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pooticus · 03-19-2011, 06:22 AM

Oh man! Where's your okra?

piratewoman · 03-19-2011, 06:25 AM

Pooti I don't like Okra any way but fried crispy and golden yummy brown, slimy Okra gags me.

pooticus · 03-19-2011, 06:29 AM

Oh Laura, I have a way of cooking it guaranteed to make you love it.

Get a non-stick skillet and some bacon grease or olive oil. Cut up your fresh okra into rounds like in fried okra. Then sautee it over medium-high heat stirring frequently until all the "strings" are gone. Seriously. It takes maybe 15 minutes of sauteeing over med to med high heat and then all you will see is no strings, no goo, no slime, and some browning on the okra. The point isn't to brown it, it's to cook out the goo.

Then sautee some onion, add a can of crushed tomatoes, some bacon, and granulated garlic powder, salt and pepper and if you want, you can add things like dried thyme, basil or oregano and let it cook for about an hour.

Dear lord. I crave this stuff and okra is a complete protein I believe. It has all 9 essential amino acids.

piratewoman · 03-19-2011, 06:33 AM

I will try that, it sounds divine. I love Okra so this recipe just might work well for me. Thanks Oh Mighty Chef Extraordinaire.

pooticus · 03-19-2011, 06:45 AM

Oh man, I'm not that, but the okra is the bomb. If you pre-cook it like this, it's so great in any kind of soup or gumbo!!!! Totally no goo, evah!!!!!! It's how we cooked it growing up!!!

piratewoman · 03-19-2011, 06:51 AM

Oh Pooti tell that to your followers. Your recipes are the bomb and the picture to go with them fantastic. Your not giving yourself enough credit. I was a wonderful cook when I cooked high carb country fare but alas not I'm just mediocre to say the least.

pooticus · 03-19-2011, 07:39 AM

Laura, you can still make the country fare, but do it low carb. You just have to use the substituteskies out there. I guess that's kinda what keeps me going is the thrill of converting a recipe and knowing...ok, wow! Here's another keeper for the LC stash! You know?

piratewoman · 03-19-2011, 07:42 AM

Yeah I know but I have no imagination and I have also found that if I do make all of these recipes I binge on them so I have to eat clean now.

janetsbreeze · 03-19-2011, 11:28 AM

Laura, have a wonderful NC day!
I lived a large part of my life in the Kannapolis/ Salisbury area and this time of year is gorgeous!

Martini72 · 03-20-2011, 08:29 AM

GOOOODNESSSS!!! WHO SAID OKRA!?!?! YES!! Fried is the BEST!! But PoOti is right about the fresh cut fried in bacon grease!!! In a cast iron skillet oooohmyyy!!! Okra and tomotes is so awesome. I never knew okra was full of amino acids!!!

Reva72 · 03-20-2011, 11:02 AM

I love me some okra!! I am going to try this soon.

janetsbreeze · 03-20-2011, 03:29 PM

I am so not an okra fan. One of the few veggies I will not eat.

Have a great night!

tiggy_oz · 03-20-2011, 04:21 PM

Thanks for the okra tips. It grew rather well in my now dead garden.

Have a great LC day mz pirate yarrrrrr

glamazon · 03-20-2011, 10:11 PM

I've had okra once at at southern bbq rib joint, and I wasn't impressed, it was just slimey. Cooking it like Pooti does sounds good, though-- POOTI, FUTURE OKRA BLOG, PLEASE!

Bejewelme · 03-21-2011, 06:39 AM

Yum I love okra and that sound delicious!!!!

Laura- hows it going? How was the weekend? Did you enjoy a little time alone?

smile20 · 03-21-2011, 07:49 AM

hi piratewoman ~ you look so so so gooood in the pics . skinny skinny !!! so proud of you

and you are a good cook no mater what kind of food you cook its all ways goooood .love you girl

Reva72 · 03-21-2011, 08:32 AM

Hey Laura!!! How are you today sweetie!?

janetsbreeze · 03-21-2011, 08:42 AM

Hope you had a great weekend!

piratewoman · 03-21-2011, 12:58 PM

Hi gals,Thanks Tiggy I sure did

Ang the Okra wasn't cooked right if it was slimy

Amber good sweetie I did, how was your beach trip?

Thanks G, I love ya girl

Reva I am good thanks

Janet I did just way to short.

Ok I had another appointment with the Endo today, she is beginning to wonder if I have Hypercalcemia, she seems to think it could be coming from my HBP meds so she has changed them. I have to go back in May for more blood work and another pee in the hat test. Only time will tell, I will keep you all informed.

Here's me the at the beach last yr, I'm surprised I wasn't mistaken for a beached whale.

Speck333 · 03-21-2011, 01:05 PM

Laura, you have made such tremendous progress! Look at what you have accomplished in less than a year... you are amazing.

piratewoman · 03-21-2011, 01:11 PM

Thanks Speck, I could not have achieved what I have so far without the support from good peeps like you.

pooticus · 03-21-2011, 03:15 PM

OMG you look entirely different!!!!

What a transformation. I think that was your mom, girl!!!!

Yep, if okra's slimey, someone mistreated it. Cooked right, it's soooooo yummilicious!

Laura, what are your symptoms of hyper cal? And what BP meds were you taking? Also, are you supplementing with D3? Cuz unless D3 is balanced with A and some K2, you can go hyper calc as well. Also, tumors on a parathyroid will cause it and also some thyroid probs can cause it... You should go read here on the thyroid board if you haven't already?

hon and hope you feel better soon.

glamazon · 03-21-2011, 03:16 PM

Wow, Laura! You have lost so much weight! So happy for you and proud of you!

piratewoman · 03-21-2011, 03:47 PM

Thanks so much girls, Pooti I take Maxzide for HBP, she has changed it to Lininopril 20 mg tabs daily. This what I was told, my blood work I had done showed elevated calcium, but my urine did not and IF I had Hypercalcemia both would show high calcium SOOOOOOOOOOO I have to do the 24 piss test again in May along with another blood test. Pooti what is D3? The surgeon I saw didn't see much on my Para-Thyroid that is why he has sent me back to the Endo for the test as she thinks it might possibly be caused by my HBP meds, so I have to stop the Maxzide and start the new one till I go in for the test the 5th of May. I have had 2 ultra-sounds of my PTG, a nuclear image of my PTG, a bone density scan, chest x-ray, pap, mamo, CT scan of my PTG, blood work and the 24 hr piss test since Jan. I am ready for it to be over.

pooticus · 03-21-2011, 04:25 PM

Oh wow hon!!!

You've been put through the wringer!!!

D3 is Vitamin D3. Do you take any supplements and if so, then what do you take? Do you eat a bunch of spinach or leafy greens? Have they checked out your adrenals and kidneys?

piratewoman · 03-21-2011, 04:57 PM

Pooti, ok no I don't take D3...should I? I take Potassium and it is still low, Magnesium and Fish Oil. I eat ALOT of Romaine Lettuce salads, some times that is both of my meals with some protein thrown on top. They have checked every thing I think, I know last yr my kidneys were stress from taking 40 mg of Lasix daily, now I only take 20 every once and awhile.

Reva72 · 03-21-2011, 06:36 PM

WOW!!! You have made a huge transformation my friend. Look at how far you have come in a short amount of time. I am super proud of you young lady!!!

piratewoman · 03-21-2011, 06:51 PM

Thanks Reva, and you my friend have also made an amazing transformation in a short time...look at you!!!!! I am so proud of you too.

tiggy_oz · 03-22-2011, 03:21 AM

Oh you're awake when I am

. Yay for morning people (not me!!)

piratewoman · 03-22-2011, 03:22 AM

Yeah I woke up @4am, WTH was I thinking.

03-19-2011, 06:29 AM	#123
pooticus Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: May 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 21,048 Gallery: pooticus Stats: 314/220.4/150 WOE: PersonalPlan Start Date: Nov.20, 2007 (restart)	Oh Laura, I have a way of cooking it guaranteed to make you love it. Get a non-stick skillet and some bacon grease or olive oil. Cut up your fresh okra into rounds like in fried okra. Then sautee it over medium-high heat stirring frequently until all the "strings" are gone. Seriously. It takes maybe 15 minutes of sauteeing over med to med high heat and then all you will see is no strings, no goo, no slime, and some browning on the okra. The point isn't to brown it, it's to cook out the goo. Then sautee some onion, add a can of crushed tomatoes, some bacon, and granulated garlic powder, salt and pepper and if you want, you can add things like dried thyme, basil or oregano and let it cook for about an hour. Dear lord. I crave this stuff and okra is a complete protein I believe. It has all 9 essential amino acids. __________________ 10/20/07-314; 11/26/07-275 Surgery - Tot.Hyst.; 08/5/10-275.0; 09/1-271.8-(Started JUDDD); 10/2-260.4; 3/1/12-231.0lbs 5/25/12-227.2lbs; 8/19/12-222.8lbs I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ~ Philippians 4:13 "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller Visit my blog. Visit My JUDDD Menus Subscribe To FluffyChixCook Facebook Page

03-21-2011, 12:58 PM	#139
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Hi gals,Thanks Tiggy I sure did Ang the Okra wasn't cooked right if it was slimy Amber good sweetie I did, how was your beach trip? Thanks G, I love ya girl Reva I am good thanks Janet I did just way to short. Ok I had another appointment with the Endo today, she is beginning to wonder if I have Hypercalcemia, she seems to think it could be coming from my HBP meds so she has changed them. I have to go back in May for more blood work and another pee in the hat test. Only time will tell, I will keep you all informed. Here's me the at the beach last yr, I'm surprised I wasn't mistaken for a beached whale. __________________ Laura Yo Ho Matey's~~~Piratewoman's Ship Is About To Set Sail~~ http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/we...ck-i-hope.html Goal~ To Make This My WOE For Life!

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03-19-2011, 06:22 AM	#121
pooticus Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: May 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 21,048 Gallery: pooticus Stats: 314/220.4/150 WOE: PersonalPlan Start Date: Nov.20, 2007 (restart)	Oh man! Where's your okra?

03-19-2011, 06:25 AM	#122
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Pooti I don't like Okra any way but fried crispy and golden yummy brown, slimy Okra gags me.

03-19-2011, 06:33 AM	#124
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	I will try that, it sounds divine. I love Okra so this recipe just might work well for me. Thanks Oh Mighty Chef Extraordinaire.

03-19-2011, 06:45 AM	#125
pooticus Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: May 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 21,048 Gallery: pooticus Stats: 314/220.4/150 WOE: PersonalPlan Start Date: Nov.20, 2007 (restart)	Oh man, I'm not that, but the okra is the bomb. If you pre-cook it like this, it's so great in any kind of soup or gumbo!!!! Totally no goo, evah!!!!!! It's how we cooked it growing up!!!

03-19-2011, 06:51 AM	#126
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Oh Pooti tell that to your followers. Your recipes are the bomb and the picture to go with them fantastic. Your not giving yourself enough credit. I was a wonderful cook when I cooked high carb country fare but alas not I'm just mediocre to say the least.

03-19-2011, 07:39 AM	#127
pooticus Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: May 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 21,048 Gallery: pooticus Stats: 314/220.4/150 WOE: PersonalPlan Start Date: Nov.20, 2007 (restart)	Laura, you can still make the country fare, but do it low carb. You just have to use the substituteskies out there. I guess that's kinda what keeps me going is the thrill of converting a recipe and knowing...ok, wow! Here's another keeper for the LC stash! You know?

03-19-2011, 07:42 AM	#128
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Yeah I know but I have no imagination and I have also found that if I do make all of these recipes I binge on them so I have to eat clean now.

03-19-2011, 11:28 AM	#129
janetsbreeze Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 4,575 Gallery: janetsbreeze Stats: 197/186.6/130; 5'2" WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 19, 2011	Laura, have a wonderful NC day! I lived a large part of my life in the Kannapolis/ Salisbury area and this time of year is gorgeous!

03-20-2011, 08:29 AM	#130
Martini72 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Carbville, MD Posts: 2,498 Gallery: Martini72 Stats: ut ohh/aww shucks/wow WOE: low carbs Start Date: September 201o	GOOOODNESSSS!!! WHO SAID OKRA!?!?! YES!! Fried is the BEST!! But PoOti is right about the fresh cut fried in bacon grease!!! In a cast iron skillet oooohmyyy!!! Okra and tomotes is so awesome. I never knew okra was full of amino acids!!!

03-20-2011, 11:02 AM	#131
Reva72 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 9,007 Gallery: Reva72 Stats: 377 highest/321/199 WOE: Weight Watchers plus Start Date: 4/17/12	I love me some okra!! I am going to try this soon.

03-20-2011, 03:29 PM	#132
janetsbreeze Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 4,575 Gallery: janetsbreeze Stats: 197/186.6/130; 5'2" WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 19, 2011	I am so not an okra fan. One of the few veggies I will not eat. Have a great night!

03-20-2011, 04:21 PM	#133
tiggy_oz Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lombok Indonesia Posts: 3,450 Gallery: tiggy_oz Stats: 330/249/190 5'10" WOE: LCHF + IF Start Date: 1 Nov 2010 (+4 months off & 20lb regain)	Thanks for the okra tips. It grew rather well in my now dead garden. Have a great LC day mz pirate yarrrrrr

03-20-2011, 10:11 PM	#134
glamazon Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Beautiful Oregon Posts: 4,925 Gallery: glamazon Stats: 283/276.6/180 ** 6'2 WOE: Ketogenic Start Date: 9/4/2012	I've had okra once at at southern bbq rib joint, and I wasn't impressed, it was just slimey. Cooking it like Pooti does sounds good, though-- POOTI, FUTURE OKRA BLOG, PLEASE!

03-21-2011, 06:39 AM	#135
Bejewelme Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Reading/PA Posts: 13,535 Gallery: Bejewelme Stats: 350+/221.4/198 (5'10) WOE: Atkins Start Date: restarted 9/27/2010	Yum I love okra and that sound delicious!!!! Laura- hows it going? How was the weekend? Did you enjoy a little time alone?

03-21-2011, 07:49 AM	#136
smile20 Guest Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: sanford,nc Posts: 224 Gallery: smile20 Stats: 222 / 222 / 130 WOE: atkins Start Date: 8/5/12	hi piratewoman ~ you look so so so gooood in the pics . skinny skinny !!! so proud of you and you are a good cook no mater what kind of food you cook its all ways goooood .love you girl

03-21-2011, 08:32 AM	#137
Reva72 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 9,007 Gallery: Reva72 Stats: 377 highest/321/199 WOE: Weight Watchers plus Start Date: 4/17/12	Hey Laura!!! How are you today sweetie!?

03-21-2011, 08:42 AM	#138
janetsbreeze Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 4,575 Gallery: janetsbreeze Stats: 197/186.6/130; 5'2" WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 19, 2011	Hope you had a great weekend!

03-21-2011, 01:05 PM	#140
Speck333 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,453 Gallery: Speck333 Stats: 181(16)/163(12)/99(0) ~ 5'2" WOE: Semi-Primal Start Date: Atkins restart: Jan. 3, 2010 (7/99 original start)	Laura, you have made such tremendous progress! Look at what you have accomplished in less than a year... you are amazing.

03-21-2011, 01:11 PM	#141
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Thanks Speck, I could not have achieved what I have so far without the support from good peeps like you.

03-21-2011, 03:15 PM	#142
pooticus Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: May 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 21,048 Gallery: pooticus Stats: 314/220.4/150 WOE: PersonalPlan Start Date: Nov.20, 2007 (restart)	OMG you look entirely different!!!! What a transformation. I think that was your mom, girl!!!! Yep, if okra's slimey, someone mistreated it. Cooked right, it's soooooo yummilicious! Laura, what are your symptoms of hyper cal? And what BP meds were you taking? Also, are you supplementing with D3? Cuz unless D3 is balanced with A and some K2, you can go hyper calc as well. Also, tumors on a parathyroid will cause it and also some thyroid probs can cause it... You should go read here on the thyroid board if you haven't already? hon and hope you feel better soon.

03-21-2011, 03:16 PM	#143
glamazon Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Beautiful Oregon Posts: 4,925 Gallery: glamazon Stats: 283/276.6/180 ** 6'2 WOE: Ketogenic Start Date: 9/4/2012	Wow, Laura! You have lost so much weight! So happy for you and proud of you!

03-21-2011, 03:47 PM	#144
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Thanks so much girls, Pooti I take Maxzide for HBP, she has changed it to Lininopril 20 mg tabs daily. This what I was told, my blood work I had done showed elevated calcium, but my urine did not and IF I had Hypercalcemia both would show high calcium SOOOOOOOOOOO I have to do the 24 piss test again in May along with another blood test. Pooti what is D3? The surgeon I saw didn't see much on my Para-Thyroid that is why he has sent me back to the Endo for the test as she thinks it might possibly be caused by my HBP meds, so I have to stop the Maxzide and start the new one till I go in for the test the 5th of May. I have had 2 ultra-sounds of my PTG, a nuclear image of my PTG, a bone density scan, chest x-ray, pap, mamo, CT scan of my PTG, blood work and the 24 hr piss test since Jan. I am ready for it to be over.

03-21-2011, 04:25 PM	#145
pooticus Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: May 2004 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 21,048 Gallery: pooticus Stats: 314/220.4/150 WOE: PersonalPlan Start Date: Nov.20, 2007 (restart)	Oh wow hon!!! You've been put through the wringer!!! D3 is Vitamin D3. Do you take any supplements and if so, then what do you take? Do you eat a bunch of spinach or leafy greens? Have they checked out your adrenals and kidneys?

03-21-2011, 04:57 PM	#146
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Pooti, ok no I don't take D3...should I? I take Potassium and it is still low, Magnesium and Fish Oil. I eat ALOT of Romaine Lettuce salads, some times that is both of my meals with some protein thrown on top. They have checked every thing I think, I know last yr my kidneys were stress from taking 40 mg of Lasix daily, now I only take 20 every once and awhile.

03-21-2011, 06:36 PM	#147
Reva72 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 9,007 Gallery: Reva72 Stats: 377 highest/321/199 WOE: Weight Watchers plus Start Date: 4/17/12	WOW!!! You have made a huge transformation my friend. Look at how far you have come in a short amount of time. I am super proud of you young lady!!!

03-21-2011, 06:51 PM	#148
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Thanks Reva, and you my friend have also made an amazing transformation in a short time...look at you!!!!! I am so proud of you too.

03-22-2011, 03:21 AM	#149
tiggy_oz Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lombok Indonesia Posts: 3,450 Gallery: tiggy_oz Stats: 330/249/190 5'10" WOE: LCHF + IF Start Date: 1 Nov 2010 (+4 months off & 20lb regain)	Oh you're awake when I am . Yay for morning people (not me!!)

03-22-2011, 03:22 AM	#150
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Yeah I woke up @4am, WTH was I thinking.