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Spanish Keto?

dancing_daisy
dancing_daisy Posts: 162 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
I visit family in southern Spain next month and will be mostly be buying groceries, eating home cooked food, the occasional restaurant meal and no doubt a bit of tapas.

Can anyone recommend some typical Spanish keto/low carb foods so I can build up a mental larder before I go please?

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  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    Olives, meats such as chorizo and ham, cheeses will be your friend. Fresh seafood. Yummy olive oil :-)
  • dancing_daisy
    dancing_daisy Posts: 162 Member
    Olive oil and bread is a big thing, I wonder what I could substitute it with? Still, I wouldn't want to be rude to their customs
  • ladipoet
    ladipoet Posts: 4,180 Member
    Just tell them that on the advice of your doctor, you eat a certain way for medical / health reasons. Most people understand that nowadays and will accept that as a legitimate excuse not to partake of high carb / high sugar / high starchy dishes like rice, beans, bread, pasta, grains, desserts, etc.
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    You can always skip it. I don't think it would be rude. You can always explain to them you don't eat bread.

    For example, if they put out a spread of different foods, just pick and choose the foods that you can eat. Some olives, ham, cheese, drizzle a little olive oil on that - you have yourself a delicious little plate.

    I come from a family that goes super heavy on the rice, but I just tell them that I don't eat rice and pick at the meat and vegetables.
  • SamandaIndia
    SamandaIndia Posts: 1,577 Member
    edited May 2016
    Tomatoes drizzled with olive oil, proscuitto, olives, prawns, capscicum, more olive oil. Yum.
  • dancing_daisy
    dancing_daisy Posts: 162 Member
    SamandaIndia wrote: »
    Tomatoes drizzled with olive oil, proscuitto, olives, prawns, capscicum, more olive oil. Yum.

    I had to look capscicum up as just call them peppers. So I got an education today too :)
  • mandycat223
    mandycat223 Posts: 502 Member
    If you aren't sure you'll be able to handle this problem, please forward your tickets on to me. I'm pretty confident I can take care of things on your behalf. Oh, please; don't thank me. It would be a huge sacrifice but it's the least I can do for a pal.
  • dancing_daisy
    dancing_daisy Posts: 162 Member
    mandycat223 wrote: »
    If you aren't sure you'll be able to handle this problem, please forward your tickets on to me. I'm pretty confident I can take care of things on your behalf. Oh, please; don't thank me. It would be a huge sacrifice but it's the least I can do for a pal.

    Lol, clearly you haven't met my family....haha!
  • cedarsidefarm
    cedarsidefarm Posts: 163 Member
    ladipoet wrote: »
    Just tell them that on the advice of your doctor, you eat a certain way for medical / health reasons. Most people understand that nowadays and will accept that as a legitimate excuse not to partake of high carb / high sugar / high starchy dishes like rice, beans, bread, pasta, grains, desserts, etc.

    LOL, I did that the other day when a friend of mine who makes beautiful loaves of bread for the Farmer's Market offered me some bread to take home. I told her my doctor told me I had to lose weight this way - low carb- or my health would suffer. (I would have taken it home for hubby but he doesn't like crusty loaves of bread - crazy man that he is).

    I keep telling myself that I will eat real bread again, once I reach my goal weight.
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