spinach with lots of coconut oil and a steak.

Everything you seem to be eating sounds a little on the lean side. Look for nice marbled cuts of meat. Chuck, rib eye, even some strip. Add ghee (for many people this doesn't trigger the dairy sensitivity, ymmv) as a sauce to things. Avocados! Avocados night and day! Coconut oil, as mentioned, and Baaaaaaacon. If you're sensitive to the commercial additives, look for side of pork or pork belly and bake your own!

Wow, that's really restrictive of him and hard on you in terms of labor. You may need to make things he can eat and freeze the portions so you can rotate them to his whims, and then just have your food the way you want it, when you want it.

These are tasty, too. You could cut down the Orange juice if you wanted, maybe use orange extract instead.

http://www.glutenfreegigi.com/healthy-orange-coconut-bites/

Twibbly wrote: »

He's low carb as well. He doesn't like Chinese food (unless it's egg drop soup, or we can get the spicy chicken at PF Chang's) to the point where he has drowned it in cheese so he couldn't taste it. He doesn't like Mexican because of cumin. He doesn't like pot roast or barbecue.

Stir fry, taco meat, pot roast and barbecue are my usual big batch foods that are suitable for low carb. I used to also make big batches of chili and spaghetti (he doesn't like either). He doesn't like to ever eat the same thing twice in a row or multiple days a week.

And he calls ME picky.

Good grief... If I were in your shoes, I'd end up telling him to make his own food, then... (Actually, I kind of did that when my husband complained about not having sides/things to take for lunch...after the third batch of salad mix I had made for him went into the compost bin...)

Twibbly wrote: »

He's low carb as well. He doesn't like Chinese food (unless it's egg drop soup, or we can get the spicy chicken at PF Chang's) to the point where he has drowned it in cheese so he couldn't taste it. He doesn't like Mexican because of cumin. He doesn't like pot roast or barbecue.

Stir fry, taco meat, pot roast and barbecue are my usual big batch foods that are suitable for low carb. I used to also make big batches of chili and spaghetti (he doesn't like either). He doesn't like to ever eat the same thing twice in a row or multiple days a week.

And he calls ME picky.

Mexican food can be made without cumin. Easily. There are a ton of recipes that you make your own sauce.

Have you tried a variation of crack slaw? I made it with diced pieces of bacon and then we browned and added smoked sausage/kielbasa in it because we'd gotten the sausage on sale... I'm dying to try it with the burger meat. That's kind of stir-fry-ish without tasting like chinese food.

I don't do pot roast, but I do make roast beef (I don't do this unless I can get it for less than $4 per pound) a lot. Then I keep the drippings and some bone broth or buillion to reheat it in and make it's now gravy type thing.

I also make up burger patties in quantity (usually 8 or more at a time)... Then we can eat them like bunless burgers, like hamburger steaks, or cut up and tossed into a salad for a "mexican" style salad with some salsa.

there are dozens of variations of barbecque - so maybe mix that up some?

Okay, if he likes grilled cheese, you can try doing a variation on sauce-less pizza in a skillet. Coat with butter or coconut oil, and dump in about a cup of his favorite cheese. Cook until it melts, then add in whatever he likes - I've done taco meat, or plain hamburger with bits of bacon, or just sprinkle with popcorn seasonings. It gets brown and bubbly like a grilled cheese (I made my guy quesadillas the other night and just brown up/caramelized some cheese in butter).

I know you can't do the dairy right now, but you could try that Kale/Sausage soup with coconut cream instead, I would think, and if he likes it, freeze it in portions. It's kind of a like a "cream of" soup. You could puree the kale in if he'd balk at it.

You can make LC friendly ice cream with cream cheese/heavy cream, even custard styles with egg yolks, etc. There are a ton of batches you could make this way.

If he likes ramen that much, try those miracle noodles in broth. You can even make it carbonara style by throwing in some egg yolks and ham or bacon stuff.... Those miracle noodles could go in his "batch" and "stir fried" cabbage in yours...

Just some thoughts...

I always found that my husband was pickier when he was low on fat. I keep fat bombs around for him and when I hear that tone coming into his voice I suggest he have one or a square of dark chocolate, and we're usually okay after that. I used to throw out SO much food trying to meet his emotional food tastes, but it's way easier this time. Sometimes he'll still tell me he's getting tired of something, but at least he's happy if we mix it up a bit with some new spices or ingredients in the recipe. Once he's gotten back on track with his fat for satiety, he perks right up.

Can you eat whey protein?

It digests and absorbs quickly.

I have two scoops most days

2 carbs in a scoop

Vitamins in there too

Twibbly wrote: »

No whey, has dairy. Most of the ruled.me recipes have dairy as well (or almonds or chicken or...).

Without worrying about feeding my hubby low carb, I can go back to taco meat & BBQ pork & roast beef for my meals.

Dairy can nearly universally be substituted out for something else or left out altogether.

If it's the liquid in the meal, you can use coconut milk, or even just water (depending on the recipe).
If it's a binder, applesauce can be used instead.
For butter, use coconut oil or coconut butter (or lard or tallow) instead.

Eggs are the same way. Applesauce or chia seeds made into a "pudding" are a good substitute for most recipes. Emulsifiers are a little more difficult, but if you can get your hands on sunflower lecithin, then you'll be well on your way. Lecithin is a family of compounds that act as emulsifiers. Eggs contain a kind called phosphatidyl choline, which is the main part that makes egg a good emulsifying ingredient, but any of the lecithins will do the same thing.

If it's a full recipe, chicken can usually be substituted out for other meats. Can you do other birds? Turkey, duck, quail, pheasant, and grouse will be the closest for the recipes that kind of require a bird. For anything that just requires shredded, ground, or chunk meat, you can substitute in beef, pork, or any other kind of meat.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think there's a certain amount of interchangeability between nut meals/flours, so try something like walnuts, macadamia nuts, or cashews in place of almonds in recipes if your restriction issue doesn't cross over to the other tree nuts. If it calls for meal or flour, just buy a container of chopped and run it through your food processor or blender.

Here are a couple of other recipe sites that might have stuff you can eat that hubby can tolerate:

http://cavemanketo.com/category/food/
http://againstallgrain.com/recipe-index/
http://aiplifestyle.com/recipe/
http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/recipes
http://satisfyingeats.com/recipes/
http://thenourishingcook.com/recipe-index-2/

TiaBia9 wrote: »

What about cashew butter? I love eating almond butter for a snack, but I know you said you can't have almonds. Cashew butter is supposed to be tasty. Avocados of course. Steak, burgers with cheese wrapped in lettuce, think 'heavier' foods.

OMG I love that stuff!!

It is super $$$

But it is a great splurge.

I had a salad with grilled salmon and feta cheese

Celery sticks with some using cream cheese, some cashew butter...

Mmmmmmm

This thread is making me hungry!!

Dragonwolf wrote: »

Cheese, feta, and cream cheese are dairy, guys...

Oops

Sorry for getting off topic there

Had a food moment....