Condiments & Sauces

[Shasha]

there Phyllis

... about 1/2 tsp. of olive oil and about 1/2 tsp. of celery seed.

you are NOT allowed to have olive oil or celery seed while being on the 1st Personal Diet Program.

Please do not use seeds of any kind as this will just slow your progress down... and we don’t want that to happen

[Shasha]

there AmyLynn

Your quick GO recipe sounds like a real winner

[PhyllisRis]

oops....I didn't realize (or remember if I read it before) about the seeds thing.....and I thought the olive oil spray was ok for cooking...I know I read that somewhere.
My bad....
Phyllis

[CohenInAz]

It is in the guide:

"You may use limited quantities of cooking spray or olive oil spray."

But not sure what a limitied quanity is.

I also have PAM Oranigic Olive Oil Cooking Spray, which I haven't used yet.

Sasha... is the above from our guide still true?

[PhyllisRis]

Yes...my guide says that, too. And, not wanting to sound whiney or anything, but I re-read my guide and found nothing in it regarding not having seeds. Peppercorns contain a seed for the pepper plant.
But, alas, I won't eat celery seed anymore....sniff, sniff...

Phyllis

[LiLNightShift]

I believe that you probably can't use it because it would be part of your veggie portion. Like onion powder would be. And since in that form we can't control how much we intake -- we just aren't allowed to have it. Pepper is an unlimited resource so I don't believe that counts.

[ckmomincharge]

I have tried the balsamic with garlic powder and italian herbs little sweetner it is good on shrimp and veggies after they have been cooked along with also putting it on salad for a change too!

[SPDeRosa]

Yes -- the "salad dressing" makes a great stir-fry add on. However, try real garlic instead of the powder -- it's amazing how much better the fresh stuff is. The powder often has other chemicals in it (often to help it stay granular so it can flow out of the jar). Real food is so much better than chemicals.

I also learned that you can get "spicey" garlic. My sister's neighbor evidently grew some garlic in her garden and wow, what a kick! It was great!

[Denis]

Super-Spicy Mustard
Mustard Powder
Water
Any other "free" item

Use a lot of mustard powder mixed with water until it has the same consistency as prepared mustard. This mustard will be very spicy, like the kind of mustard you'd get with bad Chinese food. Used carefully, it can add a lot of really good flavor. So I use the mustard with some vinegar as a condiment to add a bit of flavor to things. You can add a touch of it to salad dressing, add it to stir fries, put it on steaks, whatever you'd like.