I stumbled across a perfect way to make seafood cocktail sauce, low carb and low calorie.
First of all take a bag of still frozen prawns, the really big ones that are cut down the back and the poop chute has been removed. Pop them into your steamer, bamboo, or double boiler type like I use or whatever you use for steaming. Cook them until cooked. What I like is that all the water that comes out drains away so you don't have to worry about defrosting them first.
Whilst that was happening, I decided to make the cocktail sauce. I was copying Costco. They have those cooked prawns in the cooked food section and when I am low carbing it I get those instead of a hotdog and poutine. (I'd rather have the dog and poutine. waaaah) So as I decided to steam the ones I have here, I needed cocktail sauce. The little jar of store bought that I have is 24 carbs per tsp.
So I decided to make my own. Two tablespoons of diet sugarless ketchup, half a teaspoon of horseradish, a tetch of sombal olek to make it super hot, and one quarter teaspoon of sweetener. Perfection. And because it is super strong you just need a tiny tick of red on your prawn. Most of it is still in the wee jar I used, now with a lid on it and in the fridge to go with the salmon we have been blessed with.
And another find today, found by the lovely Ange, whilst I sat in the truck hiding from the rain, she bravely slogged into No Frills and found me beef broth....ZERO CARBS!!!! You know it should be zero carbs but most of them aren't. They have dextrose etc...in it which adds up to two carbs per one cup. And when you are drinking gallons of the stuff, that adds up! So I am so grateful to her.
Then on the way home my truck, with no urging from me, drove right into the Starbucks line up. Right in!!!!! I never go to Starbucks unless Monte is doing it, on purpose I might add. Anyway Ange and I ordered two grande lattes, made with cream and sugarless French vanilla syrup. OMG!!!! It tasted like melted ice cream!!! We were in heaven!!!
Alright now, this post is turning into a low carb post. Not keto. Keto allows way too many carbs. I don't know how anyone loses weight on keto or controls their type 2 diabetes. Anywhooo thats it for this rainy day. No Nanaimo today....too rainy and Monte's van is in Canadian tire being totally rebooted all way around with new tires. And the van is that comfortable I prefer long trips in it. Plus I am thinking of Ange, or me for that matter. Whoever sits in the back seat of the truck is in for an 'experience'! I pretty much lose my virginity every time I climb out of there. The van is a whole different experience, a really cushy good one.
Gotta bounce. Crap to do. Take care, hug a people and TTYL
'Maybe psychopaths are just people on low carb, sugar free diets.' Nobody owned up to this quote. LOL!!!
This is so not appropriate or PC.
LMAO
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