This salad makes a nice light meal for lunch or dinner and the addition of the tofu ups the protein count. You may choose to not blanch the red cabbage but I like the way the purple pops after blanching and the flavour seems to be more intense. The best [...]
Our family LOVES tacos but the tortilla wraps are very high in carbs and fat. To avoid a family mutiny I served regular tacos and cheese to the family but made myself these lovely fresh and low carb tacos. They took no extra time to prepare but I did have [...]
I chose to use the high protein pitas instead of traditional Tostadas as they are less than half the carbs, considering beans tend to be higher in carbs. Even though beans are higher in carbs than meat they are much lower in fat, zero cholesterol, high in fibre and rich [...]
Lunches can be a bit of a challenge when you are on a low carb diet, what ever the reason may be. We were lucky enough to come across the Ezekiel Sprouted Flax bread which is only 10g net carbs per slice and considering it is a sprouted bread it [...]
Tzaziki sauce is refreshing and low in fat. I would highly recommend that you seed the cucumber before mixing into the sauce to avoid excess liquid and only use fresh squeezed lemon juice. Bottled lemon juice contains Sulfur Dioxide (also known as sulfites). This chemical is common in our food [...]
This salad makes a nice light lunch. Pack it into a low carb high protein pita or scoop it with some crunchy crackers. You could also forgo the carb intensive breads/crackers and wrap it in some kale or romaine lettuce. If you use non-fat greek yogurt you will increase the [...]
This all vegetable lunch wrap is full of crunchy vegetable that is high in protein and great for your waist line. No bread, no meat no problem. Sure to satisfy both vegetarian and meat eaters alike.
This extreamly low carb meal packs a protein punch! I used Pita Gourmet - High Protein pitas with only 10 g carbs in one pita. The flavour is fresh with a little kick. If you are not a huge fan of cilantro try substituting it for dill. Dill helps protects [...]
Mezze is a selection of small dishes served in the Middle East and the Balkans as breakfast, lunch or even dinner, with or without drinks. This dish is a refreshing low carb dish packed with fresh veggies. Considering it is void of meat it still presents with decent protein and [...]