Thanks so much for your response Jen.

I can't wait to try your recipe. Is the diet working for you? How
long have you been on it?

Thanks,

Nate


--- In rosacea-diet-users-support-group@yahoogroups.com, "Jenny
Nairn" <rothco@...> wrote:
>
> Nate wrote:
> Also, is mayonnaise or any other condiments OK for the diet?
> -----
> Hi Nate
>
> I make my own mayo. Here's a kind of rough recipe:
>
> Egg yolk(s) in a tall container (number of yolks depends on how
much you want to make)
> Using a hand held 'whizzer', VERY slowing add extra virgin olive
oil until a thick consistency is reached
> Add lemon juice to taste
> Add sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
> You can also add other spices for flavour (eg. Paprika)
>
> This recipe is very much down to your own taste buds. As you
slowly add the ingredients, taste test to see if you want more of
something.
>
> Add crushed garlic to make it an Aioli sauce.
>
> Black pepper and paprika used to scare me, as far as Rosacea goes,
but no longer. It's only a very small amount in the recipe but you
can leave them out if you like. You can also substitute with other
spices that you like, if you want to.
>
> Nutritional value:
> One large egg yolk contains 0.303g of carbohydrate, 2.85g of
protein and 5.25g of good fat.
> Extra Virgin Olive Oil contains 13.5g of good fat in one
tablespoon.
> Juice from one lemon (2 1/8" diameter) contains 4.06g of carbs.
> Sea salt contains many naturally occurring minerals which are good
for us.
> Garlic is just plain good for us, if you decide to go for the
Aioli version.
>
> I get the nutritional value of foods from www.fitday.com which is
free to join. I found it to be a really good tool when first
starting out, so that I knew which foods were the best choice to
give me low carbs etc.
>
> So, in the scope of 30g of carbs a day, this would be a low carb
condiment. Not sure that you would eat it all in one sitting either,
so you can keep it in the fridge for another day.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jen
>
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