Low-carb Vegetables
Boerewors (Sausage) with Bagged Salad
Boerewors (South African Beef and Pork Sausage) cooked in the air fryer and accompanied by a bagged salad (Southwestern style). The salad is not particularly low carb, but I’m okay with that occasionally.
Read MoreChicken Legs with Kale Salad
Crispy air-fried chicken legs and a side salad of kale with citrus dressing, topped with goat cheese crumbles. An amazing low-carb meal!
Read MoreHuge Tuna and Egg Salad
This huge salad is delicious and filling! The protein consists of one can of flaked tuna (sustainably caught) and three hard-boiled eggs. One of the easiest and most satisfying low-carb meals is a big green salad mixed with with whatever protein you like. Almost any protein will work!
Read MoreChicken Thighs, Cauliflower Rice with Scrambled Eggs
A nice quick and easy meal if you use frozen Asian Cauliflower Rice. I scrambled a couple of eggs and set them aside and then sautéed 1.5 packages of frozen Asian Cauliflower Rice with 1 tsp. of minced garlic. Once the rice was lightly browned, I added a mixture of 1 T. soy sauce, 1…
Read MoreChicken Thighs and Tabbouleh (Hemp Hearts)
Nice crispy, air-fried chicken thighs, served with tabbouleh salad again. This low-carb tabbouleh is made with hemp hearts not bulgar wheat. Recipe link here.
Read MoreSausages and Tabbouleh (Hemp Hearts)
My favourite English Banger Sausages from Save-on-foods in the Vancouver area. I also had tabbouleh made with hemp hearts as a side dish. I have that recipe here.
Read MoreA Big Chicken Salad
Sometimes a big salad is the perfect meal. For me, that’s actually quite often! This is a pretty simple meal: a green salad with a home-cooked chicken breast (including the skin) and my usual salsa mayo.
Read MoreGround Pork Salad
This was a spur-of-the-moment salad! I had enough of my ground pork with sweet chili sauce left for a meal, but I also wanted a green salad, so I decided to combine them… and this was a real winner! Note: I sometimes add Asian-style cauliflower rice to my ground pork with sweet chili sauce, but…
Read MoreSausages, Cauliflower Side Dish, Tomatoes
Another simple, easy and delicious low-carb meal. English Banger Sausages (Save-on-Foods in the Vancouver area), Green Giant cauliflower and onion side dish (half the package), two small tomatoes.
Read MoreChicken Thighs and Cauliflower Onion Sauté
A deliciously simple meal! Two air-fried chicken thighs, a frozen side dish (Green Giant Restaurant Sides – Cauliflower and Onions; half the package) and two small tomatoes. I saved a third chicken thigh in case I needed a snack later in the day.
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