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cspirou
220
Mar 2, 2018
Anyone have a favorite low carb vegetarian meal that isn't salads?
cspirouMore of an appetizer, but I love raw broccoli and/or cauliflower dipped in hummus.
cspirouMushroom and nut pate, you can spread it on grain free low carb bread: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/porcini-and-pecan-pate I love a traditional chicken liver pate and this surprised me by how good it is. It's not a straight-up substitution, it's just really good and rich-tasting without the actual baggage. Pecans have some of the lowest carbs out of all nuts. Plus if you omit the yeast it's vegan, if you have vegan friends you want to impress.
cspirouRiced cauliflower is a great base for many things. Wherever you have a vegetarian dish that goes with rice, just substitute it with that. Instant low-carb meal.
For example, whatever vegetables you like, stir fry them and make a brown sauce. I love eggplants, and you can dump tofu, baby corn, bamboo shoots, straw mushrooms, scallions, ginger, garlic, etc.. You do need corn starch but not much, so there's a low carb footprint. This is a super quick and easy weeknight meal.
RogierFvV
43
Mar 3, 2018
cspirouWhy would you want a "low carb" meal? The essence of healthy vegan food is high carbs. The whole nonsense about low carb foods is a confusion between refined sugar, white flour etc. (refined carbs) and complex carbs, which are the healthiest thing you can eat. Overall we should get 80% of calories from complex carbs, 10% of calories from naturally occurring oils, and 10% of calories from plant-based proteins. In other words it's Whole Foods, Plant-Based, without added Sugar, Oil or Salt.
cspirou
220
Mar 3, 2018
RogierFvVWell it would horrify you to know that I am on a high-fat/ketogenic diet. I have found that I am very sensitive to carbs, even complex carbs. But I still eat plenty of green vegetables. I am not too keen on vegetarian/veganism, but my wife is and I'd like to share some meals with her.
Anyway, I didn't come here to argue about diets.
RogierFvV
43
Mar 3, 2018
cspirouI hear you... you might want to acquaint yourself with this program: https://go.ithriveseries.com - I completely appreciate you don't come here to argue diets. I've just come to the conclusion that the so-called ketogenic diet is a very sloppy, painful and expensive way to commit suicide, so sometimes I cannot help myself and speak up ;-) Take care.
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