What are your favorite Low-Carb Meal Ideas/ Recipes?

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I love chili style meals so replace the mince with Quorn mince which is much lower fat and lower calorie and use cauliflower whizzed up in processor and steamed in place of rice.

My healthy version of fish and chips is a small sweet potato cut into chips and baked in oven with a fish cooked in foil and herbs (not batter/breadcrumbs) and green beans instead of mushy peas... It took me a while to get used to it but recently I had proper fish and chips from chippy (in laws brought them for lunch!) and all I could taste was the fat and think how many calories were in it, I was straight on the exercise pedals for an hour as soon as they left!

I have several that I keep on a blog outside of MFP. You're welcome to take a look, it's at http://blog.pittsburgh-diet-guru.com

if you google paleo or primal recipes you will come up with a ton of low carb recipes - here are some of my favorites

Good Paleo Websites for food

http://everydaypaleo.com/
http://www.health-bent.com/
http://nomnompaleo.com/
http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/



My absoulte favorite dish to have along side meals (or as a meal to itself)

Faux Tabuoli

Whole head Cauliflower riced
1 cucumber - chopped into cubes
1-2 tomatos - chopped into cubes
1 bunch of green onions - chopped
kalamata olives - I tend to throw a lot in cause I like them a lot - I usually cut them in half
1/2 bunch of parsley - chopped

mix all together then add

Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice and Olive Oil in a 1:1 ratio - I usually squeeze a lemon into a measuring cup and then add the same amount of olive oil

Mix everything together - add a dash or two fo salt to taste...it is better if you let it sit in the fridge for a few hours to let the flavors meld...

so good...

Marked for future posting. I have a ton of stuff lying around from when I did keto

I have several. I use quite a bit of tuna. I love fish. I can message the recipes to you, if you like. add me as a friend and I can message them to you when I get home from work.

I do alot of omelets :P

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I recently became a huge fan of spaghetti squash. It's a great alternative to pasta, very filling, and satisfying if made with a little creativity

I adore Spagetti Squash - I tell anyone who is trying it for the first time to try it at least 2-3 times - I know we have gotten some nice sweet ones and other ones that were sort of bland in taste - I try and go for the smaller ones - so far they seem to be the sweeter ones...

I make a rockin sauce for my squash

take assorted veggies - i use fresh minced garlic, green and yellow zuchini, mushrooms, onions, green and red bell pepper and chop them chunky style...saute them in a little coconut or olive oil in a medium sized pot...

Then I take a can of Trader Joe plum tomatoes with basil - dump in a bowl and use my immersion blender to blend it up - add in a bit of salt and italian seasonings and then dump into the pot with the veggies....let simmer and warm through for about 15 minutes - best sauce ever...

Last time we added some of my husbands homemade polish sausage (cut it into chunks and sauteed it so it was cooked through before adding to the sauce...it was delicious...

The above makes enough for about 6 GENEROUS servings...

I plan on using the E-Mealz.com service to plan my weekly meals based on grocery sale prices and coupons. Saves me time, money, and sanity!!

If you have a grill, it's getting to be that season!! I love kebabs in any form My mom makes an amazing grilled swordfish with mango salsa. It doesn't need any starch on the side.

I love using my Titan peeler to make 'noodles' from zucchini and summer squash. I will do a nice fajita style chicken with sauteed colorful pepper strips, onions, served on top of the 'noodles' that were sauteed in garlic, green onion, a little melted butter, finely diced serrano chili, shredded cheese on top of that, and then put the chicken/vegetables on top of the cheese to get it to melt.

Its ooey-gooey good and VERY healthy!

You can exchange and use jumbo shrimp, chicken, pork, even SCALLOPS... yeah..... good stuff!

Throw on some freshly chopped pico de gallo, or homemade salsa, and Im telling you - this dish is delish! Even my husband loves this too!

I like the website skinnytaste.com. She has a great chicken sausage with spinach and pasta. I substited spaghetti squash for the pasta. it was very good. She has many good recipes.

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