Quick low carb meal ideas?

[Doberluv]

OMG! I saw this guy on Dr. Oz and he's amazing. He had this recipe for choc. pie that everyone was swooning over. It is made with tofu! Much healthier and lower in calories etc.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/moo-less-chocolate-pie-recipe/reviews/index.html

 

[Dekka]

I think some people are confused. Low carb has nothing to do with low calorie.

Take the delicious sounding pie Dober posted..

for 1/8th of the pie

crust: 15.23g carbs
chocolate chips 32.4g carbs
tofu 1.6g carbs
liqueur 5g carbs

So for a slice of pie that is 54 grams of carbs. That is more carbs than I eat in a day! So while delicious looking and perhaps low calorie, it is most definitely NOT a low carb recipe.

I make a great low carb cheesecake. The entire piece of cheesecake is 9g of carbs. THAT is low carb.

 

[Doberluv]

Not low carb, but healthier than a typical pie and lower calories. It's a treat, not something you eat every day.

That guy lost 100 pounds I think it was and has kept it off for a couple years. I look at people who are thin and were fat and if what they did worked or assisted, then I perk up my ears. That guy, Alton Brown looks fantastic and he's a chef too. He was huge before.

Low carb is a great way to go and carbs definitely are a big reason people get fat when they over do them, probably the main reason. They're addictive in some people. The same pleasure center of the brain lights up in carb addicts as cocaine addicts. People addicted to carbs will sometimes get the shakes when they cut them out cold turkey. But it's not the end all. I've lost weight and lost it relatively quickly without being terribly conscious (as in counting) about carbs other than cutting out breads, crackers, noodles, rice, pastries, cookies, sugary juices, butter, mayo, greasy, creamy sauces etc.

 

[Dekka]

Oh I agree.. just saying this thread is called low CARB recipes. There are many delicious healthier low carb (though not sure why taking the dairy out of a cream pie makes it healthier...) desserts that one does not need to have a high carb dessert when there are options

If someone is just watching calories than yes that is a recipe to try. I just wanted to point out that it was in fact high carb, as its tricky for newbies to low carb to figure out where carbs hide.

 

[Saeleofu]

Re: raw eggs. Texture. I can barely handle eggs when they're cooked, and I CANNOT handle them raw. That's all. Smoothies in general are kind of hard for me texture wise too. They have to be **** good if I'm going to get past the texture and drink them.

ETA: I also don't like any form coconut.

Not low carb, but healthier than a typical pie and lower calories.

I'm specifically looking for low carb, because that is what I'm wanting to try. Yesterday by limiting carbs, I ate 1856 calories, without even trying to limit calories. I was also full, and didn't feel like crap like I do when I eat carbs normally. Limiting the carbs didn't even take much effort.

 

[Zoom]

Alton Brown was never huge? Unless it was before he started doing Good Eats.

I've always been a fan of the quesadilla. Beef or chicken, cheese, salsa on a tortilla (you can find low-carb or gluten free ones these days, but one tortilla isn't too bad), ingredients on half, fold and toss in a skillet if you like it browned and sort of crispy, or in the microwave if you need it quicker. In the skillet, I use a lid as both a press and to ensure all the cheese is melted.

 

[MafiaPrincess]

I make a great low carb cheesecake. The entire piece of cheesecake is 9g of carbs. THAT is low carb.

Maybe you could repost that recipe here.. More than just that cake posted in here aren't low carb recipes.

 

[Saeleofu]

Maybe you could repost that recipe here.. More than just that cake posted in here aren't low carb recipes.

Yeah, I'd appreciate that recipe

 

[LauraLeigh]

Yeah, I'd appreciate that recipe

Me too!!!! Pretty please!

 

[Dekka]

hmm I was goign to tweak it... again.

I CAN say oopsie bread is freakin delicious.

I will post some recipes in a bit. BUT for those who think low carb is unhealthy and means NO carb..

Here are a couple of pics of recent dinners..
Roast beef, egg plant and romaine salad

and tonights dinner, chicken stuffed with broccoli, brussel sprouts and romaine salad with tomatoes.

 

[Dekka]

I haven't tested this one, but its supposed to be really good. I would use liquid sucralose to sweeten but thats just me..

1/2 cup peanut butter (natural)
100g salted butter
2-3 tbsp Sweet N Low liquid (or to taste, but too much makes it runny)
60g cream cheese (light or regular, but not zero fat)
2 scoops vanilla whey isolate (~60g)

1. Add the peanut butter and the butter to a bowl and microwave for 1-2 minutes, or until it's soupy.
2. Add the cream cheese and mix it in completely until it thickens up.
3. Add the sweetener and whey isolate and mix it thoroughly.
4. Pour the mixture into a pan on parchment paper and let it sit in the fridge or freezer for 30 minutes.

Careful, it's addictive.

 

[Fran101]

I just discovered one of my favorite snacks is low carb

Peanut butter and celery sticks!

 

[Renee750il]

Fran, commercial peanut butter is LOADED with sugar (carbs)

 

[Fran101]

Wow this is a lot harder than I thought! lol

So um..water..?.. lol

 

[Renee750il]

You can get carb counter apps for your phone

 

[Zoom]

Get a food processor, toss in a bunch of peanuts and drizzle in a little bit of oil (canola, coconut, whatever) and a pinch of salt (only if using unsalted peanuts) and perhaps just a touch of sugar as it's doing it's thing and voilá, homemade, natural peanut butter!

 

[Renee750il]

Or try using a little bit of raw honey instead of sugar

 

[Saeleofu]

You can get carb counter apps for your phone

I'm currently using MyFitnessPal and although it's not carb-specific, it has a HUGE food database and does tell me total and net carbs.



Also, there's a store a few miles away that has FRESH grind-it-yourself peanut butter that's made from plain peanuts, nothing else. It's AWESOME. Almond butter, too. Mmmmmmm! But the regular stuff I got for cookies over Christmas has 4g carbs per serving, which isn't TOO terrible. I haven't had any peanut butter this year yet


FWIW, I've lost 5 lbs since the start of the year I ate 1400 calories today and I honestly don't know how I could have stuffed more in. I even splurged on a little thing of Starbucks ice cream, for 21g of carbs, and still made it in under 50g (barely). For those of you that think low carb means high cholesterol, I had 191mg today, out of a recommended 300mg, AND I had bacon and oopsie bread, which is primarily eggs.

I've pre-packed my breakfast, lunch and snacks for work tomorrow. Oopsie bread, bacon, cheddar cheese cubes, tuna, and celery. Tuna, cheese and celery has been my standard lunch for the last few days, is one of my favorite lunches, and is what I pretty much lived off of when I lived alone (although I often had crackers with it then). Dinner is TBD.

 

[release the hounds]

i know we're ingrained to believe cholesterol is bad and it's important to keep it low. Again mostly manufactured by those standing to gain enormous profits from that type of thinking.

But dietary cholesterol intake has a very minimal impact on blood levels. Most of it is manufactured by YOUR liver so it doesn't matter how much you put in your mouth really as that has never really shown to have a big impact.

now other things you put in your mouth do affect it. Like transfats that cause inflammation and inelasticity of blood vessels. pro inflammatory diets that are high in poor quality meats, too many grains and lots of "bad fats" that cause your body to use cholesterol in ways that seem to harm you. But that's not cholesterols fault, it's yours for making your internal environment so prone to causing bad things to happen with it.

If your internal environment is not out of balance and raging with inflammation, like most of your standard americans, thin or not, high blood levels of cholesterol are pretty much harmless. In fact, too low is more dangerous in that situation.

 

[AllieMackie]

One of my favorites is a play on a lentil casserole I already loved and made a lot, I just omit the brown rice and added extra vegetables.

I use:

a 11 x 7 baking dish (use whatever you have and cut down/up ingredients approriately)

3 cups-ish of soups stock, usually chicken
1.5 cups of lentils
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced other-vegetables (I usually use some bell peppers, carrots and celery)
teaspoon of garlic
various spices/herbs
1 cup or more of grated cheese

Now, preheat the oven to 300 F, mix all the ingredients except the cheese into the baking dish, cover with foil and bake for about an hour. Then take it out, remove the foil, sprinkle the top generously with grated cheese and bake uncovered for another 15-20 minutes.

Makes a great amount of food that's nutritious, filling and low-carb. Keeps great in the fridge, I bring it to work for my lunches for the week when I make it.