Carb-Friendly Evening Meals

mogletdeluxe

Hello all,

Your expertise please! I'm cutting down, rather than cutting out, on my carbs - PCOS and its associated delights.

I'm happy with my breakfast/lunch options and have them down pat; but am struggling a little with interesting, relatively cheapandeasy evening meal options.

I've exhausted homemade meatloaf and soups, and omelettes are getting a little dull. Any tasty recipes that'll stop my tastebuds slipping into a coma?

Many thanks in advance! x

KNarrainen

I'm not doing low carbs anymore as I found it hard to sustain, but me and my wife both did Atkins for long periods in the past, on Doctors recommendation for her PCOS.

We found that most meals can be low carb by replacing the potato or starch element with salad.

For example pork chops with broccoli and salad.

You could also try curry or chilli, no need for rice or bread, we were quite happy eating it on it's own, just up the portion slightly to make up for the lack of them.

Hope that's some help.

slim104

I'm trying to do the same but finding it difficult. Its hard not to have pasta, potato or bulgur wheat with evening meals. I can do the fish, meat and veg but i need to get out of the habit of having spuds etc with my evening meal.

xXmimiXx

QUINOA

If you mix quinoa with a bit of stock cube and veggies and toss in some butternut squash or something and serve with protein it's delicious

http://www.livestrong.com/article/417144-quinoa-in-a-low-carb-diet/

juleszephyr

Hi, I try to minimalise my evening carbs, and I agree Chilli is great as Kidney Beans are fantastic. I also make up chick-pea stew with onions, red peppers and tomatoes and tom puree, if you add chorizo or cayenne it spices it up... Ideal with grilled fish and very filling. Another fav is Roasted Butternut Squash with red onion and red pepper and garlic just roasted off in Balsamic Vinegar.
Hope this helps
Jules xx

pcelinewalker

Coucous and Quinao are slow releasing carbs and they are cheap to make. I make a it pot on the weekend and divide them up in 1/2 cup portions and freeze. I usually have fresh veggies in, and if I don't I have a frozen bag of green beans. also I buy the frozen turkey burgers and the individual portion frozen fish. So if I get home and the healthy left overs are gone I am not ordering pizza or looking to go out for supper. Fish/turkey, on the George Foreman gill, frozen green beans and frozen coucous. ( I use fat free salad dressing on my fish and chicken just at the end to add flavour. ) Healthy supper in 15-20 min.

I also freeze whole wheat pasta in 1/2 cup portions. For a quick meal I often make roasted garlic in pan, touch of olive oil, low fat cream cheese (not too much), parm. cheese, salt and pepper. Can add other spices. Use left over chicken, toss. Yummy. ( I have even served to company with a salad and garlic bread ..... they never new the difference)

1/2 cup of a carb is all you need at supper time - and if that is what is in the bag portioned out, that's what you will eat.

One last idea, I take the small, whole wheat soft shell tortilla, spagetti sauce, use lots of veggies, a sprinkle of cheeder cheese, pop in the oven. 10 min. healthy pizza.

ickybella

What about something like a chicken breast/thigh, topped with a little bbq sauce (Newman's sticky bbq marinade is great and you only need about 15g/tablespoon!) and a side of steamed broccoli/salad or even a small sweet potato made into chips/fries.

Someone else suggested chilli and that's a great idea, can be beefed up with extra veggies.

You could also have a bunless burger with a side of salad and sweet potato fries (just make sure to buy a smaller sweet potato).

Veggie scramble with a couple of eggs, lots of veggies, some chilli powder/fajita seasoning, 1/2 tin chopped tomatoes, topped with greek yoghurt, salad onions and maybe a little avocado.

If you love mash, you could do a celeriac mash with your meals instead of potato. It's so yummy and all you have to do is add a little milk or greek yoghurt, mash with a potato masher and whip with a whisk.

mogletdeluxe

Thank you all so much, it really is appreciated xx