If you are planning a no-carb diet, you may be wondering what to eat. Remember that the food you eat is composed of three macro-nutrients: carbohydrates, fat and protein. If you are eating a diet with no carbohydrates, your diet will be composed of fat and protein. However, most diets, even the ketogenic diets used to control epilepsy, allow some carbohydrates. Before you eliminate all carbohydrates from your diet, talk with your doctor to determine what is best for you.
Eggs
Eggs are versatile choice for no carb meals. Eggs can be prepared simply by scrambling, frying or poaching. Boiled eggs can be eaten out of hand, made into egg salad, or added to chicken or tuna salad. Scotch eggs are great for meals. To make a Scotch egg, wrap a peeled, hard-boiled egg in a layer of breakfast sausage. Roll the sausage-covered egg in finely crushed pork rinds, then bake in the oven until the sausage is browned. Serve hot or slightly cooled. To make egg salad, mix chopped boiled eggs with mayonnaise; add additional ingredients, such as bacon or cheese, as desired.
Chicken
Baked and roasted chicken are a staple of many diets. Consider mixing diced chicken with mayonnaise and bacon and serving it inside an avocado half. If your diet allows some carbs, consider chicken roulades made with cream cheese. To make chicken roulades, pound a chicken breast thin, then spread with cream cheese mixed with herbs. Roll up the chicken breast enclosing the cream cheese, then wrap it with a piece of bacon; secure with a toothpick if necessary. Bake until the chicken is done.
Fish
Fish baked with butter is a wonderful no carb meal. If your diet plan allows it, consider a compound of butter, lemon juice, parsley or capers as additional toppings. If your diet plan allows, you can "bread" fish in crushed nuts before cooking; consider trout coated with crushed pecans or almonds. Tuna salad made with mayonnaise and chopped boiled eggs and topped with avocado slices makes an excellent lunch.
Beef
Steak is a wonderful indulgence if you are following a no carb diet. Consider bacon-wrapped filet mignon, or New York Strip topped with a compound butter that includes bleu cheese. Open-faced burgers are an easy no carb meal at home or that you can order when dining out. Consider burgers topped with cheese and avocado, or even stuffed with cheese. Experiment with a variety of spices and herbs to add flavor without carbs, or consider flavored mayonnaise as a topping. Choose full-fat mayonnaise; a reduced fat mayonnaise may have added carbohydrates.
Chocolate Mousse
To make chocolate mousse, gently mix heavy whipping cream with artificial sweetener and good quality cocoa, then whip until medium peaks form. Artificially sweetened whipped cream is an excellent topping for sugar-free gelatin desserts. You can also use heavy cream in place of part of the water when making sugar-free gelatin. Cream does contain a small amount of carbohydrates.
Pepperoni Crisps
Pepperoni can be slowly baked in the oven until crisp. Pepperoni crisps can be eaten as is, used as crackers or topped with cheese if your diet plan allows. Thin slices of hard cheese can also be slowly baked until crisp and used as crackers or snacks, however, most hard cheese contains some carbohydrates.
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