What does your low carb meals look like??
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Oven bbq chicken legs (I didn't have a grill until recently)
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Butterflied center cut pork chop w/peppers and onions, creamed spinach with dill Jack cheese
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Double-smoked ham (fried in a pan w/bacon grease), alongside eggs with peppers, onions, hot saaaaaauce (eggs also fried in bacon grease)
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You know those ham-pickle-cream cheese roll-up party appetizers? I was craving those today around lunch time, but wanted a sandwich. I folded cubed smoked ham into softened Philly cream cheese and a little Hellman's mayo (aka Best Foods, to you folks west o' the rockies) and diced super-hot pickles, and stuffed it into a split mini low-carb pita lined with green leaf lettuce.
7 g net carbs for the whole thing. Pitas by Joseph's Bakery (http://www.josephsbakery.com).
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Chicken taco soup w/avocado
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Eggs w/bacon or sausage is my usual breakfast, I also make my own tomato salsa all year-round, using whole canned peeled tomatoes in winter
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Slow-cooked pork shoulder roast, enjoyed it shredded and I either have it BBQ flavored or add chiles, garlic, cheese, salsa, for carnitas - no tostada or beans needed.
I either make my own bbq sauce or I use Ken Davis' Classic 2-Carb bottled sauce
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Whole plate of pizza (okay, it's a little dessert plate) and more cucumber/tomato salad with feta.
1 8" low carb flatbread as the pizza crust (53 g)
14 thin slices of regular pepperoni (not turkey, not low fat)
Sliced mushroom (12 g)
1 oz each, chopped cucumber, tomato, and onion
1/2 oz each, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and regular crumbled feta cheese
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Pressure-cooker collards with bacon
These taste like they cooked ALL day. Turned out wonderfully. Only second time I've ever tried making them (forgive me, I'm a northerner!) Smashed da eff outta dat pot liquor, too. Recipe below.
Collard greens with bacon (electric pressure cooker method):
• 2 tbsp bacon fat
• 4 oz bacon, chopped
• 12-16 ounces fresh collard greens (trimmed of large stems)
• 1/2 medium onion, finely diced
• 16 oz chicken or veg broth (either is fine--I used my homemade broth, you can also dissolve a cube of boullion into 2 cups hot water)
• 10 oz canned tomatoes, undrained
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
(some people use sugar, I don't eat sugar, so I have used apple cider vinegar in the past, either that or balsamic give the greens a bit of sweetness and help to further tenderize them)
• Crushed red pepper flakes, to taste (I used 2 tsp Huy Fong Foods chili garlic sauce, which is basically the chili pepper mash they use to make sriracha sauce, before it's been strained/pulverized)
• Salt & pepper to taste
Wash, dry, and chop the leaves of the collard greens into 2" strips, removing the stems (optional, some people keep them in, I included the ones that weren't really thick, sliced into small pieces). You can also use the fresh pre-washed & chopped store-bought greens in a bag (if you can get them, we don't have those here).
In a small bowl, combine the tomatoes and their juice with the vinegar and red pepper. Set aside.
In the electric pressure pot, add 1 tbsp of the bacon fat and the chopped raw bacon, set pot to "Saute" mode for 5-6 minutes. Keep the lid off during this brief time (but feel free to use a splatter guard if you want), you're not pressure-cooking the bacon! Use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon pieces to a paper towel once crisped.
Add in the remaining bacon fat and diced onions, then stir them into the still-hot fat. Then add the chopped greens and toss them gently around in the pot with tongs or a long-handled spoon to get them completely coated in the fat/broth mixture.
Pour the tomato/vinegar mixture over the top, add back the chopped bacon, and cover the pot, set to 15-20 minutes cook time. Lock the lid and make sure the pressure valve is down.
After the cooking is done, the timer will beep. You can manually release the pressure now, or let the pot do it. Either way, you should have a lovely 4-5 serving pot full of greens in delicious liquid. Remove the greens and liquid to serving bowls, add salt & pepper, and enjoy.
The tomatoes and vinegar give them some nice tang, and the bacon and chicken add a nice salty smoky flavor. I enjoyed some with dinner last night alongside some turkey and drank the bowl clean!0 -
Bump....I loved combing through this thread when I first came upon it!1
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Low Carb at Wendy's! My son was waiting on our order while I was getting straws. An older man asked him if my burger was low carb. My son said yes. The man said he didn't know Wendy's would do that. I feel like We've helped educated someone today!!
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Low Carb at Wendy's! My son was waiting on our order while I was getting straws. An older man asked him if my burger was low carb. My son said yes. The man said he didn't know Wendy's would do that. I feel like We've helped educated someone today!!
unfortunately, this is not the case for all Wendy's locations.0 -
Keeping it real simple;
150g Chicken fried/basted in 30g butter
Six Asparagus
Half an Onion
Half an Avocado
Sitting on a bed of melted cheese, smashed with salt and pepper.
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I see gout, gout, gout, gout waiting to happen if I ate most of that! I would love to eat most of that but I know I will pay a price!0
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I see gout, gout, gout, gout waiting to happen if I ate most of that! I would love to eat most of that but I know I will pay a price!
Gout hits you when you're not getting enough minerals/vitamins - a lot of keto people think it's all beef, bacon, butter and cheese but it's essential that you're still getting those green vegetables in; that's my lunchtime meal so it's higher in protein and fats to drive me through the day.0 -
SymbolismNZ wrote: »I see gout, gout, gout, gout waiting to happen if I ate most of that! I would love to eat most of that but I know I will pay a price!
Gout hits you when you're not getting enough minerals/vitamins - a lot of keto people think it's all beef, bacon, butter and cheese but it's essential that you're still getting those green vegetables in; that's my lunchtime meal so it's higher in protein and fats to drive me through the day.
I eat no vegetables and have no deficiencies. Meat contains every essential nutrient. Assuming it's not cooked until it's dust.
Anyway, gout is another one of those things that mainstream has one belief of cause that isn't actually quite that way. There's a thread about it in open threads in launch pad I think.
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I eat no vegetables and have no deficiencies. Meat contains every essential nutrient. Assuming it's not cooked until it's dust.
Anyway, gout is another one of those things that mainstream has one belief of cause that isn't actually quite that way. There's a thread about it in open threads in launch pad I think.
Are you taking supplements/minerals?
Meat most definitely does not have every essential nutrient.
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SymbolismNZ wrote: »I see gout, gout, gout, gout waiting to happen if I ate most of that! I would love to eat most of that but I know I will pay a price!
Gout hits you when you're not getting enough minerals/vitamins - a lot of keto people think it's all beef, bacon, butter and cheese but it's essential that you're still getting those green vegetables in; that's my lunchtime meal so it's higher in protein and fats to drive me through the day.
Not from what I've read but I do eat a large salad every day almost and also take a multivitamin and mineral supplement everyday and usually eat cooked vegetables and also usually eat from all the food groups including whole grains and dairy. Not sure what else I can do about that. Mostly it's hereditary, then dehydration, then diet and too much meat will set me off like clockwork. I've recently read fructose is even a bigger contributor than meat so I'm trying to give that up (at least the refined forms). I've had a lot of experience with this.0 -
You guys may want to start a new thread to discuss the nutrients. You're crowding out the food porn!
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First rule of food porn: Do not put people out of the mood
Let's get back in the mooooooooood
Here's some lovely food to get you going...
Pesto chicken flatbread pizza
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Pork, steak, and chicken fajitas without the onion, rice, beans, or tortilla. I did have some unpictured cheese and guacamole.4 -
Another simple one..
Get that beautiful grass fed Elk Meat.
Stirfry Asparagus, Broccoli and Broccoli Root
Smash on salt, pepper, some aged cheddar, almonds and avocado.
Perfect post workout.
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SymbolismNZ wrote: »Another simple one..
Get that beautiful grass fed Elk Meat.
Stirfry Asparagus, Broccoli and Broccoli Root
Smash on salt, pepper, some aged cheddar, almonds and avocado.
Perfect post workout.
That looks great! We eat a lot of elk also.0 -
That pesto pizza looks killer!1
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SymbolismNZ wrote: »Another simple one..
Get that beautiful grass fed Elk Meat.
Stirfry Asparagus, Broccoli and Broccoli Root
Smash on salt, pepper, some aged cheddar, almonds and avocado.
Perfect post workout.
The elk in Colorado is just not the same as the ones grown in NZ. I lived in Australia and traveled to NZ for a few years and got spoiled. Also the apples, OMG, NZ apples rock my world when I can get them.0 -
First attempt at a slightly more complicated recipe; made the ham and cheese stromboli on ruled.me
Delicious, tastes like a ham and cheese croissant and all for 2.5g of net carbs, 28g protein, 17.5g fat and 320 calories.
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Eggs fried in butter and radish hash brown patties
http://lowcarbyum.com/low-carb-radish-hash-browns/
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Stuffed peppers tonight with ground beef, chopped onion and mushrooms, riced cauliflower and sour cream topped with cheese.2 -
Pork loin, garlic, zucchini, green beans and jalapeños from the crockpot. Added some melted shredded cheese on top for lunch today.
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@cstehansen--that's really sad! I mean, all they have to do is add a leaf of lettuce and not put it on a bun. It's nice they put it in a baked potato container but they could just wrap it in the regular paper for all I care. I guess I've been fortunate because no one has denied my no bun or wrap requests...at least not yet!0
