Photos of Low Carb Meals

[whipper75229]

OOOOOO thank you Michelle!!!

[Bejewelme]

Michelle- you like that frozen tilapia huh? I might have to look into that for something quick!

I wanted to say I see your profile pic was changed since I saw you last, and you look fabulous!!! DO you get stalled on LC? Man I have been so stagnating at the same weight up and down! It ticks me off!

[MsWoods]

I actually do like the frozen tilapia, and I really am not a seafood person at all. I like the garlic butter better than lemon pepper, but they are both good. And only 80calories per serving.

Thanks so much. The only reason I get stalled on LC is because I go off plan, or drink alcohol, so I don't really get stalled when I do what I'm supposed to.

[Bejewelme]

The only reason I get stalled on LC is because I go off plan, or drink alcohol, so I don't really get stalled when I do what I'm supposed to.---

And that is my problem, the damn alcohol and off plan, LOL!! Well I figure I screwed around and wasted so much time not losing now maybe a good round of induction will kick something in for me!

[MsWoods]

Yup, otherwise lc works for me.

[Lize636]

Chicken nuggets made with parmesan cheese and sliced zucchini

[GailyGail]

Michelle, I love your recipe blog. My fiance and I made the Barefoot Contessa Herb Dip and we loved it. Hope you have a great day!

[MsWoods]

Thank you so much Gail. That really means a lot to me. I know so many other's blogs are so much better, I just like super simple recipes that I can throw together.

Alrighty ladies. Last night's dinner. My reward for having such a kick butt performance in my body step class last night. I was so proud of myself.

Italian Shrimp Shiritake:




Ingredients:
2 small bags prepared shiritake noodles
1tbsp butter
1tbsp grated parmesan cheese
6 Kalamata olives, sliced
1/2 portobello mushroom, diced
20 medium shrimp, peeled and deviened
2tbsp kraft light sour cream
1/2 medium tomato, diced
1tbsp chopped white onion
salt, pepper, and red chili flakes

Cook everything together except sour cream, and add sour cream at the end to make a sauce. Garnish with salt, pepper, and chili flakes.

Counts for whole recipe:
401 calories/21.5g fat/13.87g carbs/3.8g fiber/10.07g net carbs

I know that seems like a high carb count for one meal, but I had plenty to spare yesterday. You could omit the onion/tomato/sour cream and the carbs would be 7.46g total. I just added them because I had plenty to spare.

[cookwithme65]

Originally Posted by Bejewelme

I should have taken a picture of this, but I was a hog and ate it too fast, we went to a brunch on Sunday and had to take potatoes, um problem,so I said lets make a potato gratin and I am making one for me with celery root, I sliced it on the mandolin, just like the potatoes and then made my own little casserole dish with half and half, butter and Gruyere cheese, OMG it was so good I had a bite of the potato one and celery root has so much more flavor, I get totally bored with veggies and like to mix it up, they get a little pricey here now, but man I love it, it makes the best french fries and chips too. 4 net carbs in 1/2 c raw, and a 1/2 cup is a good serving.

I made a steak the other night and sliced it thin over arugula, and red onions and mushrooms, and made a vinaigrette with Orange flavored Torani and garlic grapeseed oil, man that was good!

Wow, very creative. I will need to look for some celery root at the market.

[GailyGail]

Yum, Michelle. That Italian Shrimp Shiritake looks fantastic. We will try it this weekend! And I think you sell yourself short. Your recipe blog is chock full of really good, delicious recipes -- on par with George Stella, Dana Carpenter and other really great low carb chefs. You have talent and should be proud! Plus you are really helping those of us "foodies" who are always looking for fantastic low carb dishes to keep us inspired, satiated and motivated on this way of eating for life!

[glamazon]

Hi! Hi! Hi! I'm here and LOVING all the new pictures--YUM!! Thanks for keeping the home fires burning while I'm momming and sewing for a while. You ladies are fabulous! Michelle-- your blog is wonderful! Liz & Misty--ZOMG yummy chicken nuggets! Cindy, Flax buns!

[glamazon]

Shoot, my photobucket overflowed and won't show my pics until tomorrow-- sorry about that! Time to make a new account!

[Bejewelme]

One of the things I plan to do while I recoup is go through the LC cookbooks and mark things to make, laying around I have to be really careful to eat LC and not too many calories so thankfully hubby likes to cook, so I can send him off to make stuff for me!

[MsWoods]

Alrighty guys. Got a new one.

Cheesy "rice" bake. Made with miracle rice. OMG so good.
Out of the oven.

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With my meal of a frozen cooked chicken breast patty/lc ketchup/jalapeno slices:


Ingredients:
2 bags rinsed Miracle Rice
1/2 cup Ragu Double Cheese sauce
1 large egg
6tbsp grated parmesan cheese
3tbsp "I can't believe it's not butter" (yeah yeah I know, i haven't used this stuff in 3 years, but I'm trying to reduce calories for a bit)
2tsp yellow mustard
2tsp franks hot sauce
1tsp garlic powder
1tsp salt
1tsp pepper

Put the rinsed rice in a dry hot pan and let the liquid cook out. Add garlic powder to rice and mix well. While the rice is drying out, in a bowl mix cheese sauce, mustard, hot sauce, egg, salt & pepper, and half the parmesan cheese. I used a small loaf pan to bake it in. Add half the rice in the baking dish, then half the cheese, then the rest of the rice and rest of the cheese. Mix everything very well. Add the "i can't believe it's not butter" in dabs across the top, and cover with the remaining parmesan cheese. Bake @350* for about 20 minutes.

Makes 4 pretty good size servings@
136 calories/11.76g fat/2.74g carbs/.2g fiber/2.55g net carbs

Or if you are hungry and want to use it as a main dish, you could get 2 huge servings@
272 calories/23.52g fat/5.48g carbs/.4g fiber/5.1g net carbs

This was an experiment, so I think I could leave out the egg and "I can't believe it's not butter" and it would come out the same. Reducing the calories to 84 per 4 servings and the carbs to 2.65g.

[smforte]

Wow O Wow, Glamazon,,,,,I want to come eat with YOU!! Amazing meals. Mine are so boring compared to these!

[Tabbz82]

This thread is awesome!!!!

When I first started LC several years ago...I gave up after about 2 weeks b/c I could NOT cook. A girl can only have so much bacon and eggs. Now that I do cook and I am pretty good at it...I was nervous that I wouldn't find any good LC recipes. Well I am NO longer worried! Adding pics just makes it that much better!!

I am excited about my LC journey. Today is day 3 and I have already lost 4 pounds! I couldn't be more excited! Oh and I am not even doing induction. I am just keeping my carbs anywhere from 30 to 40g a day.

[MisticalMisty]

low carb pulled pork and jalapeno quesadillas...only 4 net carbs per tortilla!

[Bejewelme]

Oh margarine and spreads are the devil, I have to say it, butter rules, you know margarine is gray? They add all that coloring, it is nasty stuff!!! Here is an article about them one molecule away from plastic!!!
snopes.com: Butter, Margarine and Heart Attacks

But other than that the rice looks good I was wondering how their rice was!

Pulled pork yum!!! Costco has a really good LC tortilla like 6 carbs I think but they are huge and taste really good!!!! I make chips with them sometimes.

[MsWoods]

I know, i know bejewel. I was embarrassed to even post it lol. I promise, ill try to use butter unless my calories are way off.

[kittycitygirl]

Originally Posted by MisticalMisty

low carb pulled pork and jalapeno quesadillas...only 4 net carbs per tortilla!

Want recipe

[MisticalMisty]

Originally Posted by kittycitygirl

Want recipe

Well, it's just pulled pork, shredded cheese and pickled jalapeno slices sandwiched between tortillas.

For the pork, I just put about a 3 lb pork roast in the crock pot and covered it with a jar of salsa verde.

That's it really. I get the tortillas at Sprouts..they are the Tumaro's brand. Love them!

[Bejewelme]

Misty- do you do to Costco? They have plain pulled pork already cooked no sauce 0 carb, I about died and went to heaven!! Now Tony likes it hot, Bobby my son likes sweet sauce and I can just add hot sauce, this is ideal for after work! I think it was like 2 pounds for $10, they also had a 3 pound tub of ricotta for $2 that is crazy so I got 3 pounds of that to do something with!

[MisticalMisty]

Originally Posted by Bejewelme

Misty- do you do to Costco? They have plain pulled pork already cooked no sauce 0 carb, I about died and went to heaven!! Now Tony likes it hot, Bobby my son likes sweet sauce and I can just add hot sauce, this is ideal for after work! I think it was like 2 pounds for $10, they also had a 3 pound tub of ricotta for $2 that is crazy so I got 3 pounds of that to do something with!

I do go to Costco. I'm going to check that out. I bought one of those large pork loins a few months back during our big meat trip and just cut it up into small roasts.....and once it thawed in the fridge I didn't want it anymore..LOL I happened to have a jar of that salsa so I just threw them together in the crock to cook it.

I will add that to my list for our next big shopping trip. Thanks for the heads up!

[kittycitygirl]

Got to get there!!!!

[Bejewelme]

Another thing to do with a pork roast is a jar of peppercini in the crockpot, just pork and the jar of peppers, sounds weird but it is not spicy but really good, my son hates spice but loves it, I think the vinegar mellows the meat or something!

[zogo]

bejewelme, do you use the whole peppers or do you buy them sliced? Sounds easy and yummy, my kind of meal

[MsWoods]

Ok Fried Rice using Miracle Rice:



And last nights dinner, Shiratake noodles with turkey bacon, parmesan cheese, green olives, feta cheese, and butter.

[Bejewelme]

Peppercini you can use either whole or sliced, I happened to have sliced, they sort of dissolve anyway so it doesnt matter, nothing fancy, throw in pork then the jar of peppers and turn on, and I am telling you it is amazing!

Yummy looking rice Sushi alternative, I wonder if I take it to our favorite place if they would make me rolls with it???

[graciejean]

I know i'm not there all the time but what is a miracle noodle ,please don't laugh at ,I do that enough for all of use.lol

[Tabbz82]

I just made some AWESOME roasted shrimp and broccoli!

Ingredients:
1/2lb to 1lb of fresh shrimp
1 Bag of broccoli or 2 Stalks of fresh broccoli (cut of the stems)
3 TBS of Olive Oil
Minced Garlic (to taste) I use a table spoon
Salt and Pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese (optional)
Feel free to add any of your favorite spices

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 425.
While oven is heating put broccoli in a mixing bowl. Add 2 tbsp of the olive oil, minced garlic, salt and pepper and mix well. Place on a baking sheet. Put in oven for 10 minutes.

While broccoli is cooking place shrimp in the mixing bowl, add 1 tbsp of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. Once 10 minutes is up, take the broccoli out of the oven and add the shrimp to the pan. Spread out evenly. Put back in the over for 12 minutes.

Serve and enjoy!! It's super yummy!