Low-carbing during the Summer months

July 11, 2012 - PRLog -- Summer is the perfect time for starting a low-carb diet. You will find plenty of fruits and vegetables that are low in carbohydrates and packed with essential minerals, vitamins, and fiber. You can prepare salads using celery, avocado, cabbage, greens, and other vegetables. Pickles and cucumbers are also a good choice, but avoid those with added sugar.


There are many delicious meals to prepare, whether you are a pescatarian, vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian, or can’t go without meat. You can make grilled salmon, grilled hamburgers, broccoli salad with bacon, or strawberry chicken salad. If it is too hot or you are busy doing other things, you can prepare easy-to-make low-carb snacks, salads, and meals. Cole slaw is a favorite side dish, but watch for added sugar if you buy it. You can also make sugar-free cole slaw and serve it with grilled meat. The main ingredients are sour cream, mayonnaise, and cabbage. You can also add black pepper, lemon juice, and onion and garlic powder. If you like Greek food, you can prepare Greek salad. You will need tomatoes, olives, peppers, cucumbers, and red onion. Season with olive oil and oregano and add feta cheese. There are many other salads you can make such as Caesar Salad, Tuna Walnut Salad, or Broccoli Bacon Salad. If you want to make a low-carb dressing, you can mix dried herbs, sea salt, minced or finely chopped garlic, and Greek yoghurt. You can add a bit of honey if you want to.


Instead of munching on crackers, cookies, or chips (which have little nutritional value), you can make peanut butter and celery sticks or soy latte. To make avocado and shrimp cocktail, for example, mix cocktail sauce (1 tsp), ¼ chopped avocado, and 2 ounces of shrimp. Each serving contains 7.6 grams of fat, 3.4 grams of fiber, 13 grams of protein, and 8.5 grams of carbohydrate. If you like cottage cheese, you can mix it with cinnamon and chia seeds to get fiber and antioxidants. A cup of cottage cheese has 8 grams of carbs and just 190 calories. It also contains healthy bacteria, called probiotics, which improve digestion.
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