potluck after church.
Sunday night I did cook though. We had some catfish in the freezer that needed to be used up, so I made fish cakes with it. Having never used catfish for those before I ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-47627685591898285122012-10-11T00:38:00.000-04:002012-10-11T00:38:24.494-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - 10/9-10Tuesday I probably ate leftovers for lunch, as I usually do....can't remember for sure but that's the usual. For supper I made my BIG pan full of roasted cabbage and onions with ham. Just chopped, tossed with olive oil, spread in the pan, into a hot 425ish oven on the top shelf until browning, toss, return to oven until soft and crispy edges. We love this stuff, either with ham or with bacon, andChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-73084515610689943842012-10-09T16:36:00.001-04:002012-10-09T16:36:14.677-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - 10/8Yesterday for lunch I had the leftover pork/brussels sprouts/onions dish.
For supper I had some shredded roast beef. I diced a big daikon (think hash brown cubest) and an onion and browned those in olive oil because I'm out of bacon fat, seasoning them with onion and garlic powder and salt, and a lot of chili powder. When they were cooked and browning I added the beef (there was about twice as ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-13820010177758074432012-10-07T20:41:00.000-04:002012-10-07T20:41:06.759-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - No Meal Ideas This Weekend!Starting Friday I was having a lot of pain in my wrap area (see My Nissen Fundoplication Experience blog) so went for comfortable food - soft foods - rather than worrying about carbs this weekend. Plus circumstances dictated that we ate out a lot, as we were barely home; I went for foods like mashed potatoes, cream soup, applesauce, cottage cheese...things that wouldn't - in theory - hurt as theyChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-9972362573601297052012-10-05T15:36:00.002-04:002012-10-05T15:36:43.924-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - 10/4Actually today I don't have any meal ideas from yesterday! I'd mentioned the leftover pork and hot dogs I ate...I had a cottage cheese snack...but was so tired for some reason that I went to bed right after work and didn't bother to eat supper at all!
Today I broiled the meat I had thawed yesterday and had that for lunch. With nothing else. This evening Pete and I will go to our usual place for ChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-67249735904038762272012-10-04T14:02:00.001-04:002012-10-04T14:02:06.813-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - 10/2-3Oops - forgot to post yesterday, so today I'll post both days.
Tuesday (10/2) I had well-buttered popcorn for lunch, and roast pork with 1/4 of a sweet potato (well-buttered of course) for supper. If I had a snack I don't recall what it was.
Yesterday I had some butter with a little white rice in it - lol - for lunch and for supper my grandson and I were out running errands after I got off workChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220257524131690955.post-84711946676927416732012-10-02T14:24:00.002-04:002012-10-02T14:24:23.601-04:00#Lowcarb Boredom - Meal Ideas - 10/1Yesterday's lunch was toast with butter (of course! Most foods are just a vehicle for butter!) and SF fruit spread.
Supper was great! I sliced a few squash (3 yellow, 2 green) lengthwise into planks, coated them with olive oil and garlic powder and roasted them at 425. While they were roasting (I turned them halfway through) I browned some ground beef and onions. Pulled the squash planks out ofChiaOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847036637913460413noreply@blogger.com0