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So we love quinoa in my house so we usually make these breakfast recipes (switch the fruits to your liking): quinoa flakes (used almost like oats) and quinoa puffs or pops. If you like eggs, but want something different, try them with fried halloumi cheese. Also, I love sunny side up eggs sprinkled with feta cheese over…

I have several soup recipes, but these 2 are my favorites: 1. Red Kidney Beans Soup (Vegan, Instant Pot) and 2. Lemon, Rice Chicken Soup (with eggs, stovetop) I have also a cream of asparagus soup, leek/potato soup, green peas soup (just look under soups in one of the recipes above). Picture is of the red kidney beans soup.

I have several, I love mixing fruits into my salads, However these are not purely fruit salads. Hope you like them. Let me know:). I love a bit of sweet, salty taste in my salads so I always try to incorporate both fruits and veggies. 1. Dragon Fruit, Pear Salad 2. Orange Salad 3. Cabbage, Red Orange Salad

I have a vegan casserole that is low carb too, my kids love it because it's colorful: https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/vegan-vegetable-medley-a-mediterranean-casserole/.

@missysippy930 that sounds delicious, i make something similar with chicken and veggies and bake it for about 30 minutes or so. Sounds delicious. Now i have to try it with turkey sausage. My kids would definitely love it because it looks fun.

Wow!!! You guys are awesome, i will give all these a try. That ajo blanco really looks amazing.

Thank you everyone for all the ideas!! I'll give these a try in the next couple of days:)

@apullum and @vegan4lyfe2012 thank you for confirming. I thought they were the same but some people told me, no they're not. @just_Tomek ohhhhh, thank you for the warning. I try to not overdo it, hopefully i'm keeping within the rules. I'll be careful going forward. I think i follow a big thread of yours if not mistaken,…

Since everyone has been asking me for more dragon fruit (pitaya) recipes, i created this smoothie too: https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/mango-dragon-fruit-smoothie/

I use this recipe a lot because it's delicious, but it is written for chicken breasts. I do cook it a lot with chicken thighs but i modify it as follows. I do everything the same until step 3. I do use the toaster oven and turn it on at 400 degrees before i have started cooking the chicken. After step 3 i would stick the…

Thank you @puffbrat & @swirlybee !!

@snowflake954 thank you!!! I'll have to try that too:))). These were kind of big so i had to cut them to fillets after they were baked but i remember back in my native country we would get plenty that were individual size and people would either fry them or bake them in alufoil in the oven. I'll definitely try your way.

This halloumi breakfast with eggs is my favorite!! You can replace halloumi with cheese of your choice if that is not easy to find in your area. https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/eggs-halloumi-avocado-breakfast-keto/

On meats i use chimichurri (keto condiment) https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/chimichurri-sauce-keto-friendly-bbq-sauce/ and on other type of foods i use a spicy tomato salsa: https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/tomato-salsa-bolivian-llajua/ (this is low calories too)

So to make cheap and healthy meals, i occasionally use rotisserie chicken from my grocery store. One dinner is the actual rotisserie chicken with steamed veggies or other quick sides. Then i get the leftover chicken and make this salad the next day: https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/rotisserie-chicken-salad-bowl/…

Thank you @just_Tomek and @babynew . I've occasionally have made it with cauliflower rice (when on low carb diet) and with quinoa to switch things up. In my native country we put more rice and less meat but i made the recipe with a health component in mind and replaced a lot of the rice with the insides of the zucchini and…

Check these 2 recipes out, one is fast (yogurt, fruit and nuts, chia etc) while the other is eggs, halloumi cheese and avocado: -https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/chia-hemp-hearts-yogurt-fast-breakfast/ - https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/eggs-halloumi-avocado-breakfast-keto/

Green peas soup with dill & sweet potatoes. https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/green-peas-sweet-potatoes-meat-stew-instant-pot/

This is my all time favorite low-carb recipe: https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/creamy-spinach-and-mushrooms-chicken/. My second one is beef stroganoff (i don't use flour) and i simmer until it's a thick sauce.

Cream of Asparagus Soup - i top it off with roasted asparagus. It's delicious: https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/cream-of-asparagus-soup/

Looks delicious!

https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/puffed-quinoa-breakfast/ This is not so much new as new in US. I first tried puffed quinoa or quinoa pop in Bolivia when I visited for the first time in 2011. I couldn't get enough of it at the hotel breakfast bar. I recently found it in a farmer's market and i see it's available…

Thank you @Lorlee & @baygirl2019 !! I'm excited about this board:)

This looks so yummy, thank you for sharing. I'll save the recipe to Pinterest so i can try it later.

I have a few, hope you decide to try any of them: 1. Instant pot bean soup (recipe has meat but it can be done without) - https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/instant-pot-bean-soup-albanian-fasule/ 2. Meat & Potato Stew - https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/instant-pot-meat-and-potatoes-stew/ 3. Grean Peas and…

My favorite 2 recipes now are 2 winter salads, I serve them with a side of protein. One is a potato/avocado salad and one is an orange/cabbage salad. 1. https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/potato-avocado-dill-salad/ 2. https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/cabbage-orange-winter-salad/ I have more recipes, they're…

Lately when i make cookies, i add more walnuts and almonds as well as high cocoa % chocolate chips, that way i lower the amount of flour i have to use (usually lowers flour by half). Calories will only slightly go down, but carbs go down by a lot. They're not carb free cookies, but have less than before.

@lorrpb YES!! I love zoodles but my kids not so much (yet).

Adding another chicken recipe, similar to the top one but it has spinach and mushrooms too: https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/creamy-spinach-and-mushrooms-chicken/

Very easy meat and potatoes recipe for instant pot. I make this in stovetop or instant pot, either way it's delicious. https://mediterraneanlatinloveaffair.com/instant-pot-meat-and-potatoes-stew/ If you are looking for a meatless recipe, this other soup with split peas is really good:…