Jellybeans9
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So I'm currently following the EE plan, but would like to incorporate a few red days into the mix. Mainly to cut down on carbs. I have managed to cut them down slightly by introducing the 1/3 superfree food. But I don't feel like I'm actually going to lose anything, because it doesn't seem that much different from the diet I've had my whole life... I'm so used to having either potatoes, rice, pasta, noodles or some sort of bread roll/tortilla wrap with every evening meal, as that is how I was brought up.
The amount of meat I've managed to cut down on by replacing beef mince with Quorn, vegetarian sausages I actually prefer to the meaty variety, and so the only meat I regularly eat now is chicken. But even that isn't an every day thing, just enough to not turn into a vegetarian
The carbs on the other hand, I'm at a loss of what to replace them with? I know I could just have more superfree vegetables or salad, but I find this doesn't tend to fill me up for very long, unless I go for the starchy ones like sweet potato and parsnips. I did make tandoori chicken with sweet potato wedges and salad, which was really nice, but I can't make that every day haha!But then I don't know whether I should just stick with EE for now and see? As recently, I've barely touched the rice and pasta in the cupboard, it's usually just potatoes. Plus I'm no longer eating at least two slices of bread a day (quite often it was 4!), in fact I've not bought any bread in about two weeks!
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone following Red Days could give me some ideas on how I could replace the carbs in my evening meal? For example, using sweet potato mash on a cottage pie would replace normal potato. But I don't want to get sick of eating the same two vegetables
Is there anything interesting I could do with cauliflower or broccoli? Or any other vegetables? I know I could always use my syns for them, but that would be defeating the object of why I want to try red days.
The amount of meat I've managed to cut down on by replacing beef mince with Quorn, vegetarian sausages I actually prefer to the meaty variety, and so the only meat I regularly eat now is chicken. But even that isn't an every day thing, just enough to not turn into a vegetarian
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone following Red Days could give me some ideas on how I could replace the carbs in my evening meal? For example, using sweet potato mash on a cottage pie would replace normal potato. But I don't want to get sick of eating the same two vegetables