What is a Good Low Carb Recipe?

If you want to start following a low carb diet, you are going to need to find not only one good low carb recipe, but quite a few, so that you can have an easy low carb recipe book that you can use for meal planning. This will make it much more realistic that you will actually be able to stick to your diet and lose the weight, rather than trying to come up with ideas every day.

Cabbage And Bacon

If you are looking for a low carb recipe, there are a few in particular that you are going to want to try out. One is the roasted cabbage with bacon recipe, and for this all you need is 2 lb. head of green cabbage, 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 4 oz. good quality slab bacon diced into ¼-inch cubes, coarse sea salt, and red wine vinegar or lemon wedges.

First you want to preheat the oven to 350ºF, which you should do about a half hour before you start making the recipe, in order to have the oven hot enough when it comes time to put the food into the oven to cook.

Now you want to start the preparation process. Trim the stem of the cabbage and remove one layer of the outer leaves. Cut the cabbage into half and then cut each half into three even wedges. Now you want to use the oil to coat a rimmed baking sheet and place the cabbage wedges onto it, trying to keep them about an inch apart on the baking sheet. Then sprinkle with half of the cubed bacon.

The cabbage should be roasted for about twenty minutes or until browned, then the cabbage turn over add the rest of the bacon and roast for another twenty minutes or so. Sprinkle with salt and serve with vinegar or lemon wedges. This is a great low carb recipe but there are many, many more to choose from.

Low Carb Salad Dressing

Another low carb recipe is blue cheese dressing. If you want a quick low carb recipe this one is perfect for you. All you need is 4 oz. blue cheese, crumbled, 1 cup sour cream, ¼ cup mayonnaise, 2 tsp. minced garlic, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, and some salt and pepper to taste.

To prepare this low carb recipe all you need to do is mix all the ingredients in a bowl or container, cover and refrigerate overnight, use as needed for up to one week, after which the remains should be thrown out.

Perfect for summer, all of these low carb recipe ideas are quick and easy to make, and make it much easier to stick to the diet and achieve the body that you have always desired.

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