Seaweed pasta is disgusting. I’m not actually sure it’s made from seaweed, but that seems like a reasonable guess. But it has like 2 calories and if your sauce is flavorful enough you can almost forget it’s so disgusting and pretend it’s pasta. Just rinse it like crazy before you make it. It’s sold in the same place as tofu.
The upside of all of the above dishes is they take very little hands on time to make.
Is it made with konjac? I actually like konjac and I can tell you it goes right through so can't add any calories. But my family would never. It's something I eat when my husband is out and the kids are in bed.
We just do 1 protein, 1 salad, 1 veg, and 1 carb most night and the kids eat the carb (sometimes my DH). We undo low carb by eating dessert and drinking but that's not the point.
Tonight was hoisin marinated chicken thighs (braised over a bed of browned onions), regular green salad, beets (didn't fit the theme but they were already roasted), and rice. But, do you mean low carb like hoisin marinade and beets would be no go? If so, maybe a oil and vinegar marinade and broccoli instead?
Shrimp in red sauce over spaghetti squash is a favorite here. Will make some pasta for kids sometimes or sometimes not.
Grilled shrimp, raw kale salad, roasted cauliflower, and sweet potatoes were Monday.
Last night was salmon, sauteed kale (loads of garlic and onion), carrot slices with baba, and kids had fingerling potatoes.
Steak, sauteed spinach, salad, polenta. (We eat a lot of the same boring salad ... butter lettuce or other greens, bell pepper, cucumber, cherry tomato. But sometimes arugula, grapefruit and either a nut or sharp cheese with homemade dressing. Or .. dark greens, blue cheese, roasted nuts, and craisins but that's not low carb or low cal).
I think lots of interesting veg dish are the key so you don't miss the carbs too much. And, I generally doubt that you can overeat veg but if really trying to cut back we do focus on greens over winter squash and beets.
It does seem my kids are more fart filled than other kids but everything in life has trade offs!!
