re: Low Carb favorites

My wife and I try to minimize carbs and eat a meat and a veggie only during the week and we've both lost a good deal of weight. A typical week would look like this:

Baked Salmon basically S&P, garlic powder baked at 250 for about 20-25 minutes then finished with lemon juice.

Boneless skinless chicken thigh or pork chop "rice" and gravy but I use spaghetti squash in lieu of rice. you don't need to use flour to brown the meat.


Baked whole chicken but I spatchcock to reduce cook time. Just rub olive oil S&P, garlic powder on skin and bake.

Chicken thigh picatta substituting squash and zuchinni ribbons for pasta.

You can make cauliflower into "rice" as well, plenty recipes online. It makes a base for a bunch of good dishes you can vary with shrimp, chicken, pork with a base sauce of coconut milk, some chicken stock, mushrooms, ginger, garam masala, turmeric, red pepper, etc. The same can be served with spaghetti squash instead of riced cauliflower.

Nothing wrong with an occasional steak or a hamburger with an onion gravy either.

Cauliflower nachos with chicken breast/ thighs are good.

Eggplant Lasagna, easy on the marinara.

Grilled Portabella Mushrooms stuffed with a little fresh sautéed spinach, cheese, and lemon juice.

Obvious salads are obvious.

That's enough for now, the weekends are much more fun around my house but the above is hardly some huge sacrifice. good luck...