@Mamma1982 generally speaking, these days, I don't eat breakfast. I only ever do if - for any reason - I'm really hungry. If I do, it's generally full fat Greek yoghurt, just on its own.
Lunch - are you at home or at work? It's obviously easier if you're at home. Sometimes I have leftovers from dinner the night before. Otherwise it's often something based on eggs. At its simplest, just a couple of boiled eggs.
Sometimes hard-boiled eggs (x2) mashed with butter and/or mayo. Today I was hungry, and had the eggs with some diced ham (leftover from my Christmas cooking), some diced cheddar and a diced slice of tomato, with mayo.
I always have some low carb bread in the freezer from the Srsly Low Carb company, so every now and then will make myself a sandwich using this. Tuna mayo or egg mayo or cheese or ham. The bread is really good, but it is expensive, so it's not an everyday thing.
Dinner - anything and everything! DH and I mostly eat the same thing, even though he really doesn't need to low carb, so sometimes I add carbs to his meal. For example, if I make Bolognese, I have mine on a bed of shredded, pan-fried cabbage whereas I'll serve his on spaghetti.
Other favourites:
- cauliflower cheese; I make the cheese sauce with just double cream and a shedload of grated mature cheddar (also adding the juice of half a lemon, as discussed on this thread already, I believe!). Sometimes I'll add other veg to this, e.g. fried shallots or leeks. Sometimes I also add some bacon lardons that I've fried.
- halloumi and roast veg -1 or 2 blocks of halloumi, depending if I'm cooking for just the two of us, or if my (adult) DC are also eating. Veg could be peppers, courgettes, cauliflower, onion/shallots, garlic, chillies. All chopped and drizzled generously with olive oil, then roasted for around 40 mins
- aubergine and courgettes, griddled first and then baked in layers with a tomato sauce and mozzarella and Parmesan.
- meatballs in tomato sauce; high fat beef mince, whizzed in the processor with onion, garlic and a pepper, salt and pepper. Rolled into balls (no need to add anything to bind them) and then baked in the oven, drizzled with olive oil, till browned. Served usually with tomato sauce and a side of any green vegetable I fancy/have to hand.
- stir-fries are a regular thing - using pork fillet or chicken thighs or salmon fillet. Marinate the protein (slice the pork, cut the thighs into chunks) in oil, lemon, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and any other spices/herbs you like/have to hand. First stir-fry a mix of low carb veg - e.g. shallots, broccoli, pak choi, baby sweetcorn, green pepper, with whatever seasonings you like (usually garlic, ginger, chilli), tip these into a serving dish to keep warm, and then in the same pan fry the meat briefly till it's just cooked through, then add to the veg. (If using salmon, I put the fillets in foil and bake those in the oven for around 15 mins.). Sometimes I also add a tin of full fat coconut milk to the dish, with the juice of a lime. I'll serve that either with noodles for DH/DC and Bare Naked Noodles for me, or rice for them and cauliflower rice for me.
I try to avoid having to cook different things for DH/DC and me, but sometimes it's better that way.