High protein low carb foods

flowergirl1326

Hi all. I work entirely too much and am looking for quick or easy high protein low carb meals. I need more variety to what I eat. Any suggestions?

jgnatca

High protein is all the meats, fish, eggs.

I find variety in the carbs, especially vegetables.

You may find variety with the sauces and the packaging. For instance you can top your protein of choice on a bed of lettuce, rice, pasta, or rolled up in a wrap.

You can get prepackaged sauces to save you time like sriracha, soy, spaghetti, vinaigrette and curry.

You could hard boil and peel a dozen eggs at a time for a quick portable protein snack.

Roast chicken is readily available.

All the sausages are ready to eat and portable.

You can get prepared meat balls pre frozen. Just take out what you need. I find it cheaper and just as easy to prepare a family pack of hamburger meat in to a tray of meatballs and bake them all at once.

Hubby and I get frozen individually wrapped cod or salmon that is pretty easy to prepare when the mood hits.

doux_et_fort

Nuts!

quiksylver296

doux_et_fort wrote: »

Nuts!

I consider nuts a fat, with a bit of a protein bonus. They aren’t that high in protein for the amount of calories.

doux_et_fort

Oysters : 11g protein, 8g carbs, 8g fat lol

Cbean08

Choose a couple of protein sources, add vegetables and seasoning/sauce. Pretty easy. Some of my go to meals

2 eggs, 3oz chicken, roasted broccoli, salsa
hamburger patty, scrambled egg, roasted carrots/zucchini/onion/tomato
baked fish, cabbage slaw, tomato and garlic, mango salsa
turkey meatballs, grilled asparagus and cauliflower, marinara

Leeah77MFP

Cheese, salami, lunch meat..I

VUA21

Meat.

renaecotton123

Protein powder
Eggs
Greek yogurt (no added sugar)

AnvilHead

Some food suggestions here:

Kimmotion5783

Same thing here- I work two jobs (full time + part time) and need easy meals on the go. We have plenty of "grab'n'go" options! Here are some of the things that I do:

Meal prep is a wonderful thing. I bought a few compartmentalized food storage containers cheap from Target. Then I put frozen veggies in one compartment, lean meats in another, whole grain or another kind of veggie in another. Healthy frozen meal ready to go!

Some supermarkets sell pre-made salads, salad kits, or you could always get a large Ziploc bag and make your own kit.

The pp put up a wonderful chart (thank you for sharing that Anvil!) You could plan some great make-ahead meals based off of that.

AnnPT77

For questions like yours, I love this thread so much:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10247171/carbs-and-fats-are-cheap-heres-a-guide-to-getting-your-proteins-worth-fiber-also

Once you settle on great protein sources you love, finding quick/easy cooking methods or recipes is pretty easy via Google or Pinterest.

moogie_fit

Seafood and white fish, ham, cold cuts, protein powder, nonfat cottage cheese and Greek yogurt