Share your low carb recipes here please

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Our meals are pretty carbalicious, mainly because I lack imagination and ways to bulk out meals that will still be satisfying, and because DH can be a bit of a fussy beggar. I know it isn't really healthy and not great for the waistline.

Would really appreciate some low carb (or no carb) recipe ideas.

Thanks

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The thing with low carb is that it tends to be high fat, as you need to have something to get your energy from - if you're still eating carbs in other meals, then most of my low to no carb recipes will only make you fatter...

If you want carb substitutes, then try boiling and mashing cauliflower (keep the pan over the heat when you mash it as a lot of liquid comes out) for a mash substitute - I add a tsp of chicken bouillon and a knob of butter, chives and sour cream if I'm feeling flash.

Swede can be treated as potato, you can make chips, roasties and mash out of it.

Glazed turnips make a lovely roast potato substitute.

More carby, but v. nice is butternut squash - halve, remove seeds, paint with oil and bake in the oven then cut into chunks to serve (it's a bit tasteless if you just boil it).

Cabbage or leeks chopped and stir-fried/boiled make a good tagliatelle type substitute for pasta

Shave courgettes from top to bottom with a potato peeler and fry (don't boil, they will disintegrate) for another pasta substitute - you will need lots, they shrink horribly.

Fresh cauliflower grated small and stir-fried makes a good rice substitute.

Similarly, run fresh sprouts through the food processor/blender til chopped small, then stir fry for a 'bed' to put your meat n' sauce on.

Also spinach as a base - I use frozen spinach, melt it down in a frying pan with a bit of garlic then add a 1/4 cup of cream and a 1/4 cup of grated parmesan (I use the dried stuff that comes in the shaker) and stir til all gooey and melted in - yummingtons!

I can post some actual low-carb recipes if you'd like...?

Cheeseburger Pie
total 7g carbs, serves 4

500g mince
50g finely chopped shallots
150g chopped mushrooms
100ml double cream
2 heaped tbsp full fat mayo
150g strong cheddar, grated
3 eggs
dash of lea & perrins/seasoning to taste

Fry up mince, shallots and mushrooms, season to taste, drain off fat and add worcester if using.

Place in a deep, greased, foil-covered pie dish or lasagne-type dish and flatten with the back of a spoon

Beat together eggs, cream, mayo. Add the cheese and stir together. Pour over the top of the mince.

Bake at gas mark 5/190C for 20-25 mins til set and golden.

Leave to cool before removing (in foil) from dish and slicing into four. Freezes well.

Chicken Paprikash
serves 4

3 tbsp butter
4 chicken breasts/equiv thighs/bits cut into pieces
2 shallots
2 tbsp paprika
1/2 cup chicken stock (oxo is fine)
1 cup creme fraiche
salt

Melt butter and brown chicken & shallots over medium heat.

In a bowl/jug, stir paprika into the stock then pour over the chicken in the pan. Cover and simmer for 30-45 mins.

Once chicken is cooked through and tender, remove from liquid. Pour creme fraiche into liquid and stir til smooth, turning up heat to reduce a little (NB if using sour cream instead do NOT allow to boil as it will separate). Season to taste and pour over chicken.

Best served with Cauli mash.

Garlic Lime Chicken
2g carbs a serving, serves 2

Seasoning Mix
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic granules/garlic puree/1 chopped clove of garlic
1/4 tsp onion powder/granules
1/4 tsp thyme
1/4 tsp parsley

Sauce
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp garlic granules/garlic puree/3 chopped cloves garlic
2 tbsp lime juice

2 skinless chicken breasts

Mix all seasoning ingredients in a bowl.
Dredge the chicken in the mix on both sides
Heat the butter and oil and saute the chicken for 6 mins on each side.
Sprinkle with the garlic granules and the lime juice and cook for 5 mins further, stirring frequently to evenly coat the meat with the sauce.

Quick Lasagne

500g mince
200g of the lowest-carb tomato pasta sauce you can find (I use Bertorelli's red wine & shallot)
200g of the lowest-carb white lasagne sauce you can find (I use Sainsbury's own cheese sauce)
1 packet of President Emmenthal slices
150g grated cheese
Parmesan to cover top layer

Preheat oven to 180C/Mark 4
Grease a lasagne dish

Fry the mince.
Stir in the pasta sauce and cook for 10 mins or so.
Ladle out half of it into the lasagne dish. Top with half the cheese slices, spread over 1/3 of the white sauce.
Put second half of meat on top, then cheese, then the remainder of the white sauce.
Scatter the grated cheese on top and sprinkle parmesan on top of that.

Bake for 30 mins or until golden and bubbling. Leave to cool a while before cutting, it firms up beautifully when cold and reheats nicely in the microwave the next day.

Can be tarted up with extra low carb veg added to the mince - butter-fried mushrooms, peppers, courgettes etc.

Glazed Turnips

3g per serving, serves 2

200g turnips, chopped into small chunks
2 tbsp butter
1 shallot, sliced thinly
1 tsp cookable sugar substitute (Splenda/Perfectly Sweet)
1 tsp liquid beef bouillon (Touch of Taste)
1/4 tsp paprika

steam the turnips til tender (about 7 mins)

Melt butter in heavy-bottomed pan, add turnip and shallot and saute til shallot is limp.

Stir in the remainder of the ingredients, coating all the lumps and saute for 2 mins more.

Can you tell I'm bored?

Zucchini Meatloaf Italiano (adapted from Dana Carpender's 500 low-carb recipes)
Serves 6, 2g carbs per serving

3 tbsp olive oil
2 medium courgettes, chopped
100g shallots, sliced
2-3 cloves garlic, crushed
750g mince (I always use 500g and it doesn't seem to matter)
1 egg
3/4 cup grated parmesan (if I have any, I stick a bit of mozzarella in there too)
Streaky bacon/whatever bacon you have to hand
parsley & pepper to taste (you won't want salt in it!)

Preheat oven to 180C/Mark 4

Heat olive oil and saute the courgette, shallot and garlic for about 7 mins. Leave to cool for a bit, then put them in a big bowl with the mince, egg, cheese and seasonings. Using clean hands, mix thoroughly.

Line a greased 2lb loaf tin with the bacon slices, making sure it is all covered and a bit flops over the edges all around. Press the meat mixture into the tin, fold the overhanging bacon back over into the tin on top of the meat.

Bake for 75-90 mins, or until the juices run clear but the loaf is not dried out.

Using oven gloves, pour off the accumulated grease (there will be lots!), slice and serve.

Those recipes sound great, thought I'd bump this old thread since there a few LC-ers on Mumsnet now, and add my own meal ideas. Shout if you want the actual recipes

Pad thai with beansprouts (noodles for Non-LCers)
Teriyaki salmon with stirfry babycorn, mangetout and brocolli
Sausages (ASDA extra special Gluten free ones are lowest) served with: courgette and tomato gratin
leek and cheese sauce
mustard and cream sauce
moussaka
stuffed aubergines

Any one get any other Low-carb recipes?

Bump! Fab recipes. Just started low carbing.. Am really interested to hear what people cook, but also what people take to work as lunch / snacks ? Thanks

Gonna try the lasagne thanks

I reckon this lasagne could be adapted in the same way by using the emmental slices.