Favorite meals?
TattooedMommy427
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What's your favorite LCHF meals or recipes? I'm fishing for ideas, I tend to eat the same foods over and over whether I'm doing LCHF or the dreaded counting calories.
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I tend to make a lot of quiches with my favorite veggies. Sometimes I mix in cream cheese. It makes it richer and tasty0
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My dinners consist of either fish, chicken or steak with spinach or broccoli that has been sauteed in EVOO with garlic. My current fave thing to do with chicken breasts is to spread mayonnaise over the top and coat with grated parm....bake at 425 for about 18 minutes.. I also love broiled salmon and steak (or grilled in good weather). Also hot wings with blue cheese dip, carrot & celery sticks; big salads with cheese and meat/fish, tacos/fajitas in lettuce leaves or occasionally lo-carb tortillas; braised chicken thighs over spaghetti squash....
Lunches: Bacon and fried eggs, tuna salad scooped up with celery sticks, rolls of ham or salami with provolone cheese, chicken and vegetable soup.
Snacks: Pepperoni chips
OP, what are you currently eating? I am always looking for ideas too....2 -
I eat bacon and eggs everyday at work for breakfast.
I'm eating alot of salads topped with some meat to fill me up for lunch and sometimes leftovers. Dinner, usually a meat (chicken, steak, ground beef patties, and a veggie, that I almost always cook in bacon grease, or coconut oil. My diary is open to friends if you're interested, send me a request. If you're curious about how it's cooked or anything, just ask.
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I actually just added a recipe to my diary the other day for Curried Beef Stuffed Peppers. I found the recipe on Whole Food's website and modified it so it had no grains or fruit, and I also subbed in regular ground beef for the ground turkey the recipe called for. It was pretty easy to put together.
1.5lb lean ground beef (I used 90/10)
6 medium bell peppers
2 tbsp coconut oil (or olive oil)
1 large yellow onion
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
6 cloves garlic, diced
2 medium zucchini, finely chopped
1 cup canned coconut milk
2 tbsp (or more) mild curry powder
Preheat oven to 350.
You can par-boil your bell peppers first (cook in boiling water for 3 minutes, then run under cold water until completely cool), but I didn't bother because I like my peppers a little crispy. In any event, set them aside in a shallow baking dish, arranged so they are touching.
Turn your skillet up to medium heat and add your oil, then add yellow onion. Cook until slightly translucent, about 3 minutes. Add ground meat and brown thoroughly. Do not drain the fat! Add garlic, zucchini, and lemon juice, and continue to cook until all veggies are tender and there is a fair bit of moisture collected in the bottom of the skillet. Now add the coconut milk and curry powder, and mix thoroughly. Turn heat to low and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes.
Spoon meat mixture into peppers, evenly distributed, then pour extra curry sauce over tops. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until peppers are tender.
You can serve with a side of whole grain if you like, like quinoa, but I do no grains whatsoever so I skipped this and honestly it was fine without. The nutrition information is as follows:
Per Serving (1 stuffed pepper): 382 calories 15g carb 25g fat 25g protein
Not the most low carb or high fat, but still very satisfying and easy to fit into your day, I thought. Also, its really good for lunches since it makes 6 peppers so you'll likely have leftovers!0 -
Best thing I have eaten so far is pan fried pork chops in butter, with sauteed white button mushrooms and a sliced avocado on top! SO GOOOOOD!!!!
Also this is something I want to try! It looks AWESOME!
http://fastpaleo.com/ketogenic-pizza-with-bacon-crust/0 -
Here's a crock pot favorite:
http://www.semihomemademom.com/2012/02/slow-cooker-salsa-chicken.html
I just use either low carb tortilla wraps (or no wraps at all)0 -
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Thanks for the link! Will follow!1 -
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Pasture-raised roasted pork belly with a half of a sweet potato and full-fat organic sour cream.0
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My favorite meal is chicken breast stuffed with blue cheese and wrapped in bacon, broccoli slaw and caesar salad (no croutons). :happy:
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I've found quite a few resources that have been really useful. I'm not sure if this website has been mentioned yet, but EVERY Atkins person I've met so far has recommended it: http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/
Otherwise, these links are my go-to for recipe ideas:
Induction Breakfasts: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=126133
Induction Mains: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=125868
Induction Desserts: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=313912
Induction Snacks: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=313262
Induction Veggies: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=313288
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My favorites are:
1) Chicken & Broccoli cooked in butter, with a little added Alfredo sauce (check carb count)
2) Taco Salad (ground beef, cheese, sour cream and avocado on a bed of lettuce)
3) Beef Stir Fry (sliced beef cooked in bell pepper, onion and mushroom)
4) Beef patty with mushrooms and swiss cheese melted on top
5) Beef franks with a hot dog sauce (check carb content!!!), topped with chopped onions and cheese
6) Meatballs with 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce (again check carb content) topped with parmesan cheese
7) Ceasar Salads with grilled chicken
8) pepperoni chips (oven cooked pepperoni slices til crispy) with cream cheese
9) Eggs and Bacon/Sausage/Ham are staples of daily low carbing for me!
If I can find the white low carb tortilla, I will slice in pieces and fry, eat with guacamole (homemade with cumin, sea salt and a splash of lime juice)
Dessert: Sugar free jello and whipped topping, I love the Bryers Low Carb chocolate bars/ice cream and the atkin bars (they do not stall me thank goodness)
It's just finding a balance you can live with. I probably do not eat the BEST way, but its working!0 -
There are a few things I really love:
Ribeye steak fried in butter - as the steak cooks, I keep basting it with the melted butter. I also add a whole garlic clove and sprig of rosemary to the melted butter, and it releases the most delicious flavour into the butter.
Mashed cauliflower (as in fake mashed potatoes) made with cream cheese and heavy cream. OMG so good!
Devilled eggs! An oldie but a goodie!
For breakfast, I love to eat eggs A La Milanese - which is fried eggs, topped with a heavy sprinkling of grated parmigiano reggiano cheese and asparagus spears that we're fried in butter. OMG, so elegant and delicious. Make sure you sprinkle the grated cheese when eggs are hot out of the pan so it melts real nice!
Ever tried Scotch Eggs? Take hard boiled eggs, and cover with your favorite raw sausage ground meat mix. Fry the meat-egg balls in oil or butter. Looks real cool served by cutting the brown balls in half and seeing the egg core, and nice served on some salad leaves. So basic but oh so good. Serve with your favorite mustard.
I also love eggs A La Diavola - which is done by cooking eggs in tomato sauce and topping with grated mozzarella cheese. So delicious if you let the eggs cook just long enough to let the egg whites set and keep the yolks runny. Great way to use up left over tomato sauce.
Rack of lamb, rubbed with a dressing made with lemon juice, Dijon mustard, balsamic vinegar, thyme and chopped garlic. Roast in oven until done, take them out and slice through each chop. OMG, the chops are like delicious lollipops.
Pork ribs, slathered in a butter and lemon and extra virgin olive oil mix, sprinkled with sage and chopped garlic and roasted at low temp until meat fall off the bone. Like dying and going to heaven.
Fresh large sea scallops browned in butter and served on a bed of shaved fennel salad - yummo!
Caprese salad with fresh mozzarella slices and fresh tomato slices and a few fresh basil leaves and doused in extra virgin olive oil.
Or Niçoise salad with string beans, romaine lettuce, chopped olives, avocado, sliced boiled eggs, tuna packed in olive oil, capers and topped with your favorite salad dressing.
I can go on and on, but I will stop now.0 -
I'm a big fan of Taco Salad!
Pinterest has been such a great spot for helping me find new LCHF meal ideas. Just tough not to get sucked in for too long. I have so many things I want to try now. I really like finding easy crock pot meals.
Feel free to add me to friend list if you want a fellow LCHF friend and support
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Wow these are some serious amazing ideas ! I'm not very imaginative when it comes to this diet THANK YOU !0
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I have plenty of low carb high fat meals but very few that are high fat enough to keep me in the 70/10/20 range.
Chicken has a lot of protein (actually all meat does!) and the amount of fat I would have to add to get it to be 70% of my meal would be calorie overload. I've tried, haven't found a way to make it work while keeping the meal in a reasonable calorie range.
For dinner most nights I have cheesecake (butter, cream, cream cheese, cocoa, splenda). It works out to just over 500 calories and is basically a fat bomb but better IMO.
My breakfast is a flaxmeal cinnamon muffin (quite small size), 1 oz. cheddar cheese and 4 tbsp cream in my coffee.
Lunch is cream of mushroom or broccoli cheddar soup and once a week I have a can of tuna in oil with 4 tbsp mayo, 1/2 bell pepper cut up and mixed in and 1 Almond bun. I put the tuna salad in the bun and the rest I eat on it's own.0 -
My current fav is oven fried chicken. First you take pork rinds and blend them up finely and mix with parm cheese. Then You coat the chicken in mayo and roll in the parm/rind mixture and bake in oven! So delish!
I also make breadless pizza I just take my loaf pan and spread pizza sauce in the bottom and top with cheese and whatever toppings I want and bake in the oven. Can be microwaved but better baked!
I also make poppy seed chix casserole but nix the ritz crackers and use pork rinds :-)0 -
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Sounds like you've got lots of great ideas! I have been eating the same thing for breakfast since I started this WOE and I have yet to get tired of it. My tummy growls every morning as I go downstairs to make it:
2 scrambled eggs in 1 tbls butter
top with sour cream and siracha.
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I tend to cook simple and vary seasonings. Some favorites:
- Shrimp seasoned with Penzey's Spices Singapore seasoning (spicy lemony curry-like) and sauteed quickly
- Pork chop, seasoned with Tony Chachare's, pan fried
I could repeat the theme (steak, seasoned, broiled; chicken thighs, seasoned, baked.) I know this is a remnant of when I was a child who ate only "discrete" food, each separate on the plate, not touching. My food can touch now, but I tend to cook and think of meals as one component at a time.
I don't like rewarming meat, so I portion off and freeze raw proteins in individual pre-seasoned serving sizes, then each morning move items down to the fridge, to thaw for dinner. When I get home from work, heat the pan/oven, cook the protein, "make" a big salad (salad in a bag was made for me - ex Trader Joe Cruciferous Crunch, Organic Girl Super Greens) and dinner's ready in 20 minutes.
I do make veggies ahead of time. Favorites:
- Fresh collard greens and kale pressure cooked with smoked meat (usually ham hocks) and a little chicken broth.
- Brussels sprouts steamed, then sauteed quickly in butter or bacon fat, and then browned in the oven.
- Frozen chopped spinach cooked with chicken broth instead of water, adding 1T butter and juice from 1/2 a lemon at the end.
- As others have mentioned, creamy cauliflower (I make mine with cream cheese, butter, grated parm, and if it needs loosening, a little cream)
My favorite places to browse for recipes (sorry for repeating if already mentioned here):
- http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/ - one of my goto breakfasts came from here, cream cheese pancakes, dead simple
- http://cavemanketo.com/category/food/ - I make almond buns, so tasty, every weekend
- http://www.ruled.me/keto-recipes/
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thr33martins,
You pretty much just made my day with the idea of hot wings with blue cheese. LIFE IS GOOD!!!! Those are hands down one of my fav's and it didn't even down on me that I can have those.... guilt free!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!0 -
I'm always looking for new recipes, and there are some great ones here! Thanks to everyone for posting!0
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Here's my new one! Half a large cauliflower head (roasted and chopped), mixed with 1/2 cup sour cream and 1/4 cup heavy cream. Top with cheddar cheese, bacon, and green onions... AMAZING! Like potato skins and the bacon overpowers most the cauliflower taste.1
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I recently got into flax seeds, and there are dozens of variations on "Flax Muffin in a Mug", for which I cannot take credit.
Here is a typical example. It may be obvious but flaxmeal is ground flax seeds, which you can make easily with an electric coffee grinder. FYI whole flax seeds will store longer than flaxmeal.
1 tsp. butter
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/4 C. ground flaxmeal
1/2 - 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 packet (or 2 tsp.) Splenda
Mix it all up in a greased 12+oz mug, don't worry about overbeating, and microwave it for 90-120 seconds - DONE! Wow -no wheat, low-carb. Add dried or fresh fruit, tolerant with substitutions, super-fast. I'm still on honeymoon with this recipe.
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=868006
But the real reason I posted is to note that MFP has an EXCELLENT recipe importer at MYFITNESSPAL\ FOODS\ RECIPE. Give it an URL/ path and it will save a bunch of work doing lookups for calories and components.0 -
So this is very low carb and I was skeptical at first but oh my god this is soooooo easy and delicious!!
Tuna patties!!
Take a can of tuna and drain it.
Add 1 tbsp of mayonnaise, 1 whole egg, 4 tbsp grated parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Mix together.
But 1 tbsp butter in frying pan. Take half of mixture and pour into pan amd make a sorta thin patty out of it. Fry until golden brown on each side. Then add another tbsp of butter and fry the other half of the mixture.
Amazing!!! I absolutely love it!! And its quick and easy.0 -
A chicken breast, topped with about a TB of cream cheese, TB mayo, fresh jalapeno slices (to taste), and shredded cheddar - bake at 375 for about 20 min (or until cooked through)
Baked Parmesan crisps - 1TB (each) shredded Parmesan flatten it out into a loose patty shape, bake at 400 for 8 min. you can add seasonings to them or they're good plain. (make sure you check the carbs on your shredded parm - some use starch fillers)0
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