Looking for low carb recipes

When you're low-carbin' and need a hit of chocolate goodness:

3 T. sour cream
1 T. unsweetened cocoa
2 pkts Splenda or fake sugar of your choice.

Mix well. So good.

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I've never liked most carbs (not a fan of pasta, white potatoes, chips, crackers, cake, etc.) so I have tons of low carb recipes. Here are the easy stand-bys.

1 - Avocado salad - sliced avocados, tomatoes, bell peppers and a little bit of lime juice
2 - Tuna salad with hard boiled egg -- eat with celery sticks
3 - Protein brownies (various recipes online... I usually reinvent mine every time with different amounts of egg, protein powder, etc. -- but I use some sugar so not sure if that's low carb enough for ya)
4 - Beef Carpaccio (delicious with capers and some olive oil and fresh black pepper)
5 - Baked chicken thighs (coat in olive oil, add lots of Italian seasoning, pepper, salt to taste, and sometimes I add a little bit of cayenne pepper or chili oil)
6 - Fennel bulb dipped in olive oil and spices (instead of bread with olive oil)
7 - Smoked salmon (if you have a smoker and can make it at home, it's even better)
8 - Chicken, goat cheese and sundried tomatoes - mix together and serve over arugula
9 - Omelets
10 - Cheez-its - put small squares of cheese in the microwave for 30 seconds until they become crispy and eat like cheez-it crackers

Betty's Protein Lasagna by the 1/3 Cup

14.1oz Publix Ground Turkey 93%lean/7%fat cooked, drained
6.9oz Publix Mild Italian Bulk Sausage cooked, drained
13.5oz Boar's Head Golden Classic Oven Roasted Chicken Breast, Low Sodium, thin sliced
1 large egg
1 3/4 cups Polly-o Ricotta Cheese-original
1 tbsp Great Value Extra Light Olive Oil
1 cup yellow onion chopped
1 cup zucchini chopped
2 tsps. Great Value jar Minced Garlic
3/4 cup mushroom slices
6 cups Publix bag frozen chopped spinach
1 cup Publix Six Cheese Italian Fancy Shredded Cheese
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
4 tsps. Italian seasoning
2 cups Classico Tomato and Basil Pasta Sauce
3 cups Gia Russa Low Sodium Marinara Sauce

1. preheat oven 425F while sauteing onions, zucchini, and mushrooms in olive oil with the minced garlic. add in spinach and saute until all veggies are soft and lightly browned. remove from pan and place into a bowl for later.
2. brown the turkey, then drain and remove to a waiting bowl.
3. brown the sausage, then drain and remove to the same bowl with the turkey. add pasta sauces and italian seasoning to this bowl and mix well. set aside.
4. In a 3rd bowl combine the egg and ricotta cheese. Mix well.
5. Apply cooking spray to a 9X13 baking pan.
6. Evenly spread 1/2 of the meat and pasta sauce bowl into the bottom of the baking pan first.
7. Next begin to layer part of the thin chicken breast slices completely across the meat and pasta mixture. This will serve as your "Faux" lasagna noodles in this meal.
8. Spread 1/2 of the Ricotta cheese mix evenly across the tops of the chicken breast slices.
9. Layer 1/2 of the sauteed vegetables bowl next. Spread out as evenly as possible.
10. Sprinkle 1/3 of the Parmesan and then 1/3 of the Six Cheese Italian Shredded Cheese across the vegetables.
11. Repeat the layers a second time.
12. Top with with all remaining cheeses.
13. Mist a large piece of aluminum foil with cooking spray before placing over the baking pan. This will keep the foil from sticking to the top layer of cheeses in this lasagna.
14. Bake 25 mins at 425F . Remove foil and bake another 25 more minutes. Remove from oven and allow 15mins to settle.
15. Makes 32 servings of 1/3 cup each per serving: CALORIES 130 CARBS 4g PROTEIN 11g FAT 8g

Ricotta Muffins

2 cups Polly-O Ricotta Cheese
4 large eggs
1/2 cup Stevia powder
1/2 tsp vanilla pure extract

1. preheat over 400F
2. apply cooking spray to medium sized muffins pan.
3. combine and blend all ingredients with mixer.
4. bake 25-30 minutes watching carefully for burning.
5. makes 16 muffins. Each muffin has 73 CALORIES, 2g CARBS, 5g PROTEIN, and 5g FAT.

AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »

Carbs do not "go to your waist and stay there'. If they did, you would be a medical marvel and they'd lock you in a lab and study you like a rat. Seriously, what you are claiming is impossible.

It may be that because higher carb food items commonly have more calories, that when you eat more carbs you are inadvertently taking in more calories, causing you gain weight. But carbs in and of themselves do not cause weight gain. Only an excess of calories can do that.

edited for clarification

Ok so yeah,, I think this will be my first BS call-- I will agree with this post somewhat in that for "normal" adults they don't.

But for some women- such as myself- with a medical condition like PCOS or hypothyroidism (I have both) carbs literally are the cause of my weight gain. I can eat the same amount of carbs as a normal person without going over my calories and I will gain weight while they will lose or maintain. Also perhaps if the OP says carbs do this to her- maybe she has an undiagnosed medical condition that she is just self treating with the low carb diet! Just saying there are possible factors that cause this exact scenario

elsie0o0 wrote: »

I like Linda's website, has so many recipes.

http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/

Goldmine-- thank you thank you for posting this website!!! I have been struggling with this since my doc put me on a really low carb diet (30g/day) or atleast really low carb for me-- but with all of these yummy looking recipes- I think I will be doing better with it!