Adding low carb to the list of things that rile people up - maybe everyone needs a cheeseburger
just kidding!
ETA: finding a well balanced food plan can be hard and I know I've gotten discouraged many times. everyone is giving really good advice and I've definitely bookmarked some of the things in here!
I thought this actually went pretty smoothly for a food/diet post!
No. I don't eat out much... well, when its not 90 degrees all the time that is. It's hard to cook right now.
How do you eat at home without any food prep and very little planning? I mean...you at least need a plan when you go to the grocery store. Do you mean you get delivery all the time?
Well I don't know about koosh, but I'll go weeks with out planning/ prep because I don't eat typical "meals"
Like i kinda do the 5 small meals a day thing which might mean eating things like eggs, fruits, veggies, cheese, Greek yogurt, nuts, etc thoughout the day. I buy virtually no "processed" food and no convenience food. I pretty much buy the same thing at the grocery store each week. It's makes things simple and inexpensive.
Now I do get Blue Apon deliveries every few weeks, but in between the above is my eating and takes very little planning.
How do you eat at home without any food prep and very little planning? I mean...you at least need a plan when you go to the grocery store. Do you mean you get delivery all the time?
I go to the store maybe twice a week for fruit, eggs, meat and cheese. For quick snacks, I usually eat cheese + fruit. Other options could be deli meat, jerky, hard boiled eggs, nuts, and zing/kind bars (very rarely since they do have some sugar). If you don't have a fridge, baked parmesan "chips" or moon cheese are good options.
Some things I eat a lot of eggs, bacon, Chile Lime Chicken Burgers from trader joes, hamburger patties, steak, rotisserie and fried chicken from the store, and tacos (a little more prep).
Sometimes I'll have a protein shake but thats when I am tired of all the meat things. I like isopure.
Well, this is most likely how I'd eat if I was single, but I think most of the people here lean towards meals, particularly those with families. Even just cooking a protein main + vegetable side for dinner requires prep (thawing raw meat, seasoning, chopping vegetables, etc).
I used to cook cauliflower fried rice or make the pizza out of cauliflower but it's so much work. I've heard trader joes has started carrying frozen cauliflower rice but the last couple times we went they were sold out.
our dinners are very same-ish. Some kind of meat or fish, some kind of vegetables. I keep a lot of bags of frozen vegetables in the freezer for easy weeknight dinners.
If you are being super strict on carbs it's tough becuase you can't use any packaged sauces etc. If you are being more loose you can buy stir fry sauces that have maybe 6-10g carbsper serving. I often make a big stir fry and either add a sauce from a bottle, or just use soy sauce, rice vineger, ginger garlic and sesame oil.
also spaghetti squash is good. Microwave it then scoop out the flesh and mix it with marinara sauce and some cooked italian sausage, cover with cheese and bake it
eggplant parmesan - you can coat the egg plant in almond flour and egg, and bake it at 400 until crispy. Then layer with sauce and cheese
You can make zucchini fries that way too (almond flour)
Chicken tenders dipped in a combo of almond flour and unsweetened coconut and baked are pretty yummy
also I make tacos usually once per week. I buy the Josephs low carb tortillas for my husband (he's the low carber). For myself and the kids I buy regular corn tortillas. It's an easy/fast meal. I just cook a pound or so of ground beef with onions (I use frozen diced onions a lot), add a small can of tomato sauce, some TJs taco seasoning and diced green chiles.
Could also do fajitas that way (low carb tortillas). Or enchiladas
the hardest part for my H is snacking, It's true that low carb is tough. I mean to grab a snack is easy if you can just grab a banana, a granola bar, some chips or crackers, etc.
He eats a lot of cheese sticks or he might open a can of tuna or chicken and mix that with mayo for a snack. He also likes jerky but that can get pretty expensive.
certain granola bars aren't terrible. The Nature valley protein nut bars have only 9g net carbs so sometimes he eats one of those.
miso lol you come off as a little out of touch here! Sure low carbing is easy when you eat out every meal. Thats not really an.option for everyone.
Low carb for me is hard work because of all the food prep. I do one big food prep Sunday night and then Maybe 30 minutes a night on dinner and getting my food ready for the next day.
I 100% agree with you that you don't have to be miserable low Carb. I love everything I eat and enjoy my food. But it takes planning.
Oh, goodie! I have been called out of touch! LOL!
I certainly don't dine out every meal. Home food is almost always Chinese/Taiwanese and consists predominantly of stir-fried or braised meats and sautéed leafy green vegetables, but I don't typically snap pics of what I eat at home.
My point is this -- I don't see why eating this way is any more difficult than eating however one ate before. Non-low-carb cooking requires planning, too. Does low-carb cooking really require more work than what you'd expend otherwise?
A little? I'm imagining this is what the first draft of GOOP looks like before her editors tell her to tone it down. Lol.
I can't even assume she's joking because she said we're all too dumb for jokes.
@misoangry, you just made me fire off an unnecessarily terse email to my in-house counsel. I hope you're pleased with yourself. Although I'm 100% certain she'll annoy me later, so I don't feel too bad.
Being compared to GOOP is the lowest of low blows, man!
I certainly don't dine out every meal. Home food is almost always Chinese/Taiwanese and consists predominantly of stir-fried or braised meats and sautéed leafy green vegetables, but I don't typically snap pics of what I eat at home.
My point is this -- I don't see why eating this way is any more difficult than eating however one ate before. Non-low-carb cooking requires planning, too. Does low-carb cooking really require more work than what you'd expend otherwise?
Do you know how easy pasta is? Or rice (especially if you have a rice cooker)? It's filling and cheap, too. Or oatmeal?
Plus, I think people are also asking in terms of wanting some variety, tips on meal prep and planning, etc. The idea of someone changing their diet and wanting ideas of meals that are compliant without being gross is not that complex of a question. I don't get why this concept is so difficult.
And I don't see what's so hard about not eating rice or pasta.
low carb is also annoying expensive. It's like, you can make zoodles instead of spaghetti! Or you can make cauliflower rice instead of rice! BUT, besides the extra work involved, it's like a dollar for an entire box of spaghetti. so you can get a thousand+ calories of food for one dollar! Rice, potatoes etc. All the cheapest foods are carbs dammit. So annoying. No coupons available for fresh vegetables and meats either.
oatmeal is probably about 10 cents per serving. where are you going to get a low carb breakfast for 10 cents.
I certainly don't dine out every meal. Home food is almost always Chinese/Taiwanese and consists predominantly of stir-fried or braised meats and sautéed leafy green vegetables, but I don't typically snap pics of what I eat at home.
My point is this -- I don't see why eating this way is any more difficult than eating however one ate before. Non-low-carb cooking requires planning, too. Does low-carb cooking really require more work than what you'd expend otherwise?
Yes, full carb was easier. I don't see anything wrong with calling it harder. It takes planning for me to follow my eating plan. I find it sustainable and definitely how I want to eat long term but not the easiest. I don't think the original question was dumb like would you still eat this or are pants still in style
miso lol you come off as a little out of touch here! Sure low carbing is easy when you eat out every meal. Thats not really an.option for everyone.
Low carb for me is hard work because of all the food prep. I do one big food prep Sunday night and then Maybe 30 minutes a night on dinner and getting my food ready for the next day.
I 100% agree with you that you don't have to be miserable low Carb. I love everything I eat and enjoy my food. But it takes planning.
Oh, goodie! I have been called out of touch! LOL!
I certainly don't dine out every meal. Home food is almost always Chinese/Taiwanese and consists predominantly of stir-fried or braised meats and sautéed leafy green vegetables, but I don't typically snap pics of what I eat at home.
My point is this -- I don't see why eating this way is any more difficult than eating however one ate before. Non-low-carb cooking requires planning, too. Does low-carb cooking really require more work than what you'd expend otherwise?
For me and the way I used to eat, yes.
Lots of convenience food (mostly frozen stuff - pizza, pasta, chicken nuggets), or otherwise rice or pasta with a sauce or meat. I rarely ate vegetables before I changed how I ate. So I didn't even have to think about which ones to cook when and for how long and which ones last longer so I can eat those later in the week. And I've never been a big salad person so usually any lettuce I bought would go bad before I thought to eat it.
It's been a huge change for me and requires a LOT more effort than what I used to do. Which is probably why I'm overweight.
A little? I'm imagining this is what the first draft of GOOP looks like before her editors tell her to tone it down. Lol.
I can't even assume she's joking because she said we're all too dumb for jokes.
@misoangry, you just made me fire off an unnecessarily terse email to my in-house counsel. I hope you're pleased with yourself. Although I'm 100% certain she'll annoy me later, so I don't feel too bad.
Being compared to GOOP is the lowest of low blows, man!
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