Carb alternatives for evening meal

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kbcara
kbcara Posts: 105 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am NOT giving up carbs. BUT I would look to reduce them with my evening meals without feeling like I'm missing out. Would love people to share their favourites. I'll start:
- Courgettini instead of Spaghetti
- Broccoli/Cauliflower Mash instead of Potato Mash

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  • V_bonita
    V_bonita Posts: 1 Member
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    Cauliflower rice instead of brown rice
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
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    When I do soups or stews I often substitute turnips for potatoes.
  • BigLifter10
    BigLifter10 Posts: 1,152 Member
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    I like to use spaghetti squash with low sodium pasta sauce. I also put ground hamburger on it with onion flakes and garlic. Love it! I eat an entire half!
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
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    I do cauliflower rice but I never really liked rice to begin with... I also make zucchini "noodles" (I use a spiralizer but you could also use a vegetable peeler to make the zucchini into "noodles" or strips) instead of pasta.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    I just do 6 oz of meat and a good 400 grams of veggie.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
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    Found a recipie online a while back while looking for something without grain for Passover and ran across a chicken crust for pizza. Essentially, chicken and cheese cooked together to form a crust. It never got as firm as the original recipe said it would, but since we ended up with a very tasty pile of meat, we really didn't care that we had to eat it with a fork! XD

    http://yourlighterside.com/2012/02/easy-pizza-crust/
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
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    Www.inspiralized.com
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited May 2015
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    arditarose wrote: »
    I just do 6 oz of meat and a good 400 grams of veggie.

    Basically this.

    I mix up the veggies--maybe some root veggies like carrots and turnips and celeriac instead of carbier potatoes or sweet potatoes. Then also my usual non-starchy veg.

    Or I have winter squash or avocado as a side instead of a starchier carb. Plus the non-starchy veg.

    Or sometimes brussels sprouts work as a second side instead of a starch.

    Or if I really want to save calories I do a big bunch of mixed veggies. Or maybe a big salad side plus a cooked veg.

    Fruit and dairy have more carbs, but sometimes I substitute one of them for my starch also.

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