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the new bread!

  • 24-06-2009 10:11am
    #1
    snowy2008
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    call me crazy but ive discovered a very unlikely and unusual alternative to bread.... cucumber..

    get a cucumber and cut it into slices )it maybe small but its quiant and really tasty) top one slice with a filling, ie tuna and lettuce and put another slice of cucumber on it and eat it, its so tasty, ive a horrible addiction to it now, im lovin it!


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  • #2
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Good idea if you like it. I use iceberg lettuce leafs as wraps. I also just shred them up and dump them in a bowl and pour on spicy mince beef or turkey on top, really bulks it out well with very little calories.

    I hate cucumber & celery, I think some people have a sort of allergy to some chemical substance in them.

    Also ryvitas are a good alternative, 3 ryvitas is the same about the weight & calories as a single slice of mc cambridges bread.


  • #3
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    On a similar note, though this is not for everyone - I have found that mushrooms are a good low carb alternative to pasta, though maybe that is just me.


  • #4
    snowy2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭snowy2008


    oooohhh that sounds interesting, what do you do with the mushrooms, i love them too


  • #5
    CathyMoran
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    teresa2008 wrote: »
    oooohhh that sounds interesting, what do you do with the mushrooms, i love them too
    My husband does the cooking - he sautes them in a little olive oil having sliced them first, though this would not be ideal if you are watching the calories - I know that grilling them is brilliant too (and I prefer it)...

    I just have them with whatever I would normally have pasta with...they are yummy!


  • #6
    snowy2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭snowy2008


    that sounds absolutly amazing, im going that tonight with onions and peppers, thanks for that, would pepper sauce be really bad to have with it?


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  • #7
    CathyMoran
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    teresa2008 wrote: »
    that sounds absolutly amazing, im going that tonight with onions and peppers, thanks for that, would pepper sauce be really bad to have with it?
    Sorry I do not know what pepper sauce is and had to ask my husband! I imagine that it would be nice but try a small bit first.


  • #8
    jdivision
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭jdivision


    rubadub wrote: »
    I hate cucumber & celery, I think some people have a sort of allergy to some chemical substance in them.
    Yep, me too, cucumber to me tastes absolutely revolting.


  • #9
    JonThom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭JonThom


    Thread here of people moaning about the taste of cucumber, and discussion of the genetic basis for having the ability to taste the phenylthiocarbamide which is believed to cause the bitter taste.


  • #10
    ForenAft
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭ForenAft


    CathyMoran wrote: »
    On a similar note, though this is not for everyone - I have found that mushrooms are a good low carb alternative to pasta, though maybe that is just me.

    Just wondering how you prepare the mushrooms to be something like pasta? /Large mushrooms make a good alternative to crisps etc for dips. As a snack, they are nice with homous, or any other healthy dip


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