Side Dishes for Meals

Nutrition
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Im just woncering some ideas for what to eat with my meals…

Im finding that just a nice steak or a few chicken breats along with a salad isnt cutting it for me. I am doing a low carb cut so im just looking for something else to eat with my meal that wont have a lot of carbs.

Dont get me wrong most meals ill mix some meat wether it be chicken, lean ground beef with veggys like brocolli, beans, peas, corn and some asparigus but Im just looking what I could eat with a meal like a steak and a salad.

Hope to hear some ideas!

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I’m a bad cook so frozen veggies have been a lifesaver. Sometimes I’ll drop an egg on top, or crumble bacon inside, to make it extra yummy.

lowcarb greek yogurt might work at breakfast.

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Yeah, I just add some shrimp or bacon occasionally.

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Mashed Cauliflower - Google it

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Nuts, cheese, more meat.

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what do your low carb meals look like guys?

Im dieing for ideas on what to cook!

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I like pork rines, they are filling and zero carbs. For some great ideas try the Atkins Cookbook.

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This is more of a desert, but it’s awesome.

Pumpkin
Peanut Butter (I make my own)
Flax Seed
Yogurt (Plain)
A scoop of Grow! Whey (Chocolate or Vanilla)

Enjoy.

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Turn your veg into a sauce/salsa.

A few examples:

  1. Peppers - Turn em into roasted peppers, peel them, put em in a blender with some vinegar, SPLENDA, and some green onions.

  2. Carrots - Peel and simmer carrots in a large saucepot with a lid, until theyre completely soft. Mash em up, add a little ginger juice, some shallots, salt n pepper, goes good with fish dishes.

  3. Peas - Cook them until they are done(pretty fast), put them in a food processor or blender, add skim milk or water until you have the consistency of a smooth salsa. Good with Lean fish and Filet Mignon.

  4. Caponata - 2 eggplants, peeled, seeded, cut into small cubes. 1/2 a red onion, diced. 3 cloves of smashed roasted Garlic. Diced green and Calamata olives, like a 1/4 of a cup. Fresh diced Basil, Olive oil, Balsamic Vinegar, - Cook all the Veg in the oil first, mix all together, add splenda afterward with the balsamic vinegar.

  5. Sauteed onions in olive oil + salt. Nuff said.

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I love the carrots and peppers ideas. Gunna try the peppers tomorow night! the desert type thing sounds good to man.

Is sauteed onions (that just means cooked in oil correct?) not considered greasey food?
I love sauteed onions with my steaks but didnt think it was a good idea for me.

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even just quick and tasty snacks for in between meals, like when done dinner ang get hungry around 9 and before my shake around 11 at night? I just cant think of anything low carb.

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As far as the onios go, as long as u measure out the olive oil, like 1 TBSP, youlll be fine. its a healthy fat. most of the “greasyness” comes from the water realease from the onions, as they will shrink to 1/2 the size.

Just remember, Olive oil = good fat

Trans fat, margarine etc… - bad fat.

Im getting in 120g of fat a day with 400g protein and less than 50 carbs a day and im losing fat on my body. It’s great.

As far as hunger control goes, have some Metabolic Drive, with an assload of ice, almost no water, put it in a blender until you have a “chocolate slushie” and eat it with a spoon. 140 cals, almost no carbs, 25 g protein.

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[quote]Sarev0k wrote:
As far as the onios go, as long as u measure out the olive oil, like 1 TBSP, youlll be fine. its a healthy fat. most of the “greasyness” comes from the water realease from the onions, as they will shrink to 1/2 the size.

Just remember, Olive oil = good fat

Trans fat, margarine etc… - bad fat.

Im getting in 120g of fat a day with 400g protein and less than 50 carbs a day and im losing fat on my body. It’s great.

Also when cooking my veggys before mixing it with the meat its alright to cook the veggys with a few tablespoons of olive oil right?

As far as hunger control goes, have some Metabolic Drive, with an assload of ice, almost no water, put it in a blender until you have a “chocolate slushie” and eat it with a spoon. 140 cals, almost no carbs, 25 g protein.

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honestly if you have a second would you just take a minute and let me know what ur daily meals look like.

Hopefully ill be able to steal a few ideas to mix into my diet, would be greatly appreciated.

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I’m on a keto diet right now man. And so far, it seems to be working pretty well.

My meals are boring as hell right now:

  1. Breakfast - 1 TBSP olive oil, whey n casein shake

  2. Brunch - Same as 1

  3. Lunch - 10 - 12 oz LEAN ground beef and lean ground turkey, 1/4 cup Roasted peppers, Red Wine Vinegar, 1 Tbsp Olive oil sea salt to taste

  4. Mid Afternoon - 10 - 12 oz Lean Turkey and Lean Pork/Low Fat Ham cubes, Roasted Tomatoes and thyme, salt to taste.

  5. Dinner Shake, same as 1

  6. Pre/Peri workout shake, Just 2 scoops of whey, creatine, other supps.

  7. 10 - 12 oz Lean Ground Beef, Mixed Asian Veg, Soy sauce.

I dont really count Vegetable Calories at all.

I’m doing extremely low carbs now, but when I was dieting down with carbs involved, I would core an apple or 2, Dice it up into small cubes, and take 1 oz of your favorite nut (mine is salted cashews), crush them a bit, and mix em together for a healthy snack.

Another good idea with meat is to stuff them with vegetables and olive oil.

IE:

Chicken breast: sliced almost completely through so you can open it up like a book, stuff it with roasted red peppers and sauteed onions, add salt, thyme, basil, bake in oven at 350 until done.

Steak: Same prep as chicken, Stuff with sauteed mushrooms and onions, sun dried tomatoes, salt. roll it up like a newspaper and bake until done at 350 (I say bake becuase you dont really want to add extra fat, being that you already have 1 TBSP from the VEG)

You can do it with basically any sizeable cut of meat.

Experiment with Fresh Herbs too like thyme, Oregano, Cilantro (good in salsas), etc. freshness really makes a difference.

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[quote]Sarev0k wrote:
I’m on a keto diet right now man. And so far, it seems to be working pretty well.

My meals are boring as hell right now:

  1. Breakfast - 1 TBSP olive oil, whey n casein shake

  2. Brunch - Same as 1

  3. Lunch - 10 - 12 oz LEAN ground beef and lean ground turkey, 1/4 cup Roasted peppers, Red Wine Vinegar, 1 Tbsp Olive oil sea salt to taste

  4. Mid Afternoon - 10 - 12 oz Lean Turkey and Lean Pork/Low Fat Ham cubes, Roasted Tomatoes and thyme, salt to taste.

  5. Dinner Shake, same as 1

  6. Pre/Peri workout shake, Just 2 scoops of whey, creatine, other supps.

  7. 10 - 12 oz Lean Ground Beef, Mixed Asian Veg, Soy sauce.

I dont really count Vegetable Calories at all.

I’m doing extremely low carbs now, but when I was dieting down with carbs involved, I would core an apple or 2, Dice it up into small cubes, and take 1 oz of your favorite nut (mine is salted cashews), crush them a bit, and mix em together for a healthy snack.

Another good idea with meat is to stuff them with vegetables and olive oil.

IE:

Chicken breast: sliced almost completely through so you can open it up like a book, stuff it with roasted red peppers and sauteed onions, add salt, thyme, basil, bake in oven at 350 until done.

Steak: Same prep as chicken, Stuff with sauteed mushrooms and onions, sun dried tomatoes, salt. roll it up like a newspaper and bake until done at 350 (I say bake becuase you dont really want to add extra fat, being that you already have 1 TBSP from the VEG)

You can do it with basically any sizeable cut of meat.

Experiment with Fresh Herbs too like thyme, Oregano, Cilantro (good in salsas), etc. freshness really makes a difference.[/quote]

just took 3 chicken breasts out of the oven, going to cook the chiken breasts with onions and peppers in them and just cook some broccolli and other veggys with a TBSP or two of olive oil
Carb free right!?

Any more idea bro, im loving finnaly seeing someone else low carb type of recipes
Honestly im 19 and live with my old man who doesnt eat very much other then eggs and toast and stuff. I’m just learning to cook and loving the progress Ive gotten with this low carb diet.
If your cool with sharing anything else that would be great

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Yeah man, since I’ve started this KETO(under 50g carbs per day) diet I’ve lost 5 lbs of fat, and my desire for carbs is very low. it’s zapping the fat off of me, and i know this because my calipers are reading lower BF%, andm y arms are retaining their size(18 inches) and the same with my legs ~ 26 inches.

Another thing that can make your meat preparation easier is buying a big tenderizing hammer, and literally flattening out the meat.

Cut a chicken breast or steak in half, pound it out evenly with the tenderizing hammer, and it’ll double the area of the meat, which then makes stuffing them with veggies and the like easier.

It will make the meat more paletteable as well.

Just remember to have a carb up day once a week, as listed in CT’s archives.