A yummy, filling lunch 5g of carbs or under

[BeanPole]

I'm really tired of having tuna, mashed up boiled egg with mayo. I'm willing to cut out my delicious cream cheese dessert in order to get a more tasty and enjoyable lunch. If theres veggies included, it can only be one cup since I eat the rest in a big salad with dinner. Anybody have a great fulfilling 5g of carbs or less recipe for lunch?

[kate58]

Re: A yummy, filling lunch 5g of carbs or under

Shrimp with a couple of green onions chopped through it and mayo, in half an avocado with a green salad. Paprika sprinkled on top. Yum.

[julirama723]

Re: A yummy, filling lunch 5g of carbs or under

What about stir-fry? It would take a little prep work the night before, but you could combine the protein of your choice (chicken, beef, pork, tofu, shrimp, etc.) with stir-fry veggies (peppers, onions, squash, bamboo shoots, broccoli, etc.). Cook up a big batch, either all ingredients together or meat and veggies separately, and then measure out your portions for each lunch.

OR

You could do a stuffed pepper. Make a "salad" (chicken salad, egg salad, shrimp salad, etc.) and stuff it into half of a large bell pepper. Top with cheese, broil until golden and bubbly. You could cook it the night before and just reheat it at work.

[BeanPole]

Re: A yummy, filling lunch 5g of carbs or under

Everything sounds so good! I think I'm going to try the shrimp first because I've never made shrimp at home before. My mom never ate/bought shrimp so I never learned how to cook it. I only ate shrimp at restaurants. Besides, DBF was complaining that he wanted to try something new last night. I tend to cook a lot of the same things every month for him and the kids. I do the same thing where I'm concerned, just low carb. I'm going to make enough for myself and the rest of the family. I bet DBF wont even know its low-carb and I'm not going to tell him either! Not until hes done eating anyways... Thanks for the excellent lunch recipes! I can't wait to try them all! I was really dreading another day of tuna and its hard to stay legal when you hate your food.

[4myself4mykids]

Re: A yummy, filling lunch 5g of carbs or under

OK, I can tell you a few of the things I do...I eat leftovers a lot though, so if that bothers you, it might be a problem! Tonight it was nice enough to grill, so I made us steaks for supper along with just like stuffed baked potatoes
3 grms net carbs/serving.
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/just_li..._potatoes.html

When the steak was on the grill, I also made some ground chuck burgers for next week-bagged into baggies. After dinner was over, I put the JLSBP in single serving sized containers. I used 2 bags of cauliflower instead of 1, so there were a lot of leftovers. I put 6 in the freezer, and saved 4 for this week. If I have more leftovers this week, I might have those, but if I'm in a rush at least this way, I'm semi-prepared and can just grab a container of TJSBP and a burger and at least I have a good lunch. I also always keep celery sticks and radishes in baggies in the fridge. Week before I also had cucumbers, this week they had red sweet peppers on sale so I will have those and celery this week instead of radishes.
I found this on the board somewhere and kept a copy for myself & I don't kow the url, but here's a list of 5gm net carb veggies:
5 net carbs
Vegetables
RAW:
13 cups Lettuce (shredded)
49 cups Spinach (about 0.2 net carbohydrates per cup)
4 cups Turnip Greens
2 1/4 cups Cucumber
3/4 cup Sweet green/red pepper
1 cup Cherry tomato
3/4 cup Tomato
2 1/2 cup Mushrooms
7 medium Green onions
1 1/4 California Avocado (black skin)
3/4 Florida Avocado (green skin)
COOKED:
2 3/4 cups Spinach (from canned)
3 1/2 cups Turnip Greens
1 cup Turnip
1 1/2 cups or 12 medium Asparagus Spears
1 cup Yellow Summer Squash (fresh)
1 3/4 cups Broccoli (chopped)
2/3 cup Spaghetti Squash
2 3/4 cups Cauliflower (chopped)
3/4 cup Green or Red Peppers
1/2 cup Tomato (from fresh)
1/2 cup Brussels Sprouts (from fresh)
1/4 cup Onions
1 1/2 cups Cabbage (from fresh)