{"id":1343,"date":"2016-03-17T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2016-03-17T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:23:12","slug":"banting-snacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Banting Snacking"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kale<\/a>
Kale Crisps by Earthshine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When people hear about my weight-loss success following the #LCHF or #Banting diet they always ask about my missing carbs. The truth is I don\u2019t miss them.<\/p>\n

What I miss is the freedom of just eating what I want to eat without thinking carefully about what\u2019s in it.<\/p>\n

Recreational eating is where I struggle the most: there are times when, against my better judgement, I just want something to nosh. Not out of hunger but simply because that\u2019s what I feel like at the time.<\/p>\n

\"Caesar's<\/a>
Caesar’s Salad with chicken at Tasha’s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My go-to snack of choice are roasted, salted nuts. I manage to avoid peanuts which means that not only is it a costly collection of almonds, walnuts, cashews, Brazilians etc but I\u2019m never satisfied with just a few at a time. When the nut hunger arrives it is usually only placated after eating far, far too many of them.<\/p>\n

My friend Natalie Reid started a raw food business some years ago and was in touch about her Earthshine Kale Crisps<\/a>. Kale, I\u2019m sure you know, is a superfood and I use it as the basis for my green smoothie – kale, celery, broccoli, avocado and ginger which gets me going in more ways than one. A 35g bag of Kale Crisps has, according to Natalie, 250g kale which has been dehydrated. She\u2019s added vegan flavouring to give it a cheesy taste which tastes just the way I remember Sour Cream and Chives Pringle chips tasting.<\/p>\n

Although most restaurants nowadays offer low-carb items we frequently head to Tasha\u2019s for the best, imho, Caesar Salad. I add chicken and leave the croutons and always ask for my poached egg to be soft.<\/p>\n

Pulp is another regular spot and I love their pesto chicken salad – I leave the carrots and tomatoes out and drench it in the supplied olive oil. On days when the psychological hunger needs to be fed, I order the HUGE Village Table Salad from Ocean Basket. This is one dish that takes me 30-minutes of active eating to finish and then I\u2019m truly stuffed on the collection of olives, feta, cucumber, onions and tomatoes. At R70 it is brilliant value, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

I was also thrilled to find Beluga still offering half-priced sushi – even the rice-free kind!<\/p>\n

\"Rice-free<\/a>
Rice-free sushi at Beluga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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