Looking for new low carb veggies to try
Sugarbeat
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What are your favorite low carb veggies? I'm looking for some new ideas.
My newest favorite is roasted radishes. I literally eat them at least once a day now, and before I think I'd eaten them maybe 5 times in my entire life. I can take them or leave them raw.
My newest favorite is roasted radishes. I literally eat them at least once a day now, and before I think I'd eaten them maybe 5 times in my entire life. I can take them or leave them raw.
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I would love to know your secret here... I made them and just wasn't impressed at all, though I can see the potato substitution possibilities... My fiance and I talked about making radishes au gratin... LOL But, to be fair, I love radishes raw, too.
Pretty much so far, I've only added leafy greens and broccoli back in....and a very low carb salsa. I'd be willing to try anything, though...0 -
Oven or pan roasted: asparagus, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts0
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I always forget asparagus for some reason. I will have to look into doing more with that. Brussels sprouts I need to try again some time. Roasted sounds awesome though my daughter may eat before I do. She loves them.
For the radishes I just quarter them and toss them in a pan. I guess its more like a sauté. I usually mix them in with other low carb veggies and a protein for breakfast. For some reason I need to feel like I'm eating potatoes for breakfast lol.0 -
I thought about dicing them rather than quartering them for a more even browning... I may not have cooked them enough, but roasting them might give a more even roast-y-ness. And I made roasted asparagus the other night. My guy loved his bacon wrapped, but I just did olive oil, salt, pepper, and topped with butter at the end. I added brown sugar to about half of his bacon wrapped stuff, so that's off limits for me. LOL0
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Bacon wrapped asparagus sounds divine! I made bacon wrapped chicken tenders the other night and it went over well with the family.0
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I love asparagus, spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts, swiss chard.... and my latest addition is kale. That's the only thing I can thank Panda Express for--I had never had kale before they had that shiitake kale chicken dish (for a limited time), and I found out that I love it. I'm not super creative with the veggies.0
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My new fave is putting whatever meat the family is eating into a pan with butter and cooking down shredded cabbage with it.0
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I bought kale recently but couldn't eat it fast enough. The guinea pig got some and I had to toss the rest. Then I saw a recipe for kale chips lol. Next time maybe. Cabbage...I'm going to have to try and do some different things with cabbage. I've never been a big fan, but maybe cooking it different will help. In my family its usually in the form of cabbage rolls or cole slaw, neither of which I care for. I will have to look for some recipes or something.0
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I bought kale recently but couldn't eat it fast enough. The guinea pig got some and I had to toss the rest. Then I saw a recipe for kale chips lol. Next time maybe. Cabbage...I'm going to have to try and do some different things with cabbage. I've never been a big fan, but maybe cooking it different will help. In my family its usually in the form of cabbage rolls or cole slaw, neither of which I care for. I will have to look for some recipes or something.
Shredded cabbage (or cole slaw mix) is great in crack slaw. There are tons of recipes out there. I use this one: http://www.food.com/recipe/crack-slaw-low-carb-434863. You can easily customize the amount of spices.0 -
Just sauteing cabbage with the fat of your choice, adding soy sauce or salt, with or without bacon pieces is really good. I typically add it in stir fries with garlic and ginger or in my pepper steak recipe.0
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I eat a lot of the normal culprits - broccoli, kale, bok choy (regular and baby), spinach, zucchini, yellow squash, asparagus, cauliflower, peppers (EVERYTHING - thai chile peppers, jalapenos, bell peppers), tomatoes. Most of the time, dinner is a stirfry or roasted veggies with roasted meat. Once in while, I'll do stuffed peppers with ground beef and homemade tomato sauce (tomatoes, oil, butter, garlic, LOL). I love my veggies.0
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Thought about doing the stuffed bell pepper thing with some taco meat I've prepared... I found reds on sale not too far back.0
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »Just sauteing cabbage with the fat of your choice, adding soy sauce or salt, with or without bacon pieces is really good. I typically add it in stir fries with garlic and ginger or in my pepper steak recipe.
Oh reminds me, we make a dinner with sauteed kielbasa or smoked sausage pieces mixed with butter fried cabbage. OMG so good and low carb if you watch the amount in the kielbasa0 -
@Alliwan .. I'm seriously drooling thinking about this now!
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »Just sauteing cabbage with the fat of your choice, adding soy sauce or salt, with or without bacon pieces is really good. I typically add it in stir fries with garlic and ginger or in my pepper steak recipe.
Oh reminds me, we make a dinner with sauteed kielbasa or smoked sausage pieces mixed with butter fried cabbage. OMG so good and low carb if you watch the amount in the kielbasa
That sounds really good! Will have to try it.0 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »Just sauteing cabbage with the fat of your choice, adding soy sauce or salt, with or without bacon pieces is really good. I typically add it in stir fries with garlic and ginger or in my pepper steak recipe.
I like to add a tbsp or 2 of cider vinegar to sauteed cabbage. I also like pork and sauerkraut all day in the crock pot.
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My first instinct is roasted asparagus, but it's sauteed spinach I eat almost every day.
And if you need more ideas, I use this to look up what's lower when I want a change. For some reason, mushrooms are at the bottom instead of where they're supposed to be - it's sorted by net carbs low to high. All measurements are 100g:
http://i.imgur.com/95xl2Te.jpg
(not sure if that will work well on a phone, you have to click it to zoom)0 -
shirataki noodles (miracle) would be there as a fav' new vegetable.0
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Thanks for the link. I've heard of shirataki noodles but I haven't found them yet. Where are they usually found?0
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I have seen them by tofu and in the refrigerator vegetarian section.0
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You can buy the miracle noodles brand, which do not require refrigeration, and have no soy, from amazon.com.
I love swiss chard - cooked in bacon grease..yum.0 -
My fave is zucchini! I make chips, spaghetti noodles, or just bake it cut in half with garlic and mozzarella cheese on top0
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »Just sauteing cabbage with the fat of your choice, adding soy sauce or salt, with or without bacon pieces is really good. I typically add it in stir fries with garlic and ginger or in my pepper steak recipe.
Here in Japan, we eat like this practically every night. My hubby cooks up a basic stirfry of onions, chopped fresh ginger and fresh garlic, seasons with olive oil and fermented rice koji. Then he usually adds a bunch of cabbage or hakusai, with a varied mix of bean sprouts, daikon radish, green peppers, black olives, shiitake or other mushrooms, spinach or other greens, green beans, udo or burdock root, whatever is cheap and in season. He then adds a meat or fish, and a fermented pickle dish. The other thing he uses at least once a week is seaweed! It has tons of micronutrients and the taste varies... just think of it as vegetables grown in water.
Go here http://tinyurl.com/omw8ss8 for what they look like -- there is an infinite variety. Read up on them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_seaweed#Common_edible_seaweeds
You can likely find some in an Asian grocery.
Sugarbeat, you did say you were looking for new veggies... 0 -
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That looks amazing camtosh. Maybe your husband can do a world tour and cook a meal for everyone on the way?0
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Camtosh that looks amazing! and delicious. I just finished a breakfast of a bit of beef, mini bell pepper and kelp noodles (and yes, a bit of cheese melted over all).0
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Yes, it tasted pretty good. The meat was pork (hard to see it, about 70 grams I guessed). My hubs loves to cook, so I am spoiled. 0
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wow! i am new and have just joined this group. What fabulous ideas , thanks all.0
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