What really helped me was stirfry/salads.

You can make awesome stirfry with any of those meats cept maybe
hamburger :).
Also make caeser salads with grilled meat. Taco salad with the hamburger (no
chips :( )

Soups are also good. Use precanned stock to save time add the meat and
sauteed vegetables yummers.

Just a few suggestions off of the top of my head

d.leinweber@comcast.net> wrote:

It is not all that complicated.  Eat the same chicken, steak and
ground beef you had before going lowcarb.

Add some green beans, a green leafy vegetable and a side dish of
cruciferous vegetables topped with a rich sauce.  Dinner done.  Roast
chicken, steamed asparagus topped with red wine vinegar whipped in
mayo and a small green salad with a spoon of blue cheese dressing.
Dust the salad with cracked pepper and a light garnish of grated
cheese.
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d.leinweber@comcast.net> announced in front of God and everybody:

My very favorite Induction-friendly meal would be a medium-rare ribeye
steak, rubbed with a few teaspoons of Cajun spice mix (see below) and
blackened in a very hot skillet then topped with melted gorgonzola
cheese, accompanied by a helping of "fauxtatoes" (cauliflower steamed
with a clove of garlic until soft, then mashed with butter and cream
cheese).

Cajun spice mix:
(use as needed and store remainder for later use)

1 tbsp Paprika
2 1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Onion powder
1 tsp Garlic powder
1 tsp Ground red pepper (cayenne)
3/4 tsp White pepper
3/4 tsp Black pepper
1/2 tsp Dried thyme leaves
1/2 tsp Dried oregano leaves

Dawn

My favorite was to take one of the four ounces of cheese allowed, (an
ounce cube) stuff it into a patty of ground meat (turkey, chicken, beef,
your choice) and grill it.  Inside-out cheeseburger!  Serve with mayo
(no sugar-added, of course), and a salad.

Additionally, I made a lot of broccoli in many forms (still do) and ate
it during induction - of course, in the correct amounts (1 cup).

Why not a ham-stuffed chicken breast, broiled?  Pound a
boneless/skinless breast flat, add a slice or two of ham, roll up,
secure with toothpicks, drizzle with olive oil, and broil.

Finally, I made "hash" once.  Cauliflower, leftover roast beef.  Mash
the veggie, add the beef, add some sour cream and mayo, a sprinkle of
onion powder and garlic powder, heat up.  I diced the beef.

What was your favorite Induction dinner?

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My favorite meal was a salad made with  Four oz. iceberg lettuce,
Two tbls. real bacon bits,
Two ozs. provolone cheese (shredded).
One tablespoon Newman's Own oil and vinegar dressing.
Yummmm I'm making myself hungry, I may have to go fix myself one now!
Best Regards Marty

Breakfast was breakfast sausage, bacon, eggs, various omelet. Until I
got bored with that and just skipped breakfast-which is normal.

It was helpful to make salads a common staple, especially for lunch.
Salads with bacon, Marie's Blue Cheese(<1/2 carb), avocado, cheese
cubes, bbacon bits(Hormel's-0 carbs), chef salads, cobb salad(light on
onion, add grilled chicken), taco salad, tuna salad, egg salad,
seafood salad...

Meats in good rich sauces...
Porkloin or beef cuts in creamy mustard & mushroom sauce
Pepper encrusted porkloin
Dry rubs on beef-if you've never used a rub before you should try it.
(remember rubs have carbs!)
Buffalo wings
Breadless-Monte Cristo.(turkey,ham,swiss,light on suaerkraut-find
lowest carb one, all melted)
Breadless-Reuben(Pastrami-corned beef,swiss,light on suaerkraut-find
lowest carb one, all melted)
Meatloaf (used ground pork rinds for bread crumbs)
Sauasage Stuffed Mushrooms
Portabello mini-pizzas with Sausage & Pepperoni (two 3.5" pizzas were
7 grams)
Top Loin steak with Lawry's Mesquite Veggies (Yellow Squash, pepper,
green onion, mushroom in Lawry's Mesquite sauce)
Stuffed Jalapenos (split in half, stuffed with spicy meat,cheese, &
cream cheese)
Stuff burgers (put the toppings and cheese inside)
Chicken with a Carbonara sauce
Chicken Cordon blue(stuff with ham & cheese)
CHicken Kiev (stuff with butter & broccoli)
Chili- Careful on spices(they have carbs and add up fast, use a raw
chopped jalapeno to add heat instead of lots of cayenne)
Pizza Burger (Frank's Natural Marinara is only 1g per 1/2cup-oily
sauce)
Loaded Hot Dogs-split and piled with sauerkraut, bacon, leftover chili
meat, very little onion in hot sauce, mustard or whatever else.
(Boar's Head & HUmmel Bros. hot dogs are 0 carbs[0.0-0.4 carbs] but
slightly more expensive. I buy the 2-4lb packs)
BBQ-flavored Chicken (Stubb's BBQ Sauce 3gms/tbsp-can't use much to
cook with. I baste on at last minute.)

Sides are typically a caesar salad (Marie's Creamy Caesar is 1 carb)
or some simple salad, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower

Introducing as much variety as possible helped me feel normal--I have
very wide taste buds. Something simple like stuffed mushrooms can be
varied by content. You can make it more vegetarian, spicy mexican,
italian antipast-flavored, pizza-like, exotic cheese and meats,
seafood, japanese (soy & ginger dressed veggies), smoked salmon &
cream cheese, anything.

If i had a more restricted palette I think boredom would have hit me
harder.
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