Quick & Easy Low Carb Meal Ideas

To give you some quick and easy low carb meal ideas, here are photos of the low carb foods I’ve been eating myself lately. I’d love to hear what YOU’ve been eating! Leave a comment with some of your meals. 😉

Eggs are a standby for something quick & easy when I’m at home. And I should say, I’m cooking for one, so simple is ideal most of the time. Fast, and less mess in the kitchen – even better! lol…

This was a quick low carb lunch idea, basically using up what I still had left over in the refrigerator after the holidays (ingredients to make Pigs in a Blanket for the kids). That’s “lil smokies” heated in the skillet with some slices of Colby Jack cheese on the side.

Speaking of, I decided to make Pigs WITHOUT Blankets the next day, which turned out delicious!

To the left is a Hardee’s Low Carb Breakfast Bowl. This is NOT my favorite low carb breakfast, but I was out and about that morning – and HUNGRY. lol.

I find it to be a bit salty for my taste, which is why I add the mayo. It’s actually more than I can eat in one sitting. Especially in the morning.

I also had Pizza Hut one night, as a sort of low carb splurge. If you click the link you’ll see that I just ate the toppings – and the new Garlic Parmesan wings.

Another thing I had leftover from the holidays was a two pound pack of Snow Crab Legs in the freezer.

I had company one night so I made the crab legs, with melted butter on the side of course, caesar salad (minus the croutons), and mozzarella stuffed mushrooms. Yum!

And then – I finally went to the grocery store. 😀 As you can see I stocked up on frozen veggies, plenty of greens, and a few “low carb convenience foods” like steam-in-the-bag shrimp and microwavable Tilapia…

Gorton’s Tilapia is actually really good. Well seasoned and tender/flaky! It looks better in these pictures. It cooks in the microwave in six minutes and makes for a quick low carb lunch idea. I had it with a side of cottage cheese topped with parmesan cheese.

Brace yourself! I actually cooked. 😀 lol. I made half pound hamburger steaks. I added one egg and seasonings (Grill Mates Spicy Montreal Steak seasoning – which made is nice ‘n spicy!) to the raw meat, mixed it up well, and fried them in the skillet.

I boiled the cauliflower, then added butter & salt. I fixed Birds Eye SteamFresh Creamed Spinach in the microwave, then put it in the same skillet I used to make the hamburger steaks and fried it a bit – which I call “dirty spinach” – and served the meat on top of that with the cauliflower on the side.

It was a super fast meal to make, but SO good!!

The next morning I had what was leftover of the hamburger steak with a side of cottage cheese for breakfast.

And for lunch, I stirred up the leftover spinach and cauliflower. 😀

This is one of my favorite low carb take-out meals. We have a great little Greek restaurant here that has the BEST grilled chicken! I ordered it with roasted vegetables. It comes with carrots too, but I give those to my Great Dane. He LOVES carrots!! 😛

There was enough chicken & veggies left over to make for a great no-fuss breakfast the next morning. Sometimes I over-order on purpose, just to have leftovers the next day. It makes for a great low carb breakfast or lunch without having to mess around in the kitchen.

Then the night before my trip I had an easy “bacon and eggs” dinner. I cooked the entire pack of bacon so I could pack the leftover bacon with me on my trip the next morning. 😀

Oh – and looking for low carb breakfast ideas? Click that link and see what I had this morning. Yum!!