I understand that this isn’t the point of your videos but I just wanted to say that I struggle with a restrictive ed and your videos are so comforting and you’re often one of the few Chanels i can come to to make me feel like I deserve to eat and feel less wasteful about spending money on food as well. I just want to thank you for the content you put out , it means a lot to me ❤
I love your videos! We are Cajuns from Deep South Louisiana and all our cultural foods are extremely high carb. My husband is diabetic and I’m desperately searching for different low carb recipes that he likes and will give him variety. Thank you for this video. I will try some of these recipes. And I definitely know we have to watch carb contents for every ingredient.
Just try tweaking things, I’m trying to lose weight so there is no way I could do that having all that high fat dairy in there, not to mention all the salt in the dairy then normally added salt to a dish also, I normally look at how many ingredients in the dish have salt already in them before I add any extra salt, and I use way less sugar also or sugar alternatives. If your making something that’s got a few different carb components to it just look to see if some of those extra carbs are really needed or not or if you can cut some down or substitute some for other flours.
Dr. Sten Ekburg has vids on YT that explain how to put our bodies into Ketosis as opposed to insulin Resistance ( fat accumulation, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and more health problems) Ketosis is when our body's use the rest of our metabolic system to burn fat and renew our damaged cells. To put our body into ketosis we need to interupt the metabolic imbalance of the Carb/Insulin cycle. It's facinating to learn how it works. It's even better to experience your body actually in Ketosis. It's more than low carb. Low carb diets will not rebalance the disordered metabolism. It's about what percent of daily calorie intake you eat for the 3 macronutrients: Fats, Protiens and Carbs. When I started I dis strict keto until I could feel my body shift into Ketosis, once there I discovered my tastes chamnged for richer fat-based foods. I do not look at it as a lack of variety, I look at it as my body's God-given system to reverse metabolic disorder and some disease by actually making my body achieve better health vs taking synthetic meds that all have negative side effects. I'm not anti-med at all. I just love feeling so much healthier and having less pain from inflamation! I drink seltzer everyday, it's just been a favorite for me. I do miss the cold juicy taste of fruits. I recently found liquid water flavorings with Stevia and a little in my seltzer on ice is excellent. Stevia is one of the safe non-sugar sweetners that don't trigger Insulin. Do a YT search for Keto recipes... tons. My next cooking will be Keto ginger snaps and Keto butter cookies. Remember it's a change and adjustmnent. it's a marvolous change!
Try mashed cauliflower in place of potatoes or mashed turnips. An excellent low carb delivery system. Or sliced chicken breast in place of noddles in lasagne or in place corn tortillas for enchiladas.
As a mom of a child with epilepsy, who did medical keto for two years (where EVERYTHING was weighed to the gram), thank you for differentiating this. It always frustrates me when people call everything keto, when it's really more low carb/high fat (LCHF), and not even remotely keto (which was created to treat diabetics before insulin was available). ❤❤❤
Do a little study of Ketosis. It may help change everything about your hubby's T2D (a metabolic disease) and whole life. Learn about what is happening in our metabolic system when we are carb-based triggering insulin release and when we are in ketosis the other part of our metabolic system.
These look like great recipes. I'm diabetic and watch my carb intake, so it is really nice to see recipes that are easy and that I can eat. Thanks for a great video.
Absolutely love these recipes! Haven’t watched your videos in the past few months (my dad was at my house in hospice care and recently passed away) but love any budget food videos especially when I have all the ingredients on hand. I’m shocked (not shocked) how much the kids have grown. Thanks for all that you do!
I love how approachable you and your menus are. My family are not fans of big cuts of meat in the slow cooker, but I think the recipes you showed will be a fit.
All of these meals look fantastic. Every time you whip out your crockpot with the simmer feature it makes me think I need one, if only they'd had those back when all my kids were still at home! 🤣😆
I haven't even watched yet, but THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video! Low carb recipes for my whole family that are fresh ideas rather than sad substitutions of our normal repertoire are always exciting!
Just made the first one with italian chicken sausage. Added some dried peppers and soul seasoning to the mix. This was amazing. I wish I could show you. Thank you for this.
Love this video! This is exactly the "keto / low carb " I try to follow. Just cutting out the rice, pasta, and potatoes & bread/tortillas is huge for me. (I can easily forgo the first 2, the last 2 is a bit harder) I really liked the recipes. Also! I need to get a crockpot that does all that!
I don’t necessarily think low carb means cutting out carbs totally, which is actually dangerous unless you have a medical condition where you do have to cut things out, but just find lower carb options or use less in general, I actually measure out half a cup of any cooked carb, rice, pasta, spaghetti, mashed potato, and that’s my serving. Your body actually does need carbs, look up the role of carbs in your body, they provide your muscles with the energy needed to do your workout or just to do their job each day, all food groups in the food pyramid are needed by your body (unless a medical condition prevents it), so should never cut out any food group at all, and if you do then you need to find alternatives to give you your correct daily nutrients etc etc that your body needs. I’m not directing this at you 😂, this is just to everyone reading it 😊
@@dianecuthbertson2686 I respectfully disagree. You have to understand what human ketosis is to understand what keto diet is. It's not just a low carb diet. It's a formula in % of the 3 macronutrients that we eat: carbs, proteins and fats. The reason for the formula is to shift our body's carb - insulin metabolism to our body's fat/keytone body metabolism. It actually changes the way our body metabolises oue food intake to cellular fuel. Glucose ( sugar from carbs) can fuel our cells but, it is toxic to our body and deadly to our brain if too much is in our blood. Insulin is the emergency process that removes glucose out of our blood to protect our brains. It sends it to the liver to convert to stored energy in fat cells. When we eat a basic carb-based diet this insulin cycle leads to metabolic disorder. First Insulin Resistance which is where our cells stop recieving glucose from insulin that is trying not to overload our liver and pushes cells to take more sugar into them. The more insulin the more the resistance; the more the resistance the more the insulin. We become so adjusted to it that we become metabolically imbalanced or disordered. Then we cycle into eat, increase fat, have more hunger/cravings, eat more, more fat until overweight becomes obese, then Type 2 Diabetes because our insulin regulation becomes disorder or diseased, the disease process continues with high blood pressure and fattty blood vessels, stroke, heart disease... The way to stop this cycle is to stop the Insulin/carb process. The body can metabolize food to fuel by releasing our fat storage and burning our fat energy. Fats breakdown into ketone bodies or ketones. When our body completes it's metabolic shift into keytosis, it "rests" the Insulin cycle and allows the disorders to reverse as much as is possible. So it's not about what we think is a common amount of carbs we can eat. It's about grams of fat, protein and carbs we can eat daily for the amount of calories our body needs to put us into ketosis. That's about 25-50 grams of carbs/day. It's not a fad diet. It's existed in us since we roamed the earth killing meat ani,als and eating berries before man learned agriculture and artificial enhancers and GMO technologies. The entire metabolic system is : FOOD > STORE (insulins role) > BURN FUEL > FAST AND REPAIR CELLS. Reapeat. By burning fats, we release a hormone - leptin - that tells us we are satisfied and not hunger that leads to fasting (we fast everyday during sleep) longer fasting causes Atophagy to begin which recycles our dead and damaged cells also dns damaged, some mutated cancer cells and even some viruses. It's the cycle of life and longevity. I agree with entering ketosis with learned knowledge and I have told my MD who thinks it's silly but admits that it was not a subject taught in medical school. He trird to put me on statins for high chileresterol but it caused serious pain in my leg muscles. I saud according to my understanding of a keto lifestyle my cholesterol should statr declining. It has for months. He does not try to discourage me from keto anymore. A diabetic absolutely must work with their MD because keto will lower and regulate insulin so medication will need to be adjusted.
That sausage recipe looked really good! I don't eat pork, but I think I could make it work with chicken sausages or maybe even vegetarian sausages. I think a creamy tomato sauce with cauliflower rice is absolutely delicious!
Oh yes, I think it would work fine with chicken sausages! I liked all these recipes, but that tuscan sausage was my favorite. The soup was delicious, too.
Thank you so much for this video, Mindy! I try to limit my carb and sugar intake to keep my blood sugar numbers in check. New ideas are always welcome. 😊
These meals looked so good and filling. My grand kids will eat things they might turn up their noses at, until they are told they get to finish it their way with add-ins. The love taco/nacho bars and baked potato bars.
Thank you for this video! My husband is a picky eater and a diabetic. It’s so hard to think of things he would eat that will be good for him and this video had some good ideas! I love your channel and I’m so glad you made a low carb video.
I'll be honest, I'm not really watching this video but I have it playing in the background, Because I just love your voice! It makes me feel peaceful while I'm cleaning.
I am newly diabetic and struggling to make meals that my family can have with carbs ( to be more cost effective ) and me without .. thank you for today's options.
Thanks for all your videos, Mindy! I'd love some vegetarian crocktober recipes (just if you feel that would be beneficial to your family). I find vegetarian crockpot recipes hard to come by. It seems to just mostly be soups. 😂
I would make a lentil stew. You can use veggie stock and add carrots celery onions. I make mine with garlic powder cumin smoked chili powder, gives it a little Mexican flare. I use chicken broth in mine but I’m sure the veggie broth would be just as good.
I think that might be because the crockpot is mainly used to slow cook proteins so they’re tender. It’s not the best for vegetarian dishes which can be made just as easily on the stove without overcooking tender veggies. It is a great tool for slow simmering marinara, making beans from dry, homemade applesauce, and a few other vegetarian staples. I plan to make yogurt in it for another video this month. :)
All of these look amazing. I never thought to turn the spaghetti squash upside down to roast…I’ve been struggling keeping it tented with foil cut side up since I can’t seem to cut one in half evenly. Genius!
I have a video idea Mindy! I would LOVE to learn about different slow cook meats, how to shop for them, how cook to them in the crockpot, and recipe ideas. I am a pretty experienced home cook but also a former vegetarian. Now I'm stuck on basic meats for family meal ideas - either sausage, chicken breast, chicken thighs, ground beef or turkey. I want to learn how to cook delicious (and maybe cheaper) cuts that you mentioned like pork shoulder, chuck roast etc. I am so intimidated by that area of the meat section in the grocery store! Thank you, I LOVE your videos! 🥰
@@SeeMindyMom you're amazing, thank you I'll check them out! Just watched your 'Feed a family $25 3 dinners' Aldi video and saw some great ideas for pork shoulder there too. 🥰
Help! My husband brought home 48 (not a typo- 48!) pounds of frozen green beans. It should last the two of us for the rest of our lives. The entire freezer is full of beans. I’m going to give some away but I still need a lot of green bean ideas! Edited to say, I just checked the beans. And it’s 48 2-pound packages of green beans. So 96 pounds! 😂😂😂
This made me laugh out loud. Here are some ideas to help you eat the elephant: ham, green bean and potato soup, green bean casserole, Greek green bean skillet (cauliflower rice, ground beef, green beans, Kalamata olives, Greek vinaigrette and feta). You can chopping the green beans and use them in place of peas in dishes like fried rice and casseroles. Good luck!
I would be excited to find green beans at a bargain, although canned is my preference. One of my dogs is on a diet and green beans are a great low calorie filler for them. My dachshund gets an entire 14 ounce can daily and 1/3 cup of low calorie kibble so I am always buying green beans! Even the store brand gets pricey so I would love to find a deal. Fortunately I have a small upright freezer so I would have room to store a good amount if it, but probably not 96 lbs.! So, if you have a dog that is a bit chubby, speak with your vet about what an appropriate ratio to use and microwave some green beans for them. Even if your dog isn't chubby, green beans are a great snack for any dog! I don't know about cats; I don't think they would hurt them but I am just not sure if they would like them! My mom always put some bacon into cook with the green beans when I was growing up. A quick way to add some extra flavor to a basic side dish.
We love green beans in our house! I like to steam or boil them then toss with butter and breadcrumbs for an easy side dish. Or simmer them with a little sausage or bacon.
One of my favorite meals with green beans is sausage, green beens, sour cream, and either thyme or italian seasoning. I always add olive oil to my food plus I include the meat fat. The key is to have 75% of your calories in Fat, approximately 20% protien and only 5% carb. Yes Keto is a very low carb diet. The purpose of not eating carbs and eatin so much fat is to shift your body's metabolism away from the Carb/Insulin cycle and put it into the Fat Burn cycle called ketosis. It's great being in ketosis! it's also something you have to choose to do and learn about. Once you experience it, you will never forget it. I started because I had terrible sugar cravings and was getting more and more obese and closer to Type 2 diabetes. Once I experienced how better my body felt, I have not been willing to give it up. When I go out of ketosis I feel much more pain from inflamation and artheritis, less energy, the sugar high and dive to fatigue, no stamina or endurence and brain fog, eventually I will have an episode of depression when i am not in ketosis. To me not eating all the foods I used to eat is mitigated knowing what they do to my body I am Insulin Resistant from having eatten a high carb diet.
Looks delish! Wow a lot of dairy, block of cream cheese, milk & cream, cheese, & normally butter, I would probably use half those amounts and add in a little more chicken stock. I have noticed the same with lots of American dishes, they all use lots of different dairy ingredients in the one dish, I’m in Australia and we would only use the two, cheese, can’t skip the cheese 😂 and probably anywhere between 1/4 cup to half a cup of cream and that’s it, we don’t tend to use cream cheese in many savoury dishes, we normally make cheesecakes with our cream cheese.
I watch alot of foodtube and ive noticed too that Americans are very heavy handed with dairy in their recipes! Granted this video is low carb so fats like dairy would be higher proportionally but it does seem like a lot from a uk/European perspective. The easiest example i think is lasagne, an Italian/European style lasagne is made with a white sauce vs American Italian lasagne uses ricotta & mascarpone and usually other cheeses in place of the white sauce. Considering a lot of Italian cuisine comes from the "poor kitchen" the American version is expensive financially as well as calories!
Thank you Mindy! You're always coming up with really good and different recipes! The Alfredo looks scrumptious with the spaghetti squash! And the chicken peppers recipe looks great too!
Oh my I have ingredients, except Parmesan garlic sauce, for all 3 recipes-have ground beef & herbed riced cauliflower thawing out in fridge & now can decide what to make. Also, have sausages thawing out in fridge! Chicken in freezer! WOW! Thank you. BTW, low carb/ keto miracle noodles( a little pricey), however, a nice change up from cauliflower rice, spaghetti squash, etc. Amazon has them.
As a low carb/keto/ketovore viewer...you nailed it... and that is exactly what I do for my kiddos... make the entre keto...and then add starches for them if needed... many times they will eat what I make... ❤️
That was what we did years ago when my husband was trying it out. These dishes were delicious, we'd eat them any time even though we don't follow that particular lifestyle.
@SeeMindyMom I'm actually dehydrating tomatos from the garden ( end of the season) for "marry me chicken" very similar to what you made today! I have alot of sauce put up already so why not dry some out ❤️ in life someone will always be cranky about something... I'll tell my girls all the time... Baskin Robbins has 31 flavors for a reason... we are all different...and like different things! Why get mad if you like vanilla and I like rocky road! Take the good...leave the rest! ❤️
Hi Mindy. Love your videos. Advice needed. Yes im talking about myself. Im like a 5 year old when it comes to my pickyness. I notice alot of budget recipes involve pastas, rice, beans, veggies which I have absolutely despised for the almost 34 years of my life. How does one get passed the child like pickyness? If anyone has suggestions im game I too am trying to avoid carbs
How did you like the dry sun dried tomatoes? I have never bought them but it seems like a good option for someone who doesn’t use them often. Thanks! 😊 Terri
Hi Mindy! My family has been doing butcher box for about 2 years now. I’m just wondering do you think good chop is better quality than butcher box? Or do you like them both the same? Thanks!
Great! To define Keto(sis): the bodies metabolic process for changing food into fuel as opposed to the other metabolic process of Insulin conversioin of carbohydrates. Our keto meta burn fat to make keytone bodies for fuel. Our brains love Keytones whereas too much sugar will damage and kill brain and other cells. Our Keto meta will actually release the stored fuel that we carry as fat. It also releases Leptin our saiety hormone. Carb/insulin diets will actually through our metabolisms into disorder. Too many carbs=too much suger in blood=danger to brain= large releases of insulin to remove it from the blood=liver converting to fat=too low bld sugar=hunger hormone= cycle of eat>store>fat buildup, which is obesity. Then Insulin Resistance (metabolic disorder)= Type2 Diabetes (metabolic disorder)= Fatty Liver, Artery blockage, heart disease, strock, high BP.... In Ketosis our bodies are most prepared to go to thru the next two stages of complete Metabolism. Fasting which puts the body into Autophagy or Recycle and repair. This is when our body begins to "eat up" dead or damaged cells for the body to reuse parts or distroy. It will destroy some virus' and some cancers. I hear you that you don'y want to buy commercial keto products but, in all fairness aren't you buying commercial foods that trigger an Insulin response. The challange for ketosis is to get a finite number of calories from fat(high) a moderate amount from proteins and a very small amount from carbs. I eat 20 or less grams of carbs/day. The healthiest way to reverse Insulin Resistance to prevent T2D etc. is to stay in ketosis and give our cells a chance to resensitize to Insulin by resting the body from the insulin metabolism. PS the brain loves keto so much that it won't have seizures like it does with a carb based diet. Before pharmecutical treatment for seizure disorders, a keto diet was the best therapy and it still works. It's really wonderful to experience you body in ketosis - like no other thing you've experienced.
I love your big crock that you can also saute in but I cannot afford it. Could you suggest one or two slow cookers that are also good but won't break the bank?
Slightly off topic but… I started following you quite a while ago when you were doing WW content. Just curious on how you’ve managed your weight loss while no longer sticking to a “ traditional diet”?
Anyone here have an idea how to get a similar flavour to rotel? I live in Austria (Canadian opera singer here...) and would love to find a way to match that flavour...(i think i could get some cans shipped...at 4-5 euros per can 😂)
Rotel is just diced tomatoes and diced roasted Hatch green chilies. You can probably find Hatch green chili in cans, if not you could roast any green chili (I might sub poblano) and dice them, then mix with either fresh or canned diced tomato. Good luck!
@erinlikesacornishpasty4703 No green chilies here...the joys of living abroad, but i love that various places in the world have different cuisines and products. But I grow my own jalapeñosAND habaneros in the summer. Maybe combining jalapenos is enough? I usually dry them, but maybe freezing some. I've never actually had rotel, but so many slow cooker recipes use it, so looking for an option here.
@@KristinaAgur Basically any pepper will do. Green chilis are a little hotter that Jalapens and habaneros so add a few more seeds to the diced tomatoes. You can grow green chili peppers too. You can "roast" a pepper over the stove flame on a fork.
Definitely a sore spot for me is the higher carb recipes. It is really boring to just eat plain meat and veggies. You are 100% right that you just need to live without the starches but it's difficult to cook homestyle foods that way. Casseroles are really hard to make without a carb. It's getting to that season where you want to just dump everything in s crock pot or dish and I just can't anymore. Thanks for giving me a midweek boost.
It's the one I happened to have in my fridge at the time, but it will work with any cream cheese. I get that greek-style one at Walmart from time to time. It's higher in protein than traditional.
These sausages are just to full of grease for me. I love the flavor but I have to take it out of the skin, break up and sauté, draining and blotting all the grease out that I can get out. The spices ones have so much flavor and since you are adding red pepper flakes why not give it a try?
I understand that this isn’t the point of your videos but I just wanted to say that I struggle with a restrictive ed and your videos are so comforting and you’re often one of the few Chanels i can come to to make me feel like I deserve to eat and feel less wasteful about spending money on food as well. I just want to thank you for the content you put out , it means a lot to me ❤
I love your videos! We are Cajuns from Deep South Louisiana and all our cultural foods are extremely high carb. My husband is diabetic and I’m desperately searching for different low carb recipes that he likes and will give him variety. Thank you for this video. I will try some of these recipes. And I definitely know we have to watch carb contents for every ingredient.
Just try tweaking things, I’m trying to lose weight so there is no way I could do that having all that high fat dairy in there, not to mention all the salt in the dairy then normally added salt to a dish also, I normally look at how many ingredients in the dish have salt already in them before I add any extra salt, and I use way less sugar also or sugar alternatives.
If your making something that’s got a few different carb components to it just look to see if some of those extra carbs are really needed or not or if you can cut some down or substitute some for other flours.
Dr. Sten Ekburg has vids on YT that explain how to put our bodies into Ketosis as opposed to insulin Resistance ( fat accumulation, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and more health problems) Ketosis is when our body's use the rest of our metabolic system to burn fat and renew our damaged cells. To put our body into ketosis we need to interupt the metabolic imbalance of the Carb/Insulin cycle. It's facinating to learn how it works. It's even better to experience your body actually in Ketosis. It's more than low carb. Low carb diets will not rebalance the disordered metabolism. It's about what percent of daily calorie intake you eat for the 3 macronutrients: Fats, Protiens and Carbs. When I started I dis strict keto until I could feel my body shift into Ketosis, once there I discovered my tastes chamnged for richer fat-based foods. I do not look at it as a lack of variety, I look at it as my body's God-given system to reverse metabolic disorder and some disease by actually making my body achieve better health vs taking synthetic meds that all have negative side effects. I'm not anti-med at all. I just love feeling so much healthier and having less pain from inflamation! I drink seltzer everyday, it's just been a favorite for me. I do miss the cold juicy taste of fruits. I recently found liquid water flavorings with Stevia and a little in my seltzer on ice is excellent. Stevia is one of the safe non-sugar sweetners that don't trigger Insulin. Do a YT search for Keto recipes... tons. My next cooking will be Keto ginger snaps and Keto butter cookies. Remember it's a change and adjustmnent. it's a marvolous change!
I make gumbo that is keto friendly, and I use cauliflower rice, and honestly, when you get all of those Cajun spices in there, you cannot tell!
Try mashed cauliflower in place of potatoes or mashed turnips. An excellent low carb delivery system. Or sliced chicken breast in place of noddles in lasagne or in place corn tortillas for enchiladas.
I’m giving this a ‘like’ before I even watch it because I’m so excited for this kind of content!! Thank you 🙏
Please do more like this!
As a mom of a child with epilepsy, who did medical keto for two years (where EVERYTHING was weighed to the gram), thank you for differentiating this. It always frustrates me when people call everything keto, when it's really more low carb/high fat (LCHF), and not even remotely keto (which was created to treat diabetics before insulin was available).
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I’m curious if keto is working for your child. I love that keto has been around for so long and is so powerful for different things.
@@darcysbestlife it didn't help, but I don't regret trying it. Her seizures have been nearly impossible to treat because of her brain malformations.
If you have recipes I would love them! My son has epilepsy and ADHD as well and he needs to go on a low carb no dye diet immediately.
This is the best video I’ve seen from someone who isn’t following a low carb diet. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the lower carb stuff... My husband was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes so lower carbs are great!!!!
Do a little study of Ketosis. It may help change everything about your hubby's T2D (a metabolic disease) and whole life. Learn about what is happening in our metabolic system when we are carb-based triggering insulin release and when we are in ketosis the other part of our metabolic system.
These look like great recipes. I'm diabetic and watch my carb intake, so it is really nice to see recipes that are easy and that I can eat. Thanks for a great video.
Absolutely love these recipes! Haven’t watched your videos in the past few months (my dad was at my house in hospice care and recently passed away) but love any budget food videos especially when I have all the ingredients on hand.
I’m shocked (not shocked) how much the kids have grown. Thanks for all that you do!
That looks great! I’m extremely low carb but don’t test myself for ketosis. So that recipe is perfect for my husband and I. Thank you ❤
I love how approachable you and your menus are. My family are not fans of big cuts of meat in the slow cooker, but I think the recipes you showed will be a fit.
All of these meals look fantastic. Every time you whip out your crockpot with the simmer feature it makes me think I need one, if only they'd had those back when all my kids were still at home! 🤣😆
She's the third TH-camr that I've seen with this Cuisenart (sp?) multi cooker.
@@TeresaRaab-hb5cothe want monster in me wants the ninja brand version which is actually cheaper on amazon then the one she has
I haven't even watched yet, but THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video! Low carb recipes for my whole family that are fresh ideas rather than sad substitutions of our normal repertoire are always exciting!
Glad I can help!
I'm not technically keto but I do try to limit my carbs. Can't wait to try these! Thanks!
Thank you sooo much Mindy for the low carb inspiration! I have been looking for more recipes since my surgery and these look yummy!
Just made the first one with italian chicken sausage. Added some dried peppers and soul seasoning to the mix. This was amazing. I wish I could show you.
Thank you for this.
They all look delicious. I need to get back on track to some lower carb meals a few times a week. Great ideas.
Love this video! This is exactly the "keto / low carb " I try to follow. Just cutting out the rice, pasta, and potatoes & bread/tortillas is huge for me. (I can easily forgo the first 2, the last 2 is a bit harder) I really liked the recipes. Also! I need to get a crockpot that does all that!
I don’t necessarily think low carb means cutting out carbs totally, which is actually dangerous unless you have a medical condition where you do have to cut things out, but just find lower carb options or use less in general, I actually measure out half a cup of any cooked carb, rice, pasta, spaghetti, mashed potato, and that’s my serving.
Your body actually does need carbs, look up the role of carbs in your body, they provide your muscles with the energy needed to do your workout or just to do their job each day, all food groups in the food pyramid are needed by your body (unless a medical condition prevents it), so should never cut out any food group at all, and if you do then you need to find alternatives to give you your correct daily nutrients etc etc that your body needs.
I’m not directing this at you 😂, this is just to everyone reading it 😊
@@dianecuthbertson2686 I respectfully disagree. You have to understand what human ketosis is to understand what keto diet is. It's not just a low carb diet. It's a formula in % of the 3 macronutrients that we eat: carbs, proteins and fats. The reason for the formula is to shift our body's carb - insulin metabolism to our body's fat/keytone body metabolism. It actually changes the way our body metabolises oue food intake to cellular fuel. Glucose ( sugar from carbs) can fuel our cells but, it is toxic to our body and deadly to our brain if too much is in our blood. Insulin is the emergency process that removes glucose out of our blood to protect our brains. It sends it to the liver to convert to stored energy in fat cells. When we eat a basic carb-based diet this insulin cycle leads to metabolic disorder. First Insulin Resistance which is where our cells stop recieving glucose from insulin that is trying not to overload our liver and pushes cells to take more sugar into them. The more insulin the more the resistance; the more the resistance the more the insulin. We become so adjusted to it that we become metabolically imbalanced or disordered. Then we cycle into eat, increase fat, have more hunger/cravings, eat more, more fat until overweight becomes obese, then Type 2 Diabetes because our insulin regulation becomes disorder or diseased, the disease process continues with high blood pressure and fattty blood vessels, stroke, heart disease... The way to stop this cycle is to stop the Insulin/carb process. The body can metabolize food to fuel by releasing our fat storage and burning our fat energy. Fats breakdown into ketone bodies or ketones. When our body completes it's metabolic shift into keytosis, it "rests" the Insulin cycle and allows the disorders to reverse as much as is possible. So it's not about what we think is a common amount of carbs we can eat. It's about grams of fat, protein and carbs we can eat daily for the amount of calories our body needs to put us into ketosis. That's about 25-50 grams of carbs/day. It's not a fad diet. It's existed in us since we roamed the earth killing meat ani,als and eating berries before man learned agriculture and artificial enhancers and GMO technologies. The entire metabolic system is : FOOD > STORE (insulins role) > BURN FUEL > FAST AND REPAIR CELLS. Reapeat. By burning fats, we release a hormone - leptin - that tells us we are satisfied and not hunger that leads to fasting (we fast everyday during sleep) longer fasting causes Atophagy to begin which recycles our dead and damaged cells also dns damaged, some mutated cancer cells and even some viruses. It's the cycle of life and longevity. I agree with entering ketosis with learned knowledge and I have told my MD who thinks it's silly but admits that it was not a subject taught in medical school. He trird to put me on statins for high chileresterol but it caused serious pain in my leg muscles. I saud according to my understanding of a keto lifestyle my cholesterol should statr declining. It has for months. He does not try to discourage me from keto anymore. A diabetic absolutely must work with their MD because keto will lower and regulate insulin so medication will need to be adjusted.
Thanks for explaining that to me, the leptin paragraph had me nodding my head thinking yep that’s me 😮
I make the garlic Parmesan sauce over chicken breasts all the time everyone loves it , you can also use a bottle of Olive Garden dressing
That sausage recipe looked really good! I don't eat pork, but I think I could make it work with chicken sausages or maybe even vegetarian sausages. I think a creamy tomato sauce with cauliflower rice is absolutely delicious!
Oh yes, I think it would work fine with chicken sausages! I liked all these recipes, but that tuscan sausage was my favorite. The soup was delicious, too.
Thank you so much for this video, Mindy! I try to limit my carb and sugar intake to keep my blood sugar numbers in check. New ideas are always welcome. 😊
These meals looked so good and filling. My grand kids will eat things they might turn up their noses at, until they are told they get to finish it their way with add-ins. The love taco/nacho bars and baked potato bars.
Thank you for this video! My husband is a picky eater and a diabetic. It’s so hard to think of things he would eat that will be good for him and this video had some good ideas! I love your channel and I’m so glad you made a low carb video.
These are great recipes for anyone who is dietetic etc. Thank you Mindy!!!!!!
I'll be honest, I'm not really watching this video but I have it playing in the background, Because I just love your voice! It makes me feel peaceful while I'm cleaning.
I am newly diabetic and struggling to make meals that my family can have with carbs ( to be more cost effective ) and me without .. thank you for today's options.
Thanks for all your videos, Mindy! I'd love some vegetarian crocktober recipes (just if you feel that would be beneficial to your family). I find vegetarian crockpot recipes hard to come by. It seems to just mostly be soups. 😂
I would make a lentil stew. You can use veggie stock and add carrots celery onions. I make mine with garlic powder cumin smoked chili powder, gives it a little Mexican flare. I use chicken broth in mine but I’m sure the veggie broth would be just as good.
I think that might be because the crockpot is mainly used to slow cook proteins so they’re tender. It’s not the best for vegetarian dishes which can be made just as easily on the stove without overcooking tender veggies. It is a great tool for slow simmering marinara, making beans from dry, homemade applesauce, and a few other vegetarian staples. I plan to make yogurt in it for another video this month. :)
All of these look amazing. I never thought to turn the spaghetti squash upside down to roast…I’ve been struggling keeping it tented with foil cut side up since I can’t seem to cut one in half evenly. Genius!
I have a video idea Mindy! I would LOVE to learn about different slow cook meats, how to shop for them, how cook to them in the crockpot, and recipe ideas. I am a pretty experienced home cook but also a former vegetarian. Now I'm stuck on basic meats for family meal ideas - either sausage, chicken breast, chicken thighs, ground beef or turkey. I want to learn how to cook delicious (and maybe cheaper) cuts that you mentioned like pork shoulder, chuck roast etc. I am so intimidated by that area of the meat section in the grocery store! Thank you, I LOVE your videos! 🥰
There’s a good pork recipe and a good chuck roast recipe linked in the description box.
@@SeeMindyMom you're amazing, thank you I'll check them out! Just watched your 'Feed a family $25 3 dinners' Aldi video and saw some great ideas for pork shoulder there too. 🥰
Help! My husband brought home 48 (not a typo- 48!) pounds of frozen green beans. It should last the two of us for the rest of our lives. The entire freezer is full of beans. I’m going to give some away but I still need a lot of green bean ideas!
Edited to say, I just checked the beans. And it’s 48 2-pound packages of green beans. So 96 pounds! 😂😂😂
This made me laugh out loud. Here are some ideas to help you eat the elephant: ham, green bean and potato soup, green bean casserole, Greek green bean skillet (cauliflower rice, ground beef, green beans, Kalamata olives, Greek vinaigrette and feta). You can chopping the green beans and use them in place of peas in dishes like fried rice and casseroles. Good luck!
@@aymeahrens7833thanks! I’ll need it!
I would be excited to find green beans at a bargain, although canned is my preference. One of my dogs is on a diet and green beans are a great low calorie filler for them. My dachshund gets an entire 14 ounce can daily and 1/3 cup of low calorie kibble so I am always buying green beans! Even the store brand gets pricey so I would love to find a deal. Fortunately I have a small upright freezer so I would have room to store a good amount if it, but probably not 96 lbs.! So, if you have a dog that is a bit chubby, speak with your vet about what an appropriate ratio to use and microwave some green beans for them. Even if your dog isn't chubby, green beans are a great snack for any dog! I don't know about cats; I don't think they would hurt them but I am just not sure if they would like them! My mom always put some bacon into cook with the green beans when I was growing up. A quick way to add some extra flavor to a basic side dish.
We love green beans in our house! I like to steam or boil them then toss with butter and breadcrumbs for an easy side dish. Or simmer them with a little sausage or bacon.
One of my favorite meals with green beans is sausage, green beens, sour cream, and either thyme or italian seasoning. I always add olive oil to my food plus I include the meat fat. The key is to have 75% of your calories in Fat, approximately 20% protien and only 5% carb. Yes Keto is a very low carb diet. The purpose of not eating carbs and eatin so much fat is to shift your body's metabolism away from the Carb/Insulin cycle and put it into the Fat Burn cycle called ketosis. It's great being in ketosis! it's also something you have to choose to do and learn about. Once you experience it, you will never forget it. I started because I had terrible sugar cravings and was getting more and more obese and closer to Type 2 diabetes. Once I experienced how better my body felt, I have not been willing to give it up. When I go out of ketosis I feel much more pain from inflamation and artheritis, less energy, the sugar high and dive to fatigue, no stamina or endurence and brain fog, eventually I will have an episode of depression when i am not in ketosis. To me not eating all the foods I used to eat is mitigated knowing what they do to my body I am Insulin Resistant from having eatten a high carb diet.
Started watching while trying to come up with dinner ideas...oh no! I'm suddenly starving!
Looks delish! Wow a lot of dairy, block of cream cheese, milk & cream, cheese, & normally butter, I would probably use half those amounts and add in a little more chicken stock.
I have noticed the same with lots of American dishes, they all use lots of different dairy ingredients in the one dish, I’m in Australia and we would only use the two, cheese, can’t skip the cheese 😂 and probably anywhere between 1/4 cup to half a cup of cream and that’s it, we don’t tend to use cream cheese in many savoury dishes, we normally make cheesecakes with our cream cheese.
I watch alot of foodtube and ive noticed too that Americans are very heavy handed with dairy in their recipes! Granted this video is low carb so fats like dairy would be higher proportionally but it does seem like a lot from a uk/European perspective. The easiest example i think is lasagne, an Italian/European style lasagne is made with a white sauce vs American Italian lasagne uses ricotta & mascarpone and usually other cheeses in place of the white sauce. Considering a lot of Italian cuisine comes from the "poor kitchen" the American version is expensive financially as well as calories!
Thank you for these more healthy recipes! ❤️
Loved this video! I’m new to a lower carb eating style and really appreciated this video! Thank you 😊🙏🏼
You're so welcome! Glad I can give some ideas! :)
Here's one: sauteed onions, zucchini, yellow squash and add chopped tomatoes or petite diced tomatoes and a can of chickpeas
Seasoning salt pepper and oregano
Thank you Mindy! You're always coming up with really good and different recipes! The Alfredo looks scrumptious with the spaghetti squash! And the chicken peppers recipe looks great too!
Thank you! They were all delicious. The sausage one was my fave!
Oh my I have ingredients, except Parmesan garlic sauce, for all 3 recipes-have ground beef & herbed riced cauliflower thawing out in fridge & now can decide what to make. Also, have sausages thawing out in fridge! Chicken in freezer! WOW! Thank you. BTW, low carb/ keto miracle noodles( a little pricey), however, a nice change up from cauliflower rice, spaghetti squash, etc. Amazon has them.
Excellent video. I am on low carb but not militant keto and would make each of these.
As a low carb/keto/ketovore viewer...you nailed it... and that is exactly what I do for my kiddos... make the entre keto...and then add starches for them if needed... many times they will eat what I make... ❤️
That was what we did years ago when my husband was trying it out. These dishes were delicious, we'd eat them any time even though we don't follow that particular lifestyle.
@SeeMindyMom I'm actually dehydrating tomatos from the garden ( end of the season) for "marry me chicken" very similar to what you made today! I have alot of sauce put up already so why not dry some out ❤️ in life someone will always be cranky about something... I'll tell my girls all the time... Baskin Robbins has 31 flavors for a reason... we are all different...and like different things! Why get mad if you like vanilla and I like rocky road! Take the good...leave the rest! ❤️
You could easily turn the Tuscan sausage into a soup by adding broth and thicken to your taste.
True! Good idea. :)
I love your videos. Would love if you did one on the different crockpots you have and how you rate them!
Hi Mindy. Love your videos. Advice needed. Yes im talking about myself. Im like a 5 year old when it comes to my pickyness. I notice alot of budget recipes involve pastas, rice, beans, veggies which I have absolutely despised for the almost 34 years of my life.
How does one get passed the child like pickyness? If anyone has suggestions im game
I too am trying to avoid carbs
This is amazing! I am trying to lose weight currently and have been looking for low carb/low cal recipes
Thank you. It's a step in the right direction.
I looooved this recipe I added chicken to it and used a different sausage. It was delicious
I think the first recipe would be really good with added mushroooms!
Probably. We just aren’t fans in our house.
I need a crock pot like that where did you get it
I knew you were a fello Pair Eyewear person! I recognize those frames. Great recipes!
Just what I was looking for….thanks Mindy!
Definitely trying every one of these recipes!
Hi Mindy!!! Happy Crocktober!!
Same to you! :)
How did you like the dry sun dried tomatoes? I have never bought them but it seems like a good option for someone who doesn’t use them often. Thanks! 😊
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They worked great!
Awesome recipes, thanks Mindy 👍❤️👍❤️👍
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for these great recipes! I really appreciate your creativity.
Hi Mindy! My family has been doing butcher box for about 2 years now. I’m just wondering do you think good chop is better quality than butcher box? Or do you like them both the same?
Thanks!
Great video. You gave me some great ideas. 😊 Have a great day
Yum. I have the pork carnitas roast from your last video, in my crockpot now!
I love those! I try to keep one in my freezer at all times. LOL!
I have the same crockpot and love it!
Everything looks great!
Oh my gosh those recipes look tasty!
Thank you for the video!
One of the mysteries of the world is why they never put an even number of sausage links in the package. There should be 6.
Or 8, like the package of buns!
All about money they do that so you have to buy more.
Thank you for sharing a wonderful recipe
My pleasure!
Love your videos Mindy!! I always watch your videos while I do chores around the house. You give me inspo! :D
I'm so glad I can keep you company in the homemaking work! :) Thanks for watching!
We use chickpea pasta in our house. Orange box in the store.
Chickpeas are a carb. So for keto you can't eat many.
They were all delicious!
great video 🎉
Thank you for low carb crockpot meals. They look delicious. Love your recipes and videos.
What kind of crock pot is that? Is that by instant pot?
I love every video you share. I would love to see how you chose what meals to share with us.
You are such an encouragement, Alma, thank you so much!
@SeeMindyMom you're so very welcome, friend. I love sharing encouragement and lifting others up. We need more encouragement instead of discouragement.
Money mom sent me. I am low carb more high protein diet due to my special diet.
How does Good Chop compare to Butcher Box?
Great! To define Keto(sis): the bodies metabolic process for changing food into fuel as opposed to the other metabolic process of Insulin conversioin of carbohydrates. Our keto meta burn fat to make keytone bodies for fuel. Our brains love Keytones whereas too much sugar will damage and kill brain and other cells. Our Keto meta will actually release the stored fuel that we carry as fat. It also releases Leptin our saiety hormone. Carb/insulin diets will actually through our metabolisms into disorder. Too many carbs=too much suger in blood=danger to brain= large releases of insulin to remove it from the blood=liver converting to fat=too low bld sugar=hunger hormone= cycle of eat>store>fat buildup, which is obesity. Then Insulin Resistance (metabolic disorder)= Type2 Diabetes (metabolic disorder)= Fatty Liver, Artery blockage, heart disease, strock, high BP.... In Ketosis our bodies are most prepared to go to thru the next two stages of complete Metabolism. Fasting which puts the body into Autophagy or Recycle and repair. This is when our body begins to "eat up" dead or damaged cells for the body to reuse parts or distroy. It will destroy some virus' and some cancers. I hear you that you don'y want to buy commercial keto products but, in all fairness aren't you buying commercial foods that trigger an Insulin response. The challange for ketosis is to get a finite number of calories from fat(high) a moderate amount from proteins and a very small amount from carbs. I eat 20 or less grams of carbs/day. The healthiest way to reverse Insulin Resistance to prevent T2D etc. is to stay in ketosis and give our cells a chance to resensitize to Insulin by resting the body from the insulin metabolism. PS the brain loves keto so much that it won't have seizures like it does with a carb based diet. Before pharmecutical treatment for seizure disorders, a keto diet was the best therapy and it still works. It's really wonderful to experience you body in ketosis - like no other thing you've experienced.
I love your big crock that you can also saute in but I cannot afford it. Could you suggest one or two slow cookers that are also good but won't break the bank?
How about No carb slow cooker recipes.
Yummy!
It was!
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Slightly off topic but… I started following you quite a while ago when you were doing WW content. Just curious on how you’ve managed your weight loss while no longer sticking to a “ traditional diet”?
I don't worry about it.
@@SeeMindyMom 😂 love it!
Anyone here have an idea how to get a similar flavour to rotel? I live in Austria (Canadian opera singer here...) and would love to find a way to match that flavour...(i think i could get some cans shipped...at 4-5 euros per can 😂)
It is just tomatoes and green chilis. You can try subbing salsa, or fresh tomatoes with chilis or peppers.
Rotel is just diced tomatoes and diced roasted Hatch green chilies. You can probably find Hatch green chili in cans, if not you could roast any green chili (I might sub poblano) and dice them, then mix with either fresh or canned diced tomato. Good luck!
@erinlikesacornishpasty4703 No green chilies here...the joys of living abroad, but i love that various places in the world have different cuisines and products.
But I grow my own jalapeñosAND habaneros in the summer. Maybe combining jalapenos is enough? I usually dry them, but maybe freezing some. I've never actually had rotel, but so many slow cooker recipes use it, so looking for an option here.
@@KristinaAgur Basically any pepper will do. Green chilis are a little hotter that Jalapens and habaneros so add a few more seeds to the diced tomatoes. You can grow green chili peppers too. You can "roast" a pepper over the stove flame on a fork.
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Definitely a sore spot for me is the higher carb recipes. It is really boring to just eat plain meat and veggies. You are 100% right that you just need to live without the starches but it's difficult to cook homestyle foods that way. Casseroles are really hard to make without a carb. It's getting to that season where you want to just dump everything in s crock pot or dish and I just can't anymore. Thanks for giving me a midweek boost.
I noticed in the chicken Alfredo dish that you cream cheese said “Greek.” Is that cream cheese made from Greek yogurt?
It's the one I happened to have in my fridge at the time, but it will work with any cream cheese. I get that greek-style one at Walmart from time to time. It's higher in protein than traditional.
@@SeeMindyMom traditional yogurt or traditional cream chesse?
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These sausages are just to full of grease for me. I love the flavor but I have to take it out of the skin, break up and sauté, draining and blotting all the grease out that I can get out. The spices ones have so much flavor and since you are adding red pepper flakes why not give it a try?
What fat do you add to make it a keto meal? Olive oil?
This could've been a 3 minute video. Too mush taaaalking.......