Recommend your lower carb food choices

Trying to reduce the big ones from my diet at least for the majority of the time.

I don't eat eggs at all.

What does a typical breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack look like for you.

Re: Recommend your lower carb food choices

I eat carbs, and could never eliminate them, but try to eat them in moderation (so if I have a sandwich for lunch, I will not have a carb with dinner, or if I know I am having pasta for dinner, I try to cut out carbs from breakfast and lunch). I think the key is to bulk up your meals with fruits and veggies when you remove (or cut down on) the carbs.

I do like eggs, but if you don't eat eggs, I think the biggest challenge would be breakfast. I assume you are trying to cut out even whole grains, like oats? If so, you could do things like yogurt (or cottage cheese or part-skim ricotta) and fruit, smoothies, a cheese plate and fruit. Maybe a yogurt parfait with fruit and some type of nut to up the protein?

I bet if you searched for low carb or no carb breakfast ideas on Pinterest, you would get some interesting recipes. My friend told me she recently made pancakes with greek yogurt, a mashed banana, and I think an egg or egg white (and maybe protein powder). So -- not sure if the egg issue for you is an allergy or if it's just that you don't like to eat them plain. But if you could use an egg in a recipe, like as a binder, you might find low or no carb alternatives to traditional breakfast items like pancakes.

Lunches I do a lot of salads (not just lettuce based -- can do other types of veggies as a base, beans, etc.) often with some type of protein (tuna, leftover cooked chicken), or soups in the winter.

Dinner you could always do a piece of meat, chicken, or fish, prepared however you want, with a ton of veggies. In the summer, we do a lot of grilling, but in the winter, you can do stews and chilis and that type of thing.

Snacks: String cheese, yogurt, fruit with peanut butter (or just a piece of fruit or fruit salad), veggies with salsa, almonds, smoothies, turkey or some other lean deli meat rolled in lettuce (with mustard, etc.) or rolled with thin sliced cheese.

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Thanks!

Recommend your lower carb food choices

Butternut squash is amazing and it replaces all forms of potato in my diet.

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Recommend your lower carb food choices

I stopped having sandwiches for lunch and instead have grilled chicken salads.
Instead of pasta I have spaghetti squash.
I like greek yogurt a lot as a snack.

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I do a smoothie for breakfast. The fruit has carbs but they are good for you as opposed to bread and potatoes and eating fruit carbs in the morning is good because it gives you energy and gives you the whole day to burn it off.

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Green smoothies- frozen banana, lots of kale or spinach, additional fruit of choice

Hemp and Chia seed puddings

Eggs

Baked goods with almond flour

Spaghetti Squash

Butternut Squash

Greek Yogurt and Kefir

Cauliflower mashed potatoes and pizza crust

Message edited 7/18/2013 10:37:38 PM.