Italian Turkey Sausage Quinoa

[CarlBielenberg77]

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked quinoa
3 medium-sized sweet Italian turkey sausage links, sliced.
1 yellow onion, sliced
¼ cup freshly minced basil leaves
1 tbs oregano
1 tsp virgin olive oil
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
¼ cup capers
1tsp balsamic vinegar

Directions:

Heat up the virgin olive oil in a large skillet. Sautee the onion, sausage slices and bell peppers for 5 minutes.

Add the oregano and cook for another 6 minutes.

In separate bowl, combine the quinoa, balsamic vinegar, capers and basil leaves. 

Serve the items in two separate bowls, but combine them on your plate. Serves 4.

[shawn116]

 Hi CarlBielenberg77  there are 39.41 carbs with only 5.2 fiber for only 1 cup of cooked quinoa check it out here http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/list_nut_edit.pl  This isn't really FTS friendly..... although it does sound pretty yummy!  Maybe we can sub it with riced cauliflower or something from miracle noodle?  Maybe Umpa would have a good suggestion to make it FTS friendly    Thanks for sharing

[Doug Varrieur]

Hello CarlBielenberg77, welcome to our forum, you won't find a more supportive group anywhere on the planet    Now lets take a look at your recipe;

2 cups cooked quinoa- 78 carbs minus 10 fiber= 68 net carbs! 
3 medium-sized sweet Italian turkey sausage links, sliced. 6-8 net carbs
1 yellow onion, sliced   1 cup onion 10 net carbs
¼ cup freshly minced basil leaves
1 tbs oregano
1 tsp virgin olive oil
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced 1 cup bell pepper 6 net carbs
1 red bell pepper, sliced 1 cup bell pepper 6 net carbs
¼ cup capers
1tsp balsamic vinegar

That totals up to just shy of 100 net carbs for this recipe not including the trace carbs in the other ingredients divided by 4 is 25 grams of net carbs per serving. I assume you've read the book and realize that your only a total of 20 net carbs or less per day. This one bowl of soup would use up all of your allotment plus 5 grams.

Try this recipe instead - http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=3258.0 

[Doug Varrieur]

Don't be fooled by what appears to be a low carb recipe. Take the time to do the counts and you may be shocked at the results. 

[mouseissue]

Hi CarlBielenberg77!... And welcome to the family!!!

Doug's absolutely correct!
I couldn't tell you how many so-called low carb recipes I've see that are really not "low carb" as defined by FTS (=< 20 net grams).
Although some may be lower in carbs than their "regular" counterparts, they are still high in carbs.

[umpa]

Welcome CarlBielenberg77! I am umpa,dougs wife.I have a column on the homepage called ask umpa where I can convert your favorite food to fat to skinny friendly.If I can help you please ask