SoulTax
Executive Member
So I need some creative help from the food gurus around here. My wife and I are trying to do a lower carb, higher protein and veggie/fruit diet. Now don't get me wrong, we are both pretty healthy eaters. We just want to lose those extra 4-6 KG's that are hanging around.
Now I know that a good exercise routine is important, and that is something that we will be doing. Mostly going for long walks with the baby in a stroller and things like that.
We really need help with good substitute meals for the standard ones, that will keep some variety going.
Examples of what we currently eat:
Cereal/muesli for breakfast
Flavoured Yoghurt as a mid morning snack.
Cheese/ham/tomato/tuna-mayo/cucumber/lettuce sandwiches for lunch. Obviously not all of them at once, just those combinations of ingredients.
For dinner a combination of meat (Fish,pork,chicken primarily, red meat is only really eaten in mince dishes or as a braai), potatoes(mashed or roasted) and microwave in a bag veggies is often on the menu. Salads will make an appearance. Some kind of pasta. Spag-Bol or other mince based meal.
Now we are fairly happy with the morning meals of cereal and yoghurt and often a piece of fruit We need to have carbs so leaving the morning meal alone seems like the best course. We want to cut out the carbs from the mid day and evening meals though.
Some lunch time things that we have come up with. We really want to cut out the high amount of carbs we are taking in with bread based lunches.
Tuna-mayo crackers, but replacing crackers with thick cut cucumber for the crunch.
Grilled chicken salad.
scrambled eggs.
Dinners we are planning on replacing potatoes with large flat mushrooms. Is replacing potatoes overkill on the low carb side? What replacements can we use for pasta type meals that include spaghetti or penne types of carbs.
I have never been a bad cook with the basics. I tend to have a decent palate for combining tastes, especially with meat. I have just been brought up where carbs are simply part of every single meal and I am having trouble finding ways of making these meals filling and yet still exciting without being quite redundant on simply adding more veggies.
I am not a great veggie chef either, my creativity in this department is seriously lacking. How can I make my veggies more varied yet still fairly easy to do in most cases. Seeing as microwave bag veggies is the base I am pretty sure that most anything would be an upgrade.
Some advice on mostly easy things to add to my repertoire while cutting out carbs would be greatly appreciated.
Now I know that a good exercise routine is important, and that is something that we will be doing. Mostly going for long walks with the baby in a stroller and things like that.
We really need help with good substitute meals for the standard ones, that will keep some variety going.
Examples of what we currently eat:
Cereal/muesli for breakfast
Flavoured Yoghurt as a mid morning snack.
Cheese/ham/tomato/tuna-mayo/cucumber/lettuce sandwiches for lunch. Obviously not all of them at once, just those combinations of ingredients.
For dinner a combination of meat (Fish,pork,chicken primarily, red meat is only really eaten in mince dishes or as a braai), potatoes(mashed or roasted) and microwave in a bag veggies is often on the menu. Salads will make an appearance. Some kind of pasta. Spag-Bol or other mince based meal.
Now we are fairly happy with the morning meals of cereal and yoghurt and often a piece of fruit We need to have carbs so leaving the morning meal alone seems like the best course. We want to cut out the carbs from the mid day and evening meals though.
Some lunch time things that we have come up with. We really want to cut out the high amount of carbs we are taking in with bread based lunches.
Tuna-mayo crackers, but replacing crackers with thick cut cucumber for the crunch.
Grilled chicken salad.
scrambled eggs.
Dinners we are planning on replacing potatoes with large flat mushrooms. Is replacing potatoes overkill on the low carb side? What replacements can we use for pasta type meals that include spaghetti or penne types of carbs.
I have never been a bad cook with the basics. I tend to have a decent palate for combining tastes, especially with meat. I have just been brought up where carbs are simply part of every single meal and I am having trouble finding ways of making these meals filling and yet still exciting without being quite redundant on simply adding more veggies.
I am not a great veggie chef either, my creativity in this department is seriously lacking. How can I make my veggies more varied yet still fairly easy to do in most cases. Seeing as microwave bag veggies is the base I am pretty sure that most anything would be an upgrade.
Some advice on mostly easy things to add to my repertoire while cutting out carbs would be greatly appreciated.
be careful of sauces but spices are good. Chicken breasts wrapped in bacon and roasted are awesome too...
dammit
