The following are some of the meals we eat that do not spike our bg numbers. These are not recipes, but they do show the main ingredients we use and they give the simple instructions we follow.

We enjoy visiting healthy low carb blogs which give the kinds of recipes most people prefer... you know... the kind with measurements and all. :) (Note: A post with web addresses for these blogs will be coming soon.)

By the way... we love (and many times prefer) to just eat raw vegetables with no frills and maybe a cup of plain yogurt or something, so any meal might be those! When it's warm outside our main meal will frequently be a nice salad but we do like to get in the kitchen and cook together, too, and the following are what we like to prepare and eat.

Veggie Crudités Ideas

Cold Salad Ideas

Warm Salad Ideas

Grilled Meat Ideas

Misc. Meat Ideas

Egg Based Ideas

Stovetop Dinner Ideas

Crock Pot Dinner Ideas

Homemade Soup Ideas

Oven Dinner Ideas

Sauce Ideas

Cold Vegetable Ideas

Warm Vegetable Ideas

Oven Vegetable Ideas

Breakfast - Lunch - Snack Ideas

'Sandwich' Ideas

Meal Ideas For Company

Veggie Crudités Ideas

These are a staple for us - washed and cut up vegetables kept in containers in our refrigerator, ready to be eaten.

They include bell pepper strips, broccoli florets, celery stalks, cucumber spears / rounds, and whole radishes. 

Occasionally they include some carrot sticks, cauliflower florets, green onions, olives, or tomatoes as well.

We like these best plain, but occasionally will have them with a dip, or a dressing, or a low carb salsa.

Cold Salad Ideas

Veggies Galore Salad  

Ingredients: tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, celery, radishes, avocado (or whatever combination of vegetables you like), and lettuce.

Instructions: Dice all vegetables (except the lettuce) and combine together. Heap them on a bed of chopped lettuce. 

Note: You can add fresh herbs or a dressing to the vegetables, if desired.

John's Guacamole Salad

Ingredients: avocados, tomatoes, a mini onion, shredded lettuce, garlic salt

Instructions: mash or dice avocados, add diced tomatoes, minced mini-onion, shredded lettuce. Mix all ingredients together, season with garlic salt to taste.

BLT Salad

Ingredients: lettuce chopped, tomato diced, cucumber peeled and diced, cooked bacon (or turkey bacon) in bite-sized pieces, cheddar cheese in tiny cubes.

Instructions: gently blend all ingredients together and top with a little Ranch dressing.

Note: For variety, instead of bacon use maple sausage bits or small pieces of cooked chicken.

Egg Salad

Ingredients: boiled and peeled eggs mashed, mayonnaise, dash of favorite mustard, black pepper.

Instructions: Put salad on a bed of lettuce leaves, or on a Wasa cracker, or use as a filling for celery or a large cored tomato

Note: You can add finely diced celery or bell pepper to your egg salad

Chicken Waldorf Salad

Ingredients: lots of diced celery, apple diced (we can use 1/4 to 1/2 an apple per person with no bg spikes), cheddar cheese in tiny cubes, small pieces of cooked chicken, mayonnaise

Instructions: combine all

Mexican Salad

Ingredients: lettuce chopped, tomato diced, olives sliced, seasoned browned hamburger (with low sodium taco seasoning), small cheddar cheese cubes

Instructions: combine all and top with low carb salsa

Chef Salad

Ingredients: lettuce chopped, tomato diced, ham julienned, cheese chunks julienned, boiled egg sliced

Instructions: combine all and top with Ranch dressing

Curry Chicken Jicama Salad

Ingredients: small pieces of cooked chicken, jicama peeled and sliced thinly, bell pepper julienned, curry spice, mayonnaise, and lettuce

Instructions: combine all ingredients (except lettuce) and heap onto a bed of shredded lettuce

Ham-Cuke-Mato Salad

Ingredients: (low sodium) ham / turkey ham diced, cucumber diced, tomato diced, mayonnaise or Ranch dressing

Instructions: combine all ingredients

Mustard Chicken Salad

Ingredients: small pieces of cooked chicken, favorite mustard, red and green bell peppers julienned, and lettuce

Instructions: combine all ingredients and heap onto a bed of torn lettuce

Tuna / Chicken / Ham Salad

Ingredients: canned tuna or chicken or low sodium ham / turkey ham diced, celery diced finely, mayonnaise, shredded lettuce

Instructions: combine all ingredients (except lettuce) and heap onto a bed of cut lettuce

Note: You can use the meat salad as a filling for celery or a large cored tomato, and you can put meat salad on a Wasa cracker

Warm Salad Ideas

Bratty Turnip Salad

Ingredients: all beef bratwurst grilled and sliced into bite-size chunks, turnips peeled, diced and boiled, carrots peeled, sliced and boiled, a mini onion minced, mayonnaise

Instructions: add all ingredients together and mix well

Turnato Salad

Ingredients: turnips peeled, diced and boiled, a mini onion minced, dill pickles chopped, mayonnaise, favorite mustard

Instructions: make just like you would potato salad

Grilled Vegetable Salad

Ingredients: assorted vegetables (i.e. sliced or whole tomatoes, zucchini squash sliced on the diagonal, bell peppers cut in large chunks, etc.), olive oil, salt, black pepper

Instructions: brush olive oil on all vegetables and grill, add salt and black pepper to taste, place in nice arrangement on plate

Grilled Meat Ideas

Grilled Steak

Grilled Angus Burgers

Grilled Beef Ribs

Grilled Chicken Breasts / Tenders

Note: any of these can be marinated first in low sodium sauce (Mrs. Dash Mesquite or Mrs. Dash Teriyaki) or used with a low carb rub of spices

Misc. Meat Ideas

Meatloaf

Ingredients: hamburger, crushed Wasa crackers, eggs, tomato sauce, bell pepper chopped, mini onion minced, spices to taste

Instructions: combine all ingredients and shape into a loaf in a loaf pan, top with low carb ketchup, bake until done

Oven-Baked Chicken Parmesan

Ingredients: chicken breasts, parmesan cheese

Instructions: coat chicken breasts with grated parmesan cheese, bake until done

Stovetop Parmesan Chicken

Ingredients: chicken cut in small pieces, olive oil, grated parmesan cheese

Instructions: sauté chicken pieces in olive oil, sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese

Meatballs

Ingredients: hamburger, crushed Wasa crackers, eggs, spices to taste

Instructions: combine all ingredients, shape into meatballs, cook on stovetop or in oven until done

Note: eat plain or with a touch of spaghetti sauce, or a cream sauce made from heavy cream and cream cheese

Oven-Baked Beef Ribs

Oven-Baked Fish Filet

Pan 'Fried' Fish Filet

Turkey

Egg Based Ideas

Three-Cheese Quiche

(See under Oven Dinner Ideas below)

Green Chilies Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients: eggs, heavy cream, Hatch green chilies chopped, cream cheese

Instructions: stir together eggs and small amount of heavy cream, cook by scrambling in pan until done (more dry than wet is better), add drained chopped green chilies and several pats of cream cheese, mix just until cream cheese is incorporated slightly

Hard Boiled Eggs

Deviled Eggs

Ingredients: eggs, mayonnaise, favorite mustard, paprika

Instructions: boil eggs and peel them, cut eggs in half, remove cooked yolk to a separate bowl, mash yolks and add mayonnaise and mustard, fill empty egg whites with yolk mixture, sprinkle tops with paprika

Egg Salad

(See above in Cold Salad Ideas)

Sunny Side Up Eggs

Omelets

Ingredients: eggs, heavy cream, cooked ham in small chunks / bite size cooked sausage, shredded cheese

Instructions: stir together eggs and small amount of heavy cream, pour into pan and let cook on the bottom, add other ingredients (ham / sausage, cheese), when bottom is starting to brown slightly, gently flip one side of omelet over onto top of other, cook until done

Stovetop Dinner Ideas

Creamy Turmeric Beef Cabbage

Ingredients: hamburger, cabbage shredded, cream cheese, heavy cream, turmeric

Instructions: brown hamburger in large deep pan, drain most of the fat, add shredded cabbage and continually stir as cabbage cooks and reduces in size, when cabbage is done to consistency desired (we like it only slightly cooked) add cream cheese in chunks and heavy cream and turmeric, stir until cheese is almost melted

Sautéed Cabbage and Ham

Ingredients: cooked low sodium bacon / ham or turkey bacon / ham in bite-size pieces, olive oil, shredded cabbage, a mini onion minced, spices to taste

Instructions: sauté onion and bacon / ham in olive oil, add shredded cabbage and cook until cabbage is done to consistency desired, add spices to taste

Chicken Continental

Ingredients: bacon, chicken breasts cut in bite-size pieces, cream cheese, heavy cream

Instructions: cook bacon in pan, pour out most of the bacon grease, add chicken breast pieces and cook until done, add cream cheese chunks and heavy cream, stir until well coated

Note: You can serve this over a bed of torn lettuce or baby spinach

Creamy Beef Bells

Ingredients: hamburger, bell peppers cut in medium-size chunks, cream cheese, heavy cream

Instructions: brown hamburger, add bell pepper chunks and sauté until bells are cooked, add cream cheese chunks and heavy cream, mix until blended

Note: You can serve this with a nice side salad

Stovetop Chile Rellenos

Ingredients: whole roasted Hatch green chilies with tops chopped off, de-veined, de-seeded, slit down one side only, cheddar cheese in slices, eggs, heavy cream

Instructions: hide slices of cheddar cheese inside chilies and place in a frying pan coated with olive oil, cover with beaten eggs mixed with a little heavy cream, cook until egg mixture is done and cheese inside chilies is melted

Pan Roasted Bells, Onions, Zucchini

Ingredients: bell peppers cut into larger bite-size chunks, onions cut into thin rings, zucchini cut into rounds, olive oil

Instructions: cook all vegetables in olive oil in large pan letting them roast / brown well

Green Chile Stew

Ingredients: beef stew meat, turnips peeled and diced, carrots peeled and sliced, water, beef bouillon, Hatch green chilies chopped

Instructions: brown beef in deep pan on stop top and drain well, add diced turnips, carrots, water to soup level, and beef bouillon, cook until turnips and carrots are tender, add chopped Hatch green chilies and stir and serve

Build a Mountain

Ingredients: For the 'base' prepare shredded lettuce - for the 'foothills' prepare an assortment of meats like taco seasoned browned hamburger, seasoned fajita meat, Mesquite chicken tenders, etc. all cooked - for the slopes prepare assorted vegetables like tomatoes diced, sautéed bell pepper chunks, olives sliced, cucumbers diced, etc. - for the peak or summit prepare shredded cheese, sour cream dollops, guacamole, or salsa, etc.

Instructions: Each person builds their own 'mountain' of food from what has been prepared.

Fajitas

Ingredients: low carb tortillas, seasoned cooked fajita meat, shredded lettuce, tomatoes diced, olives sliced, green chilies chopped, sour cream, cheddar cheese shredded

Instructions: warm tortillas and fill with any or all of the above desired ingredients

Crock Pot Dinner Ideas

Crock Pot Pot Roast

Ingredients: pot roast, celery cut in chunks, turnips peeled and diced, carrots peeled and sliced

Instructions: put celery, turnips, and carrots in bottom of crock pot, add water to just below vegetables, lay pot roast (cut into medium-size chunks) on top of vegetables and cook

Note: an hour before done we switch the meat to the bottom of the crock pot

Crock Pot Green Chilies Stew

Ingredients: stew meat, turnips peeled and diced, Hatch green chilies chopped, beef bouillon

Instructions: put turnips on bottom of crock pot, add water to cover them, brown stew meat on stove top and then add to crock pot, pour chopped Hatch green chilies over meat and turnips and cook

Homemade Soup Ideas

Cabbage Stew

Ingredients: cabbage chopped, a small onion minced, ham or turkey ham or hamburger or stew meat, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, water

Instructions: brown ham or meat in large pan, add minced onion and cabbage and seasonings, add water to soup level, bring to a boil and cook until cabbage is tender

Savory Beef Turnip Soup

Ingredients: beef stew meat, olive oil, turnips peeled and diced, small onion minced, carrots peeled and sliced, celery diced, water, beef bouillon, sweet basil, 2 pats of butter

Instructions: brown beef stew meat in olive oil in large pan, add turnips, carrots, celery, bouillon, and sweet basil to taste, add water to soup level, cook until meat is done and vegetables are tender, add pats of butter and stir and serve

Broccoli Cheese Soup

Ingredients: broccoli florets, mini onion minced, olive oil, water, chicken bouillon, cheddar cheese shredded, black pepper, heavy cream

Instructions: lightly sauté broccoli florets and minced onion in olive oil in large pan until slightly cooked, add water to soup level, add chicken bouillon, shredded cheese and black pepper, cook until broccoli is cooked, add heavy cream to thicken and flavor

Chicken Soup

Ingredients: chicken breast cut in bite-size pieces, olive oil, turnips peeled and diced, carrots peeled and sliced, celery diced, mini onion minced, water, chicken stock or bouillon, black pepper, bay leaf

Instructions: cook chicken pieces in olive oil until done, add turnips, carrots, celery, onion, and water to soup level, add chicken stock or bouillon, black pepper and bay leaf and cook until vegetables are tender

Creamy Celery Soup

Ingredients: a lot of celery diced fine, mini onion minced, olive oil, chicken stock or bouillon, salt, black pepper, water, heavy cream

Instructions: sauté finely diced celery and onion in olive oil just until slightly tender, add water to soup level, bouillon, salt, and black pepper, cook until celery is tender, add heavy cream

Note: if desired blend in a blender until smooth

Spaghetti Soup

Ingredients: spaghetti squash baked and shredded, bell peppers in bite-size julienned pieces, olive oil, spaghetti sauce, cheddar cheese shredded, water, black pepper

Instructions: bake the spaghetti squash (as per instructions found in cookbooks or on the internet), shred the spaghetti squash to resemble spaghetti, sauté bite size julienned bell peppers in olive oil, to the bell peppers add the shredded spaghetti squash, spaghetti sauce, black pepper to taste, and water to soup level, bring to a simmer and add cheese last few minutes, simmer until cheese is melted

Oven Dinner Ideas

Three-Cheese Quiche

Ingredients: eggs, 2 cheeses shredded (i.e. Swiss and cheddar), parmesan cheese grated, heavy cream, spices, additional things (see below)

Instructions: blend 2 shredded cheeses and grated parmesan cheese, heavy cream, egg yolks, spices, and egg whites that have been whipped separately until forming stiff peaks, bake in lightly greased casserole dish

Note: you can line the bottom of the quiche with crushed Wasa crackers and melted butter

Note: You can add additional things like chopped olives, green chilies, mushrooms, etc.

Chile Rellenos Casserole

Ingredients: Hatch whole green chilies with top cut off, de-veined and de-seeded, cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese shredded, eggs beaten, heavy cream

Instructions: beat eggs and blend with a little heavy cream, pour 1/3 of mixture into lightly greased 9x12 casserole dish, layer opened and flattened Hatch whole chilies with 2/3 of the shredded cheese to the top of dish (should make 2 or 3 layers of each), cover everything with remaining eggs and top with the remainder of cheese, bake until eggs are set and cheese is melted

Pepper Beef Bake

Ingredients: bell peppers cut into medium-size chunks, hamburger, spaghetti sauce, parmesan cheese grated

Instructions: brown the hamburger and drain almost all of the grease off, add the bell peppers to the hamburger and sauté until bells are slightly soft, add spaghetti sauce and put everything into a casserole dish, top with parmesan cheese and bake until peppers are desired consistency and parmesan is lightly browned

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Ingredients: spaghetti squash baked and shredded (as per instructions in a cookbook or found on the internet), Italian meatballs cooked, spaghetti sauce, bell peppers chopped in small pieces, a mini onion chopped in small pieces, olive oil

Instructions: sauté bell peppers and onions in a little olive oil until tender, add spaghetti sauce and Italian meatballs to them and bring to a simmer, pour over baked spaghetti squash that has been shredded

Spaghetti Squash with Alfredo Sauce

Ingredients: spaghetti squash baked and shredded (as per instructions in a cookbook or found on the internet), heavy cream, parmesan cheese finely grated

Instructions: make Alfredo sauce by combining the heavy cream and parmesan cheese and cooking in a pan until slightly thickened, pour over baked spaghetti squash that has been shredded

Stuffed Cabbage

Ingredients: cabbage leaves, hamburger, a mini onion minced, crushed Wasa crackers, spaghetti sauce

Instructions: brown hamburger and drain well, briefly cook minced onion in browned hamburger to soften, take off stovetop and add crushed Wasa crackers and enough spaghetti sauce to help ingredients stick together, fill center of  cabbage leaves with hamburger mixture and roll the leaves up tucking ends underneath, place all the rolled and filled cabbage leaves with tucked side down in lightly greased casserole dish, pour remaining spaghetti sauce over top, bake until done

Cheesy Stuffed Bells

Ingredients: bell peppers with tops cut off, cored, and deseeded and de-veined, hamburger, a mini onion minced, crushed Wasa crackers, spaghetti sauce, very small cheddar cheese cubes

Instructions: brown hamburger and drain well, briefly cook minced onion in browned hamburger to soften, take off stovetop and add crushed Wasa crackers and enough spaghetti sauce to help ingredients stick together, fold in small cheddar cheese cubes, fill center of cored bells with mixture, pour remaining spaghetti sauce over top, bake until bell peppers are tender

Sauce Ideas

Alfredo sauce, Parmesan sauce, Cream sauce, Cheese sauce, Ranch Dressing, Vinegar and Olive Oil / Vinaigrette, Tomato / Red sauce / Spaghetti sauce, Chipotle dressing, Soy sauce (low sodium), Steak sauce

Cold Vegetable Ideas

Healthy Coleslaw

Ingredients: cabbage shredded, carrot shredded, a mini onion minced, mayonnaise, black pepper

Instructions: mix all ingredients well and chill

Dilled Veggies

Ingredients: chopped and sliced vegetables (peeled as appropriate) (cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, etc.), sour cream, mayonnaise, fresh or dried dill

Instructions: blend all ingredients together

Guacamole

Ingredients: avocados, tomatoes chopped in small pieces, a mini onion minced, garlic salt

Instructions: mash avocados, add tomatoes and onion and garlic salt to taste

Lettuce Drizzle

Ingredients: 1/4 head of iceberg lettuce or plate full of torn lettuce, favorite low carb dressing or melted cheese or low carb salsa

Instructions: place lettuce on plate and drizzle with desired topping

Marinated Veggies

Ingredients: misc. vegetables prepared - tomato wedges or large slices, cucumber rounds or sticks, bell pepper strips, whole or sliced radishes, etc., favorite low carb dressing

Instructions: marinate vegetables with low carb dressing

Veggies and Dip

Ingredients: vegetable crudités (all cut into manageable strips and pieces) - bell pepper strips, whole radishes, broccoli florets, carrot sticks, cucumber spears or rounds, zucchini squash slants, cauliflower florets, tomatoes (Roma, cherry, grape), green onions, dip of choice

Instructions: prepare a platter of nicely arranged vegetable crudités, prepare a dip of your choice in which to dip vegetables (as finger foods)

Note: our favorite dip is a cream cheese Ranch

Warm Vegetable Ideas

Pan Roasted Bells

Ingredients: bell peppers cut in large pieces, olive oil

Instructions: 'roast' bell peppers in olive oil in pan, let them brown well

Note: You can add an onion cut into rings and 'roast' them with the bell peppers

Parmesan Creamed Broccoli

Ingredients: broccoli florets, olive oil, parmesan cheese grated, heavy cream

Instructions: sauté broccoli lightly in olive oil in pan, when tender add parmesan cheese and heavy cream, cook just a moment until sauce thickens

Cabbage Cheese Drizzle

Ingredients: cabbage quartered, favorite cheese

Instructions: boil the cabbage quarters in water until tender, carefully lift quartered cabbage out of pan and place on a plate, drizzle melted cheese over the top

Sautéed Celery in Cream Sauce

Ingredients: celery cut into chunks, olive oil, heavy cream, spices

Instructions: sauté cut celery in olive oil in pan until tender, add heavy cream and spices, cook just a moment until sauce thickens

Green Chilies Veggie Sauté

Ingredients: assorted vegetables cut in bite-sized pieces - bell peppers, celery, broccoli, tomatoes, etc., olive oil, Hatch green chilies chopped

Instructions: sauté vegetables in olive oil in pan, add green chilies and cook until chilies are warm

Crispy Fried Eggplant

Ingredients: eggplant sliced into thin rounds and salted and covered with weight on top for 1/2 hour, eggplant liquid drained and slices blotted very dry, olive oil, spices

Instructions: sauté eggplant in very small amount of olive oil in stovetop pan until brown and crisp, add spices to taste

Pico De Gallo Mushrooms

Ingredients: mushrooms, butter, low carb salsa

Instructions: sauté mushrooms in butter, add low carb salsa and cook until warmed through

Green Beans and Maple Sausage

Ingredients: green beans cooked, maple sausage cut into small pieces

Instructions: combine cooked green beans with cooked maple sausage along with a little of the grease, blend well

Mashed Caulitatoes

Ingredients: cauliflower florets, butter, heavy cream, salt and pepper

Instructions: cook cauliflower florets until tender, pulse in blender to desired consistency to match mashed potatoes, blend in butter and heavy cream

Note: You can use turnips in place of the cauliflower and mash them just like potatoes, add the butter and heavy cream

Pan Fried Zucchini

Ingredients: zucchini squash cut in slices diagonally, olive oil, parmesan cheese grated

Instructions: brown the zucchini slices in a little olive oil, sprinkle on parmesan cheese and serve

Oven Vegetable Ideas

Celery Chips

Ingredients: celery root (celeriac) peeled and thinly sliced, olive oil, spices

Instructions: dip celery root (celeriac) slices in olive oil blended with spices, place on cookie sheet and bake until crisp (will look like chips)

Eggplant Croutons

Ingredients: eggplant cut in small cubes, salted and drained well for half an hour and blotted very dry, olive oil, Italian seasoning

Instructions: brush eggplant cubes with mixture of olive oil and Italian seasoning, place on cookie sheet and bake until they are crisp

Stuffed Portabella Mushroom Caps

Ingredients: Portabella mushroom caps, olive oil, cream cheese, shredded cheese of choice, parmesan cheese grated, spices

Instructions: gently wash top of caps with wet paper towel, gently remove gills from underside of mushrooms, lightly grease tops of mushrooms with a touch of olive oil, fill mushroom caps (turned upside down on cookie sheet) with mixture of cream cheese and other cheeses, bake until mushroom is cooked and cheese is melted and browned

Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Jalapeno Poppers

Ingredients: jalapeno peppers with tops cut off, carefully deseeded and de-veined (use gloves!), cream cheese, raw thick bacon

Instructions: cut prepared jalapeno peppers in half lengthwise, carefully fill with cream cheese, wrap each one with a raw thick slice of bacon wrapping from end to end being sure to cover cut end of cheese stuffed pepper (so cheese will not escape when baking), place on lightly greased cookie sheet with loose ends of bacon on underside - cheese side of peppers up, bake until jalapenos are done and bacon is cooked

Note: Use gloves to protect your hands when working with jalapenos, and be very careful to never touch your face during the preparation process

Note: You can substitute cheddar cheese for cream cheese

Breakfast - Lunch - Snack Ideas

leftover grilled steak, chicken breast, ham, meatballs, meatloaf, chicken tenders

maple sausage, bacon, ham slices (alone, or in low carb tortilla)

Brown Cow plain yogurt

small cheese slices or cubes

cottage cheese

leftover cheese quiche squares

quiche muffins

green chilies cream cheese scrambled eggs

hard boiled eggs, deviled eggs, egg salad, eggs sunny side up, omelets, southwestern frittata, bacon and eggs

canned chicken or tuna mixed with mayonnaise (alone or on a Wasa cracker or in celery)

bacon wrapped cream cheese jalapeno poppers

breakfast 'burrito' / filled low carb tortillas (peanut butter, cream cheese, meat salad, bacon, sausage, egg salad, etc.)

avocados  

filled celery (cream cheese, cheese, peanut butter, meat salad, egg salad)

lettuce wraps (deli meat or cheese rolled up inside lettuce leaves

vegetables and dip

low carb tv dinners

low carb canned soups

fruit (strawberries, berries, cantaloupe, 1/4 apple)

nuts, seeds (walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, sunflower seeds)

'Sandwich' Ideas

Wasa Cracker or Doctor Kracker Sandwiches

top crackers with one item or a combination of items:

lunchmeat, meat salad (chicken, turkey, beef, tuna), egg salad, cream cheese, cheese slices, melted cheese, peanut butter, pepperoni slices and spaghetti sauce, guacamole, guacamole and cream cheese smear (avocado and cream cheese)

Lettuce Wraps

fill lettuce leaves with one item or a combination of items:

lunchmeat, meat salads, taco beef, etc.

Cabbage Ham Wraps

fill slightly cooked or uncooked cabbage leaves with ham slices, mayonnaise, favorite mustard

Lunchmeat Wrap / Meat Roll

wrap a thick slice of lunchmeat around one or more item:

string cheese, cheese slices, vegetable (cucumber spear, tomato wedge, broccoli florets, etc.), pepperoni

Cold Quiche Squares

bake a quiche and cut into squares to make 'sandwiches'

Tortilla Melts

fill low carb tortillas with cheese slices, cook to melt cheese inside (in microwave or oven)

Note: You can make these into quesadillas by grilling them in a little olive oil or butter in a pan on the stove top

Low Carb Burritos

fill low carb tortillas with:

fajita meat (chicken or beef), tomato diced, lettuce shredded, guacamole

Meal Ideas for Company

(See meal ideas above for ingredients and instructions)

Chef Salad

Build a Mountain

Veggies and Dip

Guacamole Salad

Fajitas

Grilled Steak / Chicken with Vegetables

Savory Beef Vegetable Soup

Chilies Rellenos Casserole

Three Cheese Quiche

Creamy Beef Bell Peppers

Green Chilies Stew

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Mexican Salad

End Note: And you probably thought there was nothing to eat with a 'No Spike Diet'... but there is! :)