Eating cheese guilt free!

(Vanessa) #1

This isn’t a question about cheese just a realisation that I can eat cheese guilt free as a snack. Not low-fat or part skim.

Real cheese.

This is one of my favorite parts of the Ketogenic WOE.

:cheese::cheese::cheese::cheese: :heart_eyes::nerd_face:

(Chris W) #2

Here is irony for you, I work in a cheese processor a place were we take bulk cheese and put it into packages. My favorite thing to eat on the WOE and I cannot only not touch it I cannot eat it in the plant either, uggghhh.

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #3

I like cheese curds as a snack, but they’re often more expensive than a cheese block. A cheese block is just curds pressed into a brick, ie more processing and handling… You’d think that curds would be cheaper.

(Chris W) #4

Curds are best fresh less than a day old some times I get them still warm. I live in the heart of cheese making country in the US and they are about 3/4 the price of the same amount of a block but that is local. Here is the thing, curds are pressed and the whey is removed so you are actually getting more in the block of cheese by a long shot.

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #5

Nice! I enjoy the salty juiciness of the whey still in the curds. Dairy in Canada is generally quite expensive (relative to other Western countries) as the market is tightly protected. Sometimes I can get fresher curds from the local farmers markets. There are also some local funny regulations about selling unpasteurized products like milk, cheese and honey, so you have to go looking a bit harder to find them.

#6

Me too- have avoided it for so long- I love smoked cheese, Dutch cheese, goats cheese, Brie, feta, halloumi, & good old UK cheddar… just have to avoid the stilton or wensleydale with fruits that I like!

(Sophie) #7

I got hooked on cheese curds when I lived up in Chicago! LOVE Them, but it’s not an animal you’ll find down here in the south unfortunately. Only once in a blue moon can I get them at Aldis. :cry::cry::cry:

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #8

It’s most popular in Quebec where it’s mostly found in “poutine”.

Fries covered in cheese curds and brown gravy. You can get it almost everywhere in Canada and often they just use shredded cheese in lieu of curds. I must admit, I used to igornantly indulge in this treat on more than the odd occasion.

(Karen) #9

I love poutine!!! Never had cheese curds but sis, in MN, has had them. Dad’s family came from Scotland to Canada. His mother was naturalized US,through NH. We traveled up through Canada to see all who were still living that he knew. Cousins. Stayed in Quebec. Pontine, mmmmm

K

(Darlene Horsley) #10

Cheese curds are one of my favs! Especially the white cheddar ones.

(Sophie) #11

I’m headed to Toronto in Sept! I’m excited!!!

(Cara Lee Evans) #12

I never liiked any cheese, unless you allow Velveeta…lol… Now I have learned to like mild and medium cheddar, and warmed Brie. Even at 72 one can learn to like new things!

(DJ) #13

I love cheese, but it’s easy to overeat and you have to watch the carb creep.
4 oz of cheddar cheese has about 2.5g carbs.
(4 oz max is what Dr. Westman recommends at Duke.)

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #14

Congrats. Welcome to the club.

#15

I put gravy and curd on cauliflower. It’ll never be as good as a normal poutine, mais ça va faire la job.

JE M’ENNUIE DE TOI, LA POUTINE NORMALE!

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #16

Ohhhhh that sounds good!..at least a good substitute.

(Kellie) #17

So you live in Wisconsin ? Lol

(Bill Bates) #18

I’m originally from the midwest where one of my favorite State Fair foods was deep fried cheese curds. I now live in the Ft Myers FL area and they carry Wisconsin cheese curds at our local Pubix, thank god! Maybe because we get a lot of midwesterners come down here for vacation?

(Katie) #19

Are you from Wisconsin? :grin:

(Kellie) #20

Hahaha that’s what I said! I used to live in Wisconsin