Slow Carb Days: How to get rid of garlic smell on your fingers

Sunday, August 26, 2012

How to get rid of garlic smell on your fingers

A quick and simple way to get rid of the garlic smell on your fingers is to rub them against your stainless steel knife. Works like a charm. Every time!

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What is Slow Carb Diet?

My husband, who is on this diet advocated by Tim Ferriss of 4-hour body, explains it as such:

1) No carbs, except for beans and legumes

2) No dairy, except for butter and ghee (which are mostly fats)

3) No fruits

4) "Cheat day" once a week i.e., binge and eat all you want

Because he has decided to embark on this diet, I try to avoid the "no-no"s as much as possible, and to find suitable substitutes for basic ingredients like flour, cream and yogurt.

Most of the recipes here are slow carb diet friendly; where they are not, they are tagged as "cheat day". Happy slow-carbing!

A note about the recipes

Cooking can be a very subjective and personal matter. As such, there are a few things to note about my recipes here:

1) There's no indication of preparation time because it all depends on you - your chopping skills, your attention to details, the quality of your produce etc. I take a really long time to prep my ingredients because I'm a noob and am really not adept with the chopping knife.

2) There is, however, an indication of the cooking time, because the amount of time to cook would not vary significantly. That said, it also depends on your oven, your stove top, your cookware etc. So learn the temperament of your kitchen tools and adjust the timings accordingly where necessary.

3) I'm quite conservative with salt and spices, so feel free to adjust the seasonings to your taste.

Have fun in your kitchen!

More about me

Mumbai is my current home. My husband - PJ, works here whilst I'm a part-time housewife. I spend a decent (read: excessive) amount of time browsing cook books, food magazines, online recipes and really, just finding my way around the kitchen. Along with trying/modifying different types of recipes (limited, unfortunately, by the fresh produce I can source in Mumbai) and attempting to recreate some of my mother's Chinese dishes, I also experiment with "slow carb" cooking, given that PJ has decided to achieve a stretch target of "30 inch waistline" by year 201X (unknown!).

As a noob cook, the recipes here will be simple enough for most people (I guarantee!), and the tips/lessons highlighted will be basic yet so important in making me (and anyone) more functional in the kitchen. May you have as much fun in your kitchen journey as I do! :)