Snack Ideas
A midmorning and mid-afternoon snacks to help keep your energy on a level plane. Snacks with fat and protein should head off fatigue, jitters, inability to concentrate, ravenous cravings for inappropriate food, or overeating at your next meal.
Vegetables (and later berries and other fruit) are fine in moderation, but always eat them with some fat and/ or protein to minimize the impact on your blood sugar.
You can pre-make snacks and keep them in the fridge, in small pots. Home made baby food pots with sealable lids are good for this, you can just reach into the fridge as required, with less risk of going over your daily carb levels.
Keep a close eye on carbs, note them down, and adjust as necessary.
Low Carb Ideas for Snacks
0-3 carbs each
- An ounce of string cheese
- 3 1oz cubes of cheese
- Celery stuffed with cream cheese
- Radishes with cream cheese and mayonnaise dip
- Cucumber “boats” filled with tuna salad
- 5 green or black olives, with 1 oz feta cheese
- Half a Haas avocado with squeeze of lemon or lime
- Beef or turkey jerky (cured without sugar)
- Kabanos or mini salami
- Meatballs
- Koftas
- Left over meat slices- Chicken, beef, meatloaf
- Cabbage roll (meat only, no rice)
- A deviled egg
- Pickled egg
- Grated Cheddar and cream cheese on lettuce
- Primula with sliced peppers or celery
- 1 small tomato with black pepper
- 3 Sliced ham rolled around cooked green beans
- Salmon wrapped around cream cheese
- Lettuce with sardines/mayo
- Roasted Kale crisps
- Pork scratchings, ‘rinds’
- Beef scratchings
- Air fried Chicken wings
- Small salad with 1tbsp dressing
- 2 heaping tbsp of cottage cheese with chopped chives
Sweet treats
- Jello with a little cream poured on top
- Ricotta with vanilla, sweetener
After the First 2 weeks, and once you are near your target weight
You can start to add more nuts, seeds and some berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and so on at this stage.
Low Carb Pizza
Healthy, low carb pizza to have with small amount of tomato sauce, chopped red onion, pepperoni, bacon and any other toppings; mushrooms, peppers, olives etc.. topped with grated cheese
- 2 tbsp Butter or cream
- 3tbsp ground almonds, or other nuts or seeds
- 2 large egg
- 100g of cream cheese
- Pinch salt
- ¼ tsp baking powder
Toppings of choice
Mix all pizza base ingredients, then pour mixture into a round pie pan, square baking tray, or smaller ‘yorkie or muffn pan’. Pour about ½ cm deep, into well grease pan with wax paper at the bottom.
Bake for 5-10 minutes to set the base a little, then take out, and add finely chopped or smooth blended tomatoes. They can be canned or fresh.
Bake in preheated oven at 210C for 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and turning golden at the edges. . Remove from oven, allow to cool and slice each muffin in two horizontally.
Optionally, you can add finely blended kale or spinach to the base mixture, for extra nutrition.
Butternut Squash Soup with Sausage and Sage.
Butternut squash has around 8 grams per 1/2 cup of cubed butternut squash, so it is best to have once you are closer to you target weight. Here is a simple recipe.
For 2 servings, roast 1 cup of cubed butternut squash for the most flavour, and for ease of peeling. If time is short you can you can cut it into cubes as it is. Add squash to 2 cups water, you can add chicken or vegetable stock cube if desired. Bring to boil, then simmer til soft. Add salt, pepper, sage, and a chopped breakfast type sausage or two, as desired. Blend to smooth consistency, and serve with a little cream or chopped coriander.
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