Low Carb Snacks
Laura Dolson from Low Carb Diets blog writes about low carb snacks, “a low carb snack should have protein, healthy fat, and some fiber (so the best thing would be to have some raw veggies with your eggs or jerky). Here are some easy snack ideas.”
The List of Low Carb Snacks (via about.com):
- Celery with peanut butter
- Celery with tuna salad
- Hard boiled eggs
- Deviled eggs
- Dill pickles and cheddar cheese (no kidding, it’s a great combo)
- ¼ cup berries with 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- Nuts (keep raw ones in the freezer if you think you’ll overeat them)
- Sunflower seeds (get them in the shell so it will take longer to eat them)
- Other seeds (How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds)
- Low Carb Trail Mix
- Jerky (beef, turkey, etc.) (try to find low sugar varieties)
- Low carb shakes
- Cheese sticks, such as string cheese
- Sugar free jello, alone or with cottage cheese and a sprinkling of nuts
- Cheese with a few apple slices
- 4 oz plain or sugar-free yogurt with berries and flax seed meal
- Smoked salmon and cream cheese on cucumber slices
- Lettuce Roll ups – roll luncheon meat, egg salad, tuna, etc. and veggies in lettuce leaves
- Lunch Meat Roll-ups – roll cheese, veggies, etc, in lunch meat (read the labels for carbs on the lunch meat)
- Roll the lunch meat or the lettuce around bean dip, spinach dip, or other low carb dip or spread.
- Raw veggies and spinach dip, or other low carb dip
- Pork rinds, with or without dip
- Ricotta cheese with fruit and/or nuts and/or flax seed meal
- Mushrooms with cheese spread inside (or other spreads or dips)
- Low carb snack bars (watch out for sugar alcohols, especially maltitol)
- Garlic Parmesan Flax Seed Crackers
- Parmesan Crisps Good when you want a crunchy snack.
Yahoo Answers has useful tips about low carb snacks, “If your food is low carb and low fat you are looking at only a few possibilities. Protein and green vegies. Jerky and popcorn (the low fat microwave stuff or air popped stuff. Would fit your bill of fair… Keep in mind that if you cut carbs those nasty triglycerides should come down as well because they are an end product to the metabolism of carbohydrates… You might read the book Diabetes Solution, the doc who wrote this clearly explains the relationship between diet, blood sugar, cholesterol etc. My husband used the diet recommended here and lost weight, corrected blood sugar, and lipid profile. He had no problem with blood pressure but if the other things improve for you BP should improve as well.”
Deborah Crawford writes, “Selecting beverages for meetings: Coffee, hot tea, water and assorted sodas will work for any meeting, except one where you want cocktails or wine. Usually, you will want three selections of soda: a cola, a diet cola and a lemon-lime soda… Last but not least, if you want your meeting attendees to interact with each other, select a “build-your-own” food bar, with something fun like ice-cream sundaes.”
And my favourite low carb snack:
Lemon Parmesan Crackers (LowCarb Crackers)
- 4 ounces freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 Tablespoons gluten flour
- 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1/4 cup soy flour
- 1 teaspoon (ish) freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (divided)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
- 1/4 cup cold butter cut into small pieces
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoons garlic or onion juice
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
“Mix flours well in a separate bowl. Set aside. Whisk together the Parmesan, 3/4 cup flour mixture, lemon zest, about half of the pepper, and garlic powder. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well and carefully blend in the remaining ingredients, adding more flour mixture if necessary until the dough barely forms a ball. Knead the dough on a floured surface until it is smooth and even. Form the dough into a 12 inch log and wrap tightly. Chill for several hours… Preheat the oven to 375°F and heavily grease several baking sheets…
Slice the crackers into 1/4 inch thick slices and place about 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Sprinkle evenly with the remaining black pepper. Bake for about 9-10 minutes, or until firm and pale golden brown on the edges. Remove from the baking sheet and let cool on a paper towel lined wire rack… Makes approximately 50 crackers. Less than 1 carb per cracker.” - via Low Carb Luxury
