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peacequeen

By peacequeen, in Regular foods (stage 4)

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peacequeen    434

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Try Pork rinds next time you have a mexican night. Tastes wonderful in a taco salad or to scoop up a refried bean casserole. Per serving,,100 calories less as well as 0 carbs versus 27g in a single taco shell...and a whopping fabulous 8g of Protein per serving which is 1/2 ounce.

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Liberated Sleeve    148

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Whoo hoo! Have been wondering what I was going to use instead of taco shells!! Thanks :D

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dawnr    16

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We are big mexican food eaters and I have been trying very hard to watch the carbs...This sounds like it will be a great way to "enjoy my cake and eat it too" Thanks for the idea.

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SleeveDreamer    383

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Also, try Lundberg Rice chips. (In the natural chips aisle.) The sea salt flavor taste just like corn tortilla chips. The santa Fe BBQ ones are great too and they are my fave. We used to eat tons of chips, and now we only eat these. They are soo good. Much better than Beanitos in my opinion.

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Wheetsin    714

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Reminds me of my Atkins pork rind pancakes days. ;)

Get a decent quality semi hard cheese like parmesan. The wheel slice, not the grated stuff. Hand grate a few tbls worth and arrange them in small piles. Bake at 350 until the pulesmelt down. Makes yummy lowcarb chips. You can lay them iver a fold of foil before they cool and make a taco shell shape.

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Liberated Sleeve    148

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I think the Pork rinds gave me gas. :( darnit they were good.

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peacequeen    434

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I think the Pork rinds gave me gas. :( darnit they were good.

what did you eat them with?

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Liberated Sleeve    148

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what did you eat them with?

Well, I think it may have been that they were Picante flavored. I ate them with chicken salad which I had a couple times in the days before so I know it wasn't the chicken salad.< /p>

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peacequeen    434

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I've never had picante flavored,,yum! Sorry that didn't work out for you :( Try the regular kind..see if that makes a difference. They didn't give me a problem and I had them with refried bean casserole.

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SleeveDreamer    383

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Ooh, I've never tried the picante either. I'll have to get some a try!

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Liberated Sleeve    148

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I've never had picante flavored,,yum! Sorry that didn't work out for you :( Try the regular kind..see if that makes a difference. They didn't give me a problem and I had them with refried bean casserole.

LOL - guess what!?? I do believe I am as silly as they get! Today when I was at the store picking up some stuff I noticed the Miralax on the shelf and remembered that I took some Metamucil the same day as I tried those pork rinds! (I only introduce one new food at a time so I can know if my sleeve is tolerating it or not.) So after that memory blast I am pretty sure it probably wasn't the picante Pork rinds but the Metamucil that caused that bloating and those terrible gas pains. Think I will give them another try in the near future here. :wacko::D

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peacequeen    434

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LOL - guess what!?? I do believe I am as silly as they get! Today when I was at the store picking up some stuff I noticed the Miralax on the shelf and remembered that I took some Metamucil the same day as I tried those pork rinds! (I only introduce one new food at a time so I can know if my sleeve is tolerating it or not.) So after that memory blast I am pretty sure it probably wasn't the picante Pork rinds but the Metamucil that caused that bloating and those terrible gas pains. Think I will give them another try in the near future here. :wacko::D

oopsy..lol Glad you're ok!

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CCWriter    19

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OK, I'm the big party pooper, but I made some yummy fish tacos and used butter lettuce as a wrap vs. a tortilla. Came out killer, if I say so myself.

I'm always playing around with recipes and saw a gluten-free recipe for tortillas. Go figure. I'm not sure how it can be good, but I'm going to try it anyway. I'll report back ;-)

Onward,

Carol

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kimmy*custis    276

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Pork rinds? Sounds fab, I figured they were off limits , cant wait to have some.

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