Dinner wars: My healthy eating plan versus my husbands low carb diet

His goal is not unrealistic. It's not easy, and he may not be able to stick to it. But, it's certainly doable.

Honestly, unless he's looking for a wide variety of dishes (in which case he can cook them), it's the simplest diet in the world. Just sear a steak in some butter with a little seasoning. If you're making him chicken, cook some bacon to go with it to up the fats.

There's no reason he can't cook his own meal. The meals are insanely easy to make. I usually do my own cooking. The only frustration my wife has is that we may not eat together because my meal takes minutes to prepare and unless I wait until she's almost done making her dinner, I end up done before she starts.

Zero carbs? So, meat, fat and no veg. Ffs.

Assign him his share of the food budget and let him shop and cook for himself. And, don't stress. Very few people manage to sustain that diet for long.

If you're willing, you could prepare the veggies, meat, and high fiber carbs separately, instead of as a casserole/one pot meal and that way you can grab a little of everything while your husband limits his carbs.

Sometimes my dinner ends up looking nothing like the rest of the family's dinner. I have learned to keep my ingredients as separate as possible when cooking, and combine them differently for myself and them. (ex - I'll have 4x the meat they will, but no pasta/rice). Or I make a casserole, and want less sauce for myself and more veggies...I just make a one pot meal into a two-pot-meal. You're already prepping the ingredients, so if you want to work with his restrictions, then throw all the good stuff into your pot, and the lonely little chicken/bacon/cheese thing into his pot...

Ok, the chicken/bacon/cheese thing now has me hungry. :-/

Laurend224 wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

get him to cook his own dinner?

Yep.

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TavistockToad wrote: »

get him to cook his own dinner?

Agreed 100%. I need to limit my carbs for medical reasons, while the rest of the family does not want to change their meal plan to accommodate my dietary needs (some of my family members are really picky). It doesn't take that long for me to grill some chicken, microwave some vegetables, or heat up a frozen dinner on nights when they're having something I know I cannot have.

There is nothing unhealthy about low carb either.
Have him cook himself. I eat low carb and have a family. I take out my portion and go on with cooking, or I cook a meat portion, veggie, and then add a carb portion if its needed.

If he wants to try, let him try it. He might really enjoy that way of eating. He might not.

Also, he might need to give himself a little bit of a break. Zero carbs would mean no cheese, no veggies. Even keto dieters eat carbs.

I eat fairly low carb and do all of the cooking (a moan for another thread) - my husband eats a more traditional level of carbs. I usually do some kind of stir fry for us both e.g. chicken thigh meat with a couple of veg cooked in coconut oil. I'll do extra veg for myself (maybe cougette/zuccini noodles cooked in the microwave or french beans) and then boil some rice for him. Sometimes I make a curry and I'll serve mine with a load of veg and his again with rice. Bolognaise sauce - his with pasta and mine with zoodles or a veg. Although I do often use fattier cuts of meat, if I use the leaner ones I'll just add some extra butter to my veg or something similar to compensate.

From what you say in your original post, you are cooking a lean meat and veg anyway - just give him extra veg and stick some butter or olive oil and seasoning on it! Sorted