Recipes that are easy to modify to no/low carbs?

[Anonymous]

I am trying to lose some weight, which was much easier to do back in my single days when I was cooking for one. It is just DH and me right now, so we don't need to take kids' tastes into consideration. I am looking for specific recipes that we can easily make two portions of -- one lower cal and low/no carbs, and one that is still healthy but can have some wheat pasta, brown rice, whatever.

We do a soy/PB stir fry, and for that one I just use minimal sauce for my portion and I skip the brown rice, for example. Or, we often make a pasta/olive oil/garlic dish and mix it with broccoli and chicken, so for that one I just won't have any pasta.

What are some other ideas? Even just a healthy meal that DH can choose to add a piece of bread to would be fine as well. We mainly cook chicken and lean ground beef.

[Anonymous]

Burrito/tacos without the tortilla or shell. Put taco ingredients in a salad instead. Burger without the bun.

[Anonymous]

use shititaki noodles- no carbs., lots of fiber and nomimal calories and they soak up whatever sauce you use- use them like pasta, add sauce and some ground turkey

you can also use the shitaki noodles or shirataki rice with stir fry or whatever you want

they will fill you up and leave you feeling full for a long time

[Anonymous]

whoops, I meant shiritaki

[Anonymous]

I make pizza with Canadian bacon and broccolini, whole grain crust for the kids, portabella mushroom as the crust for me.

I also agree that almost anything can go on a salad, or a serving of wilted spinach, instead of a bun or a bed of rice: taco fixings are great this way.