Vegetarian Recipe

[sachinraka5505]

Hello Everyone,

I am looking for low carb vegetarian recipe. Let me know if anyone can help me with that?

Thank you,
Sachin

 

[Inka]

Eggs, cheese, nuts, tofu, green veg, etc are all low carb. Pulses can be useful too in moderation. What particular recipe are you looking for?

 

[Leadinglights]

Hello Everyone,

I am looking for low carb vegetarian recipe. Let me know if anyone can help me with that?

Thank you,
Sachin

If you google low carb or keto vegetarian recipes there are lots on the internet. Also in the food forum there are veggie recipes.

 

[Windy]

Morning @sachinraka5505 I'm a vegetarian and try to eat low carb, what sorts of food do you like to eat? I'm a fan of omelettes with mushrooms and a bit of cheese, soups , curry (lentil, chickpeas, aubergine or other vegetables) served with cauliflower rice. Also I make soya mince and lentil spaghetti bolognaise, with courgetti spaghetti, veggie chilli with soya mince and red kidney beans, with courgetti and a bit of cheese. There's some low carb veggie recipes here.
Or baked mushrooms with stilton cheese on, served with veggies. You can adapt regular vegetarian recipes by swapping or removing the carb part of the meal, so swap rice for cauliflower rice, potato for celeriac or cauliflower, and don't have a naan bread with curry. Halloumi cheese with salad and mint yogurt dressing is nice too. Smoked tofu and aubergine bhaji.

 

[zuludog]

Fairly obviously any salad can be vegetarian or vegan depending on what you put in or leave out
When the salad gets a bit tired you can add it to more veg & root veg, beans/lentils/pulses and turn it into a veg stew; even cucumber & lettuce can go into a stew in small doses, just dice it fine and it blends in. Also leftover hummus

I've tried cooking dried beans & lentils without much success so now I just buy canned; yes they're more expensive than dried, but still cheap enough
Have a browse round a supermarket there is a reasonable choice - chick peas, kidney beans, borlotti beans, butter beans, mixed beans, and baked beans are just haricot beans in tomato sauce
Look out, too, for lentils and other things in plastic pouches, there is a good selection in those
I was more successful at cooking small red lentils & soup mix - soak them in a pan of water overnight then boil them next day and add to your stew

A slow cooker is handy for this, I got a simple cheap one and it works well enough

Search YouTube for 'diabetic vegetarian meals' and 'low carb vegetarian meals' - there are loads of recipes

 

[sachinraka5505]

Eggs, cheese, nuts, tofu, green veg, etc are all low carb. Pulses can be useful too in moderation. What particular recipe are you looking for?

Thank you, I eat most of them except eggs.. Looking for recipes which do not involve naan, bread etc

 

[sachinraka5505]

If you google low carb or keto vegetarian recipes there are lots on the internet. Also in the food forum there are veggie recipes.

Thank you, it is working for me

 

[sachinraka5505]

Fairly obviously any salad can be vegetarian or vegan depending on what you put in or leave out
When the salad gets a bit tired you can add it to more veg & root veg, beans/lentils/pulses and turn it into a veg stew; even cucumber & lettuce can go into a stew in small doses, just dice it fine and it blends in. Also leftover hummus

I've tried cooking dried beans & lentils without much success so now I just buy canned; yes they're more expensive than dried, but still cheap enough
Have a browse round a supermarket there is a reasonable choice - chick peas, kidney beans, borlotti beans, butter beans, mixed beans, and baked beans are just haricot beans in tomato sauce
Look out, too, for lentils and other things in plastic pouches, there is a good selection in those
I was more successful at cooking small red lentils & soup mix - soak them in a pan of water overnight then boil them next day and add to your stew

A slow cooker is handy for this, I got a simple cheap one and it works well enough

Search YouTube for 'diabetic vegetarian meals' and 'low carb vegetarian meals' - there are loads of recipes

Great, Thank you.. Is there any snacks you recommend we can buy!!

 

[sachinraka5505]

Morning @sachinraka5505 I'm a vegetarian and try to eat low carb, what sorts of food do you like to eat? I'm a fan of omelettes with mushrooms and a bit of cheese, soups , curry (lentil, chickpeas, aubergine or other vegetables) served with cauliflower rice. Also I make soya mince and lentil spaghetti bolognaise, with courgetti spaghetti, veggie chilli with soya mince and red kidney beans, with courgetti and a bit of cheese. There's some low carb veggie recipes here.
Or baked mushrooms with stilton cheese on, served with veggies. You can adapt regular vegetarian recipes by swapping or removing the carb part of the meal, so swap rice for cauliflower rice, potato for celeriac or cauliflower, and don't have a naan bread with curry. Halloumi cheese with salad and mint yogurt dressing is nice too. Smoked tofu and aubergine bhaji.

Perfect, thank you.. Can you recommend any snacks we can buy!!!

 

[Leadinglights]

Perfect, thank you.. Can you recommend any snacks we can buy!!!

I assume you already have nuts.
The Nature Valley or KIND protein bars are nut based and are about 10g carb per bar.
I also have quark based deserts Kvarg are high protein, low carb, which are nice with seeds or berries. I find them very filling so only usually have half the pot.

 

[zuludog]

Great, Thank you.. Is there any snacks you recommend we can buy!!

None specific. Cereal bars sound good at first, but of course they contain cereals & sugars, natural or added
You can try a few and test your blood sugar to see how you go on
I like oatcakes, read the label - they don't have much carbs or sugar - with a scrape of Marmite or peanut butter
But they're better at home or a kitchen than carrying them around with you

I'm not a vegetarian or vegan, but I have found that over the past few years I have just naturally and gradually gone off a lot of meat, processed & junk food, and all the rest of it

But back to your question, I have two general suggestions -

Veggie, vegan, and 'plant based' (!) is currently fashionable - trendy is the word!
So make some time, like a boring Tuesday afternoon when things are quiet and have a good browse & a look around supermarket shelves - all of them, as there tends to be interesting things tucked away in odd corners and right on the bottom shelves
It helps if you have, or can learn, some basic nutrition and food composition, so you understand the labels

Look through previous Threads & Posts on this Forum, in the Newcomers, Food, and possibly Weight Loss Sections if that's what you need. There is a lot of experience & advice in there - as many as you have the stamina for!

Oh, and here's a third suggestion -

Have a good look around Ethnic/Asian/Pakistani/Chinese sort of shops, they have lots of interesting stuff, both ingredients to prepare and snacks; and World Foods in supermarkets
Don't be afraid to ask the staff for advice, they are usually pleased that you have taken an interest and after all it's in their interest to help you buy something.... though you might want to decline the 25kg sack of lentils

Not specifically snacks, but Search YouTube for 'Bento Box' - it's a fancy Japanese food box, so you can take food around as you need to - vegetarian, diabetic, or 'normal' as you wish
There is emphasis on presentation and makes your meals & snacks a bit more interesting and appetising than your average cheese butty
Some of the food for Bento Boxes in the videos includes a lot of rice, noodles, and other carbs, but there is some food that is OK - interesting and different even, but you have to watch quite a few....which in itself can be relaxing , to see how other people do things

Finally, I'm sure that if you Search YT for 'diabetic snacks' there will be loads of ideas & videos, but be prepared to translate from the American

 

[Inka]

Thank you, I eat most of them except eggs.. Looking for recipes which do not involve naan, bread etc

The easiest thing to do is to make a vegetable curry with no potatoes. Lentils and chickpeas are ok in moderation. Then serve that with Cauliflower Rice.

If you like veggie chilli, I have a nice recipe that’s baked all-in-one. It has a small amount of bulgar wheat or rice in it, but that swells up and the carbs per portion is only around 20g.

https://free-recipes.co.uk/chili-bean-casserole.html

I don’t cook the beans myself. I use a 400g can and it works well. I also put less lemon juice and a bit more chilli. For the mixed veg, I just use a medium carrot and a green pepper.

I also like Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower ‘steaks’. It’s a Darin Olien recipe that I use but there are similar things online

 

[Leadinglights]

I make a butternut squash, cauliflower and chickpea curry then add some halloumi or paneer or edamame bean or black bean pasta with a creamy pesto sauce with mushrooms and spinach.

 

[Windy]

Perfect, thank you.. Can you recommend any snacks we can buy!!!

Snacking was a big problem for me pre-diagnosis, so I've had to clear snack items out the house, but Nairn's cheese oatcakes are good but easy to get carried away and eat too many - 39 cals each biscuit and 3.7g carbs. I mostly just have a few walnuts, or some blueberries/raspberries or cherry tomatoes.
They take a little bit of preparation, but kale crisps are nice (if you like kale). I make mine with chilli powder, a bit of salt and black pepper, with a teaspoon of oil, then shake the kale/oil/spices in a lunch box to distribute the spices and the oil over the kale.