Beans are carby, yes.

Beans are carby, yes.

I honestly never really thought about that. My brain gets as far as "beans = protein and also yum" and then stops. I guess they would be carby. Huh.

It's funny because I've gone from making a vegetarian black bean chili with meatless ground soy for JZ, to flipping around and doing the all meaty chili.

A wreath of beef/pork chili around a fried egg? Superb!

Thank you, David! I do enjoy Greek yogurt, and I appreciate the reminder about eating oat bran in the morning. I'll start experimenting with savory options tomorrow morning.

If you need a bean and are willing to have some carbs, black soy beans are your go-to.

A wreath of beef/pork chili around a fried egg? Superb!

One of the chili places here allegedly makes a 6-way, which is a 5-way* topped with a fried egg. I am intrigued.

*5-way = chili over spaghetti with cheese, beans, and onions.

One of the chili places here allegedly makes a 6-way, which is a 5-way* topped with a fried egg. I am intrigued.

Remove noodles, add egg, voila!

Thank you, David!

You're most welcome. I posted some pix on your FB page.

IF you decide to get into a more aggressive weight loss approach I can give tips on what worked for me. The good thing about going with a high protein/ketosis approach is that you don't ever really have to be hungry.

Lately I've been missing Reuben sandwiches, so I've been doing hot pastrami with sauteed onions and melted cheese. It's not AS good because toasted rye bread is fantastic, but hot pastrami is fabulous in its own right.

It's weird how much the Food Pyramid we grew up with was a Big Damned Lie.

I have GOT to get back to high protein & veggies/low carb eating, but it’s really damn difficult when you live with a professional baker. Plus Mr. Loomy is sensitive to nightshades, and I have no energy/mental bandwidth to plan and cook food.

I do like to cook, but, easy low carb/high protein stuff with cooking too much- deli meat/other meat over salad with Bleu cheese or feta. More cooking, but not much- eye of round steak, bleu cheese crumbles, homemade vinaigrette (olive oil, garlic salt, vinegar, mustard). Olives and cheese. Tuna salad/tuna in olive oil. I also like tuna with pesto over zucchini, but a bigger cook. Hard boiled eggs. Egg salad. Deli meat and cheese wraps (wrap the meat in the cheese or the cheese in the meat) Purchased olive salad with feta or mozzarella. Mozzarella and veggies with olive oil/vinegar dressing. Avocado plus natural peanut butter. Nuts and cheese. Also, if you eat at a company cafeteria, I have successfully ordered sandwiches with no bread (mostly a scoop of chicken or tuna salad) with a side salad, and a pasta bowl with sausage and veggies, but no pasta. Or Cobb Salad, but with Bleu cheese dressing. From the hot dog cart- Italian sausage with peppers and onions and no bread (my guy makes me a little foil packet and I get Rochester hot sauce, because he says he doesn’t use brown sugar). He also does a rib eye steak or a hamburger or cheeseburger no bun (again, peppers and onions) Microwaved frozen cauliflower rice with egg and Parmesan cheese plus Aldi garlic pepper seasoning stirred in tastes a bit like Alia a olio or carbona if you put in bacon.

I did low carb in the early 2,000 and lost about 70 pounds. The pounds all came back, with friends, because I am one of the 95% for whom that happens. But it was nice while it lasted. It’s hard to feel deprived on a diet that encourages whipping cream in your coffee. I believe I used the book Protein Power as my starting point, [link] , which you may find in your local library. It has guidelines and a number of easy recipes. The authors also wrote the Low Carb Comfort Food cookbook, [link] , which was pretty decent and is currently $2.99 on Amazon for the ebook. I’m sure there are hundreds more books that have come out since, but these worked for me.