A Big List of Low Carb Recipes

There are lots of low carb recipes available on the web (and in books), but I think it is useful to get an overview of a bunch of them so that you can see common themes and make up your own. This list is useful in conjunction with yesterday's shopping list. Knowing how fill and empty your presses is crucial. 

Some of these are more filling than others. When I am still hungry after dinner I just fill up on healthy snacks. That's not ideal though. Your main meal of the day should leave you feeling satisfied. To that end I will adjust these recipes with experience to make sure they are filling enough for 2 adults. 

Some of these are not very low carb, but I have noted where that is the case. Not too much of those. I will post fuller instructions for some of the items in the list, but for a lot of them they are just a single item (how do you make 'Tin of Sardines'?) or they are very obvious and you can use your imagination.

Breakfast

• Porridge - every day. No sugar now. Just milk.

Lunch

• (I usually have a raw carrot or 2 with my lunch. Any opportunity to get some veg in is good)
• Tin of mackerel - my most common mid week lunch
• Smoked Mackerel - vacuum packed stuff from Aldi is very good. About half a packet is enough for 1 person.
• Tin of Sardines - in oil, which should be drained
• 3 scrambled eggs with a large knob of butter, salt and pepper. Don't have this too often as eggs can be difficult to digest. 
• Cold meats - no too many of these as they have lots of preservatives
• Hummus and thinly sliced carrot - only a snack really and not that low in carbs. So have a small amount of this with something else for lunch.

Weekend lunches

• Butternut squash and nut butter soup. This is from River Cottage. You can find it here, but the book is well worth buying. They have a great collection of recipes that fit or can be made to fit a low carb diet.
• Red lentil, red pepper and coconut soup. A nice recipe from Catherine Fulvio. You can find it here.
• Bean salad - tin of mixed beans from aldi, dressing made of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, English mustard and salt and pepper. Serve with lots of rocket and tomatoes.

Dinner

Beef

• Beef stew without parsnips or potatoes
• Braised Beef curry with coconut
• Meatballs Provençal
• Goulash
• Ricotta beef burgers - from Nigel Slater's eat

Chicken

• Roast chicken with vegetables
• Chicken, Chorizo and butter bean casserole
• Roasted chicken portions rubbed in jerk seasoning. I just use some stuff I bought, but you can make your own if you like.

Vegetable

• Veg curry
• Chickpea chard and porcini soup - River Cottage Veg
• Hearty Green lentil stew - Gillian McKeith
• Mediterranean black eye pea casserole - Gillian McKeith
• Red lentil casserole - Domini Kemp
• Dhal - River cottage veg

Lamb

Slow cooked lamb shoulder with white wine black olives and anchovies. Theo Randall on Saturday Kitchen. 

Fish

• Provençal style Salmon with (optional) chard
• Fish stew
• Roasted salmon with vegetables

Others

• Mushroom omelette with smoked mackerel
• Butternut squash and sweetcorn soup with smoked mackerel

Snacks

• Nuts
• Olives
• Cheese
• Carrots
• Hummus - there's that carb alarm again. Use in moderation.