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[ElizaMez]

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I think horseradish is like carrots or radishes. The part you eat is the root and there is nothing left in the ground to grow. I could be wrong but I bet the longer you leave it in the ground, the hotter it is going to be. I am not thrilled with the idea of growing it and grating my own because I have heard stories of it being quite painful on the eyes. I don't know if the food processor would be good to use or not. It could be a solution. I will look in Summerfield's for that brand. Tesco carries the brand but not the grated kind.

My ex-husband, a Swiss chef, used to make a horseradish sauce with beef broth that was absolutely delicious spooned over meat and veggies. It was what he called a "hotpot". We simmered meaty beef shortribs for a couple of hours then added a veggies for the last half hour. The veggies were carrots, potatoes, cabbage and leek. I was thinking I could do this with just the cabbage and maybe a small amount of parsnip. (not sure about the parsnip.) The broth that was left from the meat was used to make the horseradish sauce. The broth was seasoned with rosemary and thyme.

[Elizellen]

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Ooh that sounds tasty, Elizamez!
Maybe you could add celery as well along with the leeks and cabbage - or perhaps spring onions as they are less carby than leeks.

[chase_white_rabbits]

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Hi,

I've been in London since June and have found a few gems. If there's a Planet Organic near you, I've found some good soy products there. It's a good place if you're looking for organic veggies as well.

[ElizaMez]

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Hey Chase,

I am from Portland also.

[Deeds]

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Hello everyone...

Just did my introduction in the main forum... but being from the UK I though I would pop in and say Hi!

As I will be starting my introduction diet very soon... any advice the UK members can give this newbie will be very valued.

[Elizellen]

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Hi Deeds

Welcome to our little corner of ADBB

The best advice I think would be to plan each day what you intend to eat, so you dont get caught unawares with no choices. Cooking ahead is a useful strategy - I tend to do a lot of preparation on the weekend, so I have stuff in the fridge that I can make a meal of easily.

Do you eat out during the day or will you be able to control exactly what you have available? I found that having plenty of induction-legal food ready made it easier for me to stay on-plan.

[Richt]

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Welcome to the UK section of the board, Deed. The UK contingent here is fairly strong, but you may have already noticed that.

[Deeds]

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Thanks for the advice, I will be able to eat most of my meals at home. I am having three meals a day... but am struggling with snack ideas!

I am going to read from the book again... and get more information.

I'm on my third day of induction... and for 2 had a headache!

I think its to do with the change in diet... but I was prepared for it! Didn't like it though.

[Deeds]

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Can anyone tell me if 'heavy cream' is single cream or double cream?

Thanks.

[13_jane]

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hi

its double cream - and well done sticking to the diet so far.

I had the induction flu, its not nice is it!! Once its past though it wont come back!!

think thin
jane x

[Labarum]

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Yes - and a bit!

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art12645.asp

[Deeds]

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Thank you so much...

Jane and Labarum you 2 look fabulous!

Today has been much better... so I must be getting used to it.

Thanks again..

[13_jane]

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hi

yes you'll feel wonderful in a couple of days - believe me, you'll have soo much energy you wont believe it!! hehe!!

your doing fab - keep to it

jane x

[astoraia2]

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Not sure I'm in the right place...this is my first post.
Hi folks, my name is sheddy. Glad there is a UK specific thread/forum for this as I was losing patience with trawling through all the USA posts and not finding out answers to my specic questions.
Firstly:
Male/37/Married/3 Kids (2 fm prev marriage)
SW: 209 01 Nov 06
CW: 201 13 Nov 06
GW: 175

Q1. On Saturday I was cooking prawns for my kids and myself and couldn't find any curry powder so realising that they used to like prawns cooked with tomato puree/ketchup, I decided to do it that way. Tottally forgetting I was 3 days from the end of my 2-week induction, I ate the prawns with brocolli, asparagus shoots and salad while they had it with rice and potatos. I'm sure I'm not allowed to have ketchup...doea that mean I need to do the whole induction again?

Q2. Reading the book, I noticed that we must avoid meat cured with sodium nitrates etc. To my knowledge that includes hams, bacon etc. I have not eaten any ham/bacon since day 1 of the induction because of the above fact...am I doing the right thing? Also are we allowed to eat sausages...I'd love to but most/all I have come across have breadcrumbs in them!

[Alexa]

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Hi Sheddy,

Well done on the loss so far. In response to your questions, I'm not expert but I'd say there is no need to start induction again just because you had ketchup. Yes it should be avoided because of the sugar, but I think it is best to learn from it and move into OWL or extended induction (if that's what you want).

I have been wondering about sausgaes too. I got some very expensive free range organic ones from waitrose which I don't recall had breadcrumbs in - the more expensive, the higher meat ratio, but I wouldn't swear on it. Also, I have to admit I have eaten bacon the whole time I've been doing this and it has sodium nitrate. I don't eat much meat so I made the decision to eat bacon. Obviously, I wouldn't recommend that you do this, it's just my thoughts. You are probably doing the right thing, though it might be worth looking to see if all ham and bacon includes sodium nitrate.

Good luck,
Baarb