Potatoes Au Gratin

Well, it's been a bumpy eight weeks as the ravages of a systemic Candida infection due to treatment for Lyme Disease have impacted my health and I have had to cut out almost all carbs. Wow! I always thought I ate healthier than most...all natural, hormone free, antibiotic free whenever possible, grain fed, organic, locally grown, etc., etc.  Hours in the kitchen every night surely translated into healthy food....Julia Child fashion, full on butter and cream...nothing artificial here. Little did I realize how many carbs I was consuming and how that was impacting my system. Don't forget the wine (thanks, Julia)....every night....lots of it. Talk about sugar overload! Now, I still ascribe to Julia's philosophies...whole food, REAL food, etc. I just didn't recognize that often my big bowl of healthy farro succotash was really just a big bowl of carbohydrates (OK, complex carbohydrates, I know), but pair that with a few glasses of wine and some good bread and you have a potential diabetic nightmare if abused. After eight weeks of consuming between 20 - 35 grams of carbs per day I finally have gotten my system on the road to recovery, but it was brutal! (Who knew limes, for example, have carbs?! You CANNOT imagine how little 20 -35 carbs truly are!). Along the way I lost over 10% of my body weight and am just now slowly reintroducing carbs as I rebuild my gut flora. My doctor and my acupuncturist both prescribed resistant starches to begin rebuilding the gut flora as they feed the good bacteria in the intestine. First recipe right out of the gate due to the high level of resistant starch....cooked and then cooled potatoes....I made a delicious Potatoes Au Gratin (oh, how I love the French cooking!) and have nibbled a bit every day. They are great for breakfast, lunch or dinner so it was easy to make a batch and just keep it in the frig. I don't typically use a recipe as it is so easy, but I am attaching one that is how I make it noting that I add a small amount of thinly sliced onions to the mix. Bon appetit and happy gut flora! Great to know you can eat all these calories and do something good for yourself at the same time.

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