Atkins Diet Recipe: Low Carb Eggplant Parmesan (IF)

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In another recipe coming out of Jennifer Eloff's awesome low carb cookbook, Splendid Low Carbing, I prepare a food that I probably would have swore I would never eat -- eggplant. In just another one of those amazing things that low carb lifestyle brought to me, my taste buds have changed. I now like eggplant well enough to voluntarily eat it.

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Ingredients:
1 Medium Eggplant, thinly sliced
1 cup of grated parmesan
2 eggs
1 pound ground beef, browned
8 oz Sausage, browned
2 cloves garlic
1.5 cups of No Sugar Added Spaghetti Sauce
1 cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded

Nutrition info per serving:
456 Calories, 33g Fat, 9.3 Total Carbs ( minus 3.3g fiber), 30g Protein.

(IF = Induction Friendly)

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[territerri1234]

Umm yummy Umm lol that looks delish

[bowulf]

@territerri1234 Thanks!

[lolajohnson1]

K, Do you ever use flaxseed meal for a binder? I find it works well in certain frying receipes. Just curious what you thought.

[bowulf]

@lolajohnson1 Flax oils can get rancid at high temps, so personally I have not used it much in cooking. You certainly could use it (meal) as a binder though in a similar fashion to how I use ground chia seeds to hold in moisture and provide texture (replacement for bread in say meatloaf).  I do make my stuffing out of it, so I do use it a bit in my cooking too.

[graniteminds]

damn that looks good, keep up the great work : )

[bowulf]

@ThePerfArts I am glad you liked it. :-D

[ThePerfArts]

@yami3007 Same I did too and added sour cream yummy.

[bowulf]

@jpclarke246 Some people just eliminate the sweetness altogether as the do the lifestyle long enough, but I understand starting out to cut the acidity of the raw tomatoes a little Splenda will help.

BTW it may help to take my Low Carb Label Reading Quiz videos that I posted here to Youtube. It teaches you how to read labels and what areas are the most important.

[bowulf]

@jpclarke246 Congrats on making the choice to be healthy!

For my spaghetti sauce, I have to confess I am a somewhat lazy cook. I have always been able to find a sugar free (no added sugar) spaghetti sauce rather than make my own. I most often use Ragu's Heart Healthy brand that I can find at almost any grocery store that carries Ragu Spaghetti Sauce. You can certainly continue to use your own sauce but simply exchange the added sugar for Splenda.

[jpclarke246]

It is Jan 2, 2012 and I am comitted myself to go on a real diet this year. Have ordered the Atkins book waiting for arrival. In surfing web looks like I am going to miss a lot of foods I like actually love. Now I make my own spagitti sauce. Do you have a recipe for a low carb spagitti sauce? Luckly I love eggplant parmsean with my own sauce but am afraid will have to change recipe in my sauce to adjust to lo carb. I appreciate you taking time to respond.