1 Chocolate gravy is a variety of gravy made with fat, flour, cocoa powder and sometimes a small amount of sugar. 2  Egg gravy is a bechamel bÃ©chamel sauce that is served over. 3  Biscuits meat (drippings usually from) bacon and flour are used to make a thick. 4  Roux the roux is salted and peppered to.  taste Red-eye gravy is a gravy made from the drippings of ham fried in a skillet/frying pan. 2  The pan is deglazed with coffee, and uses no thickening agent. 3  This gravy is a staple of Southern U.S. cuisine and is usually served over ham, grits or biscuits.
Most fruits and vegetables, soybeans and tofu, and some nuts, seeds, and legumes are alkaline-promoting foods, so they're fair game. Dairy, eggs, meat, most grains, and processed foods, like canned and packaged snacks and convenience foods, fall on the acid side and are not allowed. Most books that tout the alkaline diet say you shouldn't have alcohol or caffeine, either.
How to Use Alkaline Diet Foods Properly. The general rule of thumb in following an alkaline diet is to consume a minimum of 70% alkaline diet foods and no more than 30% acid forming foods. The optimum way to eat alkalizing foods is in their natural raw state.