low-carb ideas and help!

My bf and I do a sort-of low carb diet... basically we just cut out bread and pasta and try not to eat too much gluten, but we're really not very strict about it. There's a LOT of variety you can eat without wheat... for breakfast I usually have a quinoa porridge with almond milk and fruit, or a protein smoothie. Lunch is when I tend to eat more carbs, but on good days we have lentils with tuna and tomato sauce, or black beans with avocado and cilantro and tali sauce. Dinners are pretty easy, we make a green smoothie that has all our veggies (cucumber, celery, avocado, apple, parsley, spinach, ginger, turmeric) and I usually make a meat-based main dish +/- more veggies on the side depending on how hungry we are. Tonight, we're having meatballs with mashed potatoes (a little carby). Tomorrow will be pork tenderloin rubbed with garam masala on top of baked pumpkin with vindaloo sauce. I get a lot of my recipes from Pinterest and Foodgawker, and just modify them to not include the gluten-containing items. Good luck!

I follow a low-carb lifestyle due to diabetes and some food intolerances. I also love to cook and am addicted to Pinterest :-)
Here's my low-carb board...the recipes are either low-carb or I've pinned them thinking I can modify them
http://pinterest.com/kdipiazz/nutritious-noms/ Those marked TNT KKD are certified delicious

Here are some of my recent meals

Chicken Salad Lettuce wraps made with avacado instead of mayo


Gortons Haddok and Artichokes&Asparagus


One of my new favs! Curry Turkey Meatballs (made with apple and onion!) SO GOOD! would be great with spaghetti squash and a little sauce


Boneless, skinless chicken breast cut up and cooked with fajita seasoning, mixed with tomato and broccoli

Those photos are making me hungry! Yummy!

Here are a couple blogs dedicated to LC cooking/recipes:

peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com

http://mariahealth.blogspot.nl/

http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/

http://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/

There are so many great recipes out there. I'm always trying new things! And the nice part is that my family likes a lot of the things I've been trying, like the lasagna on Peace Love and Low Carb...OMG sooooo good!

Here are a couple blogs dedicated to LC cooking/recipes:


http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/

I've tried a couple of things from this one. Her jalapeno cauliflower muffins are DIVINE. I even rolled (well, patted) the dough out and used it as a base for taco salads. Very flavorful!

Use Spaghetti Squash in the same way you would use pasta.

Here are some of my recent meals

Chicken Salad Lettuce wraps made with avacado instead of mayo

Those look SO good - reminds me of another meal that I haven't made in a while... taco-less tacos! I cook up some ground turkey with chili powder and paprika, make some fresh pico de gallo guacamole, and cook some black beans and sprinkle with cheese. Three piles on a plate that all get mixed up, you don't even miss the taco shell!

I also use http://www.bonappetit.com/ to look for meat and fish-based mains, with our green drink (or a salad) it makes a great meal!

sometimes you don't have to replace carbs, just drop them out entirely and eat more vegetables and protein in its place. For example, if you're used to having a sandwich for lunch, just leave out the bread - roll up some cold cuts, have some slices of cheese, and cucumber/carrot sticks... you don't need the bread to hold it together! Put your tuna salad in a bowl instead of between bread. The only thing we've replaced is spaghetti squash for pasta, as a previous poster mentioned, because I love bolognese sauce. Other than that, breads and pasta aren't as critical as you think! If you have tacos or tortillas, just put your filling in a bowl and mix it together like this:
http://torontogirlwest.com/2011/05/tali-sauce-and-whole-bowl-recipemy-homemade-version/

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