Better Bread That's Low Carb - 3 net carbs per serving

Better Bread That's Low Carb - 3 net carbs per serving that's what "Big Daddy D" calls it. (gotta love his nickname !)

RECIPE :

http://lowcarbohydrate.blogspot.com/search?q=better+bread+thats+low+carb

I loved the idea of the different ingredients, it gave for a very interesting bread texture. I think my only beef would be is that it definitely needs that pinch of salt and some more SPLENDA.

It definitely makes a smaller loaf than I anticipated.. but hey I'm open for ANY bread recipe that works in my 1.5 to 2 pound bread machine. I put mine on 'basic' setting , with a 'light' crust, and an allover time of 3 hours to make in the machine from start to finish :)

I think next batch will be made with the above improvements.

Cheers !

Bayoubabe

It's a COLD day here in the Big Easy...

Barely making it out of the 50's today. The weather is crazy. 80 degrees one day, 50's another. No wonder everyone is SICK.

So I'm on day three of my meds. They are finally starting to kick in from the upper respiratory infection I got on my birthday. I'm still not exercising, but hope to be doing so tomorrow at the gym.

For breakfast, I ate two scrambled eggs on wheat toast.

Lunch was a mixed meat sandwich on wheat.

I've found a new DIFFERENT recipe for homemade low carb bread I'm going to try in my breadmachine this afternoon. Details to follow :)

Have A Blessed Day !

Bayoubabe

It's My Party, and I'll Cry If I Want to !!

Today is my 47 th birthday , which I also share with Elizabeth Taylor, Chelsea Clinton & Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

I was scheduled to be in Biloxi with my dear husband this Friday and Saturday night.. but of course, the bet laid plans are usually NONE. Two days ago, I started coughing all day and night. I ended up spending a couple of hours at the doctor's office today. I have a very bad upper respiratory infection. I'm on an antibiotic and something to make the chest congestion cough up

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On a good note, when at the doctors office today, my blood pressure was 110/78. I weighed 133 pounds. So things are starting to look better. I think the reason I gained those two pounds last time I weighed myself was because I weighed myself AFTER I excerised, AND after I drank three 16.9 ounce bottles of water.

Also, yesterday was my brother's liver surgery. It lasted almost 9 hours. He is resting as I call it 'comfortably numb', he has about another three weeks in the hospital. Please continue to pray for his recovery.

Food I ate today :

Catfish, veggies and a bun.

Seafood gumbo , potato salad and a Diet Rite Soda.

To die for -- I purchased a birthday cake and at a BIG slice.

So, for today, I was officially OFF of my low carb diet. Its been a week since I exercised, so when I feel up to it, I will start walking again.

Oh well, I just need to find my 'niche', my 'groove', and get back into the swing of things. I just feel so darn LOUSY> Hey, its MY birthday party and I'll cry if I want to ! lol

Blessings to each and everyone one of you..

Bayoubabe

The Strands of Time..

What a difference a single week can make ! Ash Wednesday changes the mood from revelry to recovery. No one understands this better than New Orleanians (and possibly, new mothers.)Today, most stand silently at Mass -- a time for introspection and self-deprivation that comes to this mostly Catholic city with the arrival of Lent.

This journey is a time for doing penance from the dietary excess, oh wait -- aren't we already doing that ? Being low-carb fits in perfectly with the Lenten season.

I'll try to think of many "Lenten low carb dishes'' and conjure up a few with my Southern twang taste. Seafood, no doubt. Veggies for sure. Let's see what we can 'dish' out during our Lenten

journey. I'll have to check the carb count on the recipes shown below.

http://frenchfood.about.com/od/menusdiet/tp/lentmenu.htm

Yall have a Blessed evening :)

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Food Count :

Lunch : Catfish & potato salad tomato wedge on the side.

Supper -- Egg salad on toasted low carb bread machine bread

Bayoubabe

A Scenic Bayou-cise !!

I just got back from a refreshing 2.5 mile walk along the levee.

It was nice to see the environmental scape as I passed along.

An egret was busy sunning ..

For lunch today :

Broccili with cheese (Green Giant Steamers )

Strawberries with whipped cream

Mixed meat sandwich (turkey, ham & cheese) on my toasted low carb breadmachine bread. (Doesn't my bread look like a pair of hot pants ?? LOL )

I am HUNGRY !!

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For supper, I ate 1/2 cup corn, one slice tomato with hillshire farm cheese on top. Hillshire farm summer sausages cut up. a bag of 100 calorie popcorn and 1/2 slice of my low carb breadmachine bread.

MARDI GRAS TIME IS HERE !!!

Watch It LIVE :)

http://www.wdsu.com/tu/5EPoCNvfU.html

A 15 second ad will appear, THEN the live streaming begins.

Its carnival Time in New Orleans :)

Let the good times ROLL !!!

WATCH LIVE: Proteus, Orpheus Parades Roll

See live video from the start of the route, and then from St. Charles Avenue at Poydras Street.

http://www.wdsu.com/tu/5EOrab4rH.html

After a brief 15 second ad, it buffers into live stream. TONIGHT :)

ENJOY THE SPIRIT OF MARDI GRAS !!

Bayoubabe