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I'm kind of a 'throw together' cook with whatever is in the kitchen. I also don't like to buy a bunch of obscure ingredients that I rarely use.

Sometimes I'll throw some meat (sausage, kielbasa, liver, etc.) in my instant pot with some onions & brown them in bacon grease, then throw in some beef broth & cabbage and cook it for a few minutes. Just scoop & eat... I like to top the dish with some sour cream or butter, and everything bagel seasoning is da bomb.

Tomorrow I'm making taco bowls-- ground beef browned with onions & taco seasoning, a little water & a scoop of tomato paste. Just throw some in a bowl with cheese, chopped tomatoes, chopped olives, roasted red peppers from a jar, lettuce shreds, sugar-free salsa, & sour cream. I like some chipotle pork rinds on the side, or crumbled on top, to replace the taco shell crunch.

Another easy favorite is any kind of steak pan-fried with ghee or bacon grease & butter. Put shredded lettuce & some chopped cucumbers and a few cherry tomatoes on a plate and throw the steak right on top, pouring over the pan juices. The steak juices make a nice "dressing" and the veggies are a nice cool, crisp element.

A final favorite around here is steamed broccoli topped with a bit of butter & sprinkle of parmesan, and chicken breast cut into strips and sauteed in a pan with lemon-pepper seasoning and a squirt of lemon juice.

I am also hooked now on nut butter bread from a youtuber I saw, it's just 1 cup any sugar-free nut butter, 6 eggs, and 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder. Then you can add flavorings if you like (extracts, spices, some artificial sweetener if desired) and mix well to make a batter, pour it in a greased or lined loaf pan and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Let cool totally before slicing. It's great for toast, sandwiches, grilled cheese, etc.

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What you may consider as a weird example is radishes as replacements for potatoes in potato salad. Once they are boiled for 15 or so minutes the peppery taste goes away and their texture is very similar to potatoes and they work well in my opinion as an alternative in potato salad. Also, quartering them and frying them up in butter with some salt and pepper to taste, then add parm cheese and some Italian seasoning and you have a really taste low carb side dish.

Gotta try that, thanks! In the late fall and in the early springs I plant radishes as a cover crop and I am overrun with them for a while, way more than we could possibly eat. A lot get composted b/c not a lot of people want radishes even if I offer to give them away lol. They're not the most popular veggie I guess. If I can make a low-carb version of potato salad with them, that would be awesome.

I don't follow people's recipes or meal plans. I do intermittent fasting with a 16/8 or 18/6 window most days and just eat whole, natural foods. I always plan to eat 20 or less total carbs per day, but some days when I'm craving a lot of veggies or 1/4 cup berries in my yogurt (Fage 5% plain greek) I can get up towards 30. My plan is basic and I follow Dr. Eric Westman's prescription keto diet (Adapt your life - YouTube) and he recommends most calories from protein, then fat and lastly carbs. I eat no bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, corn or starches of any kind. I eat no junk food or candy and no refined sugar. I eat a lot of eggs, salad with tuna and olive oil/ACV dressing, lots of meat (I tend toward ketovore) and drink a lot of water, probably 80% of my body weight in ounces. I work out almost every day. This works pretty well for me. I have found that I need to have cheese only once or twice a week and must avoid nuts at al costs as they are hard for me to portion-control and cause a lot of inflammation in my body. One of my favorite meals is 1 cup cabbage chopped and sauteed in one pat of grass fed butter with about 3-4 ounces of meat (often leftover from the night before) and any other veggies I need to use up in the fridge. It is always delicious, though always a bit different.

I don't know if that will help anyone but thought I would share what works for me.

Something I food prep for lunch this week was Ground Beef seasoned as you like. I used a street taco seasoning and I added green beans. Super simple but really yummy!