Spinach leaf, romaine lettuce with bacon bits. Grape tomato.

Pickles, olives, zucchini, summer squash, kale, spinach, cauliflower (roasted is my fav way to eat that now), broccoli, celery stuffed with guacamole or almond butter, the launchpad has some great recipe links, many sites let you select side dish. Good luck.

Even if I weren't LCHF, I wouldn't eat low fat anything. Its a chemical chit storm that I won't put in my body and it doesn't taste good.

Any fresh vegetable will do. Tonight will be cabbage/onions sauteed in oil with some salt and pepper.

I cook every night but find a joy to eating keto can be the simplicity of the food. It was all those "seductive" foods I previously made and overate that caused me to become overweight. Meat, vegetables and some fats. A little dairy and some eggs. That's all I need.

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cauliflower can be your friend. Mashed cauliflower done right is great. If you have more time, give this a try as it has gone over well for me at multiple events where I was the only LC person there:



You can find a ton of other cauliflower recipes, but I think these two are the best given what you said were your previous choices.

Edit to note, I do NOT use low fat anything when I make this. Full fat all the way!

Thanks for sharing; this looks delicious. I just made a "Mexican" version with jalapeno cheese because I needed to use it up. I wish I had some chorizo to crumble on top!

I put jalapeño in most things I make, so I guess I make everything as a "Mexican" version. I like chorizo, but, for my goals, I have to be careful of the carb content of what I can find in stores.

@cstehansen [/quote] I put jalapeño in most things I make, so I guess I make everything as a "Mexican" version. I like chorizo, but, for my goals, I have to be careful of the carb content of what I can find in stores.[/quote]

I'm a big fan of spicy food, so while not everything I make is Mexican-inspired, I liberally use all kinds of peppers and fiery spice blends.

Good point about chorizo. Honestly, I don't eat it that often and don't recall what the carb count. I guess I better check it out before my next purchase.

If I make a Mexican-inspired version of this again, I would make some changes. It was too sweet; I'm guessing from the cream cheese. I would probably add queso fresco, which I love. It would not be as creamy but that would not bother me. I would also add chopped peppers (jalapeno and/or poblano) even if I use jalapeno cheese again to up the heat factor.

Bacon wrapped asparagus, Avocado salad, cauli-rice, creamed spinach, bacon....bacon....um....bacon....

I love all the following. I can provide more specifics on the recipes if needed (send me a message in case I don't see your questions).

-Roasted Cauliflour (in avocado mayo, touch of Dijon mustard and s&p)
-Roasted Beets (can be a bit messy to peel after roasting but are SOOOOO good - coat in oil and s&p)
-Roasted asparagus (oil, s&p)
-Roasted brussle sourts (oil, s&p)
-Steamed broccoli
-Roasted summer squash (oil, s&p)
-Side salad
-Cabbage! (chop it up, throw in some garlic, onions, even bacon) - so yummy

When I'm looking for something inspiring (I like to do something new and cool once or twice a week to keep my appreciation for this WOE) - I google Paleo and Keto recopies. I've become a much better cook and have started tweaking recopies I find. It makes eating healthy so much more fun when I'm invested in making things taste good and being creative with it. I do food prep though too with basic meals. Too busy between work and training to do stuff every day lol.

Creamed spinach. I steam a bag of frozen chopped spinach. Add 1/4 block cream cheese and a 1/4 cup of sour cream. Throw in a little garlic powder, cook on medium until it all mixes together.

I also purchased a spiralizer and I made zoodles from zucchini. So far I've just made them sautéed in butter with some garlic and Parmesan but I'm sure there's plenty of other ways to make flavor them!

Mashed cauliflower, so much tastier than mashed potatoes, made with butter and cream of course.

Bacon wrapped jalapeños.

Broccoli with butter

Dilly soucream cucumber salad, bacon wrapped asparagus spears, roasted cauliflower, mashed cauliflower with cheese, roasted cheese stuffed zucchini!

Homemade Greek Salad, adjust proportions of the 4 veg depending on your macros. Add lots of crumbled feta and olives. Traditionally all you need for the dressing is the spices and good olive oil. The acidic juices from the tomatoes mix with the oil for the best flavour. If you aren't using much tomato you may need a bit of red wine vinegar.
Also if you get tired of cheese on your veg, lol, get an Asian flavour using toasted pure sesame oil and a bit of Bragg's or Tamari or soy sauce. Indonesian sauce home made with your own nut butters are good and easy too.

loaded cauliflower!