Paleo Fried Rice

As a diabetic, I match my carb intake with insulin. The problem with that is that more insulin equals increased weight gain, and the only way to lose diabetes is to lose weight. I've been trying to eat less carbs, in an effort to keep my insulin usage down. Which is hard, because bread? Roast potatoes? Cakes and biscuits of all kinds? Steamed basamati rice cooked in chicken stock? Its hard. SUSHI?? Say it ain't so! *lies down and weeps*

So I can't go cold turkey on all grains, but I can make baby steps. I love the idea of The Paleo Diet, but pure Paleo would mean no peas, no peanut oil, no chickpeas, no beer, no anything that derives from grains. I can't say 'never again' to anything, or these demented horns grow out of my forehead and scream 'You're not the boss of me!!' So mature. I figure if I can swap out starchy carbs for some Paleo wizardry most of the time, and minimize the things I love without growing horns, it will be a good thing for my body. Baby steps people!

Recipes like this are making it a little easier.



Paleo Fried Rice
(Contains no actual rice. Shut the front door!)

• 1 head of cauliflower, finely chopped. Every recipe I read said to pulse in a food processor until it was chopped into rice size pieces, and they where right. If your processor is broken, you will have to chop it by hand, and that will be tedious. Just sayin...
• Oil (I used olive, but I don't know how Paleo friendly that is)
• crushed ginger
• Ketcap manis
• Chopped bacon, capsicum, bean shoots, shallots, onion, whatever you like in your fried rice! You can see I added peas, which although carb friendly, are not Paleo allowed.
• a thinly sliced, plain egg omelette.
• Sesame Oil.