Low to moderate carb comfort food?

[nancylebov]

I think I could use some. Fat is ok. Spicy is a plus. Any recommendations?

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[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Pho. The bestest soup evah! Well the down side is that you need to find a vietnamese restaurant because it is too much work to make it on impulse. It has got to be low carb, the only carbs in it would be the mint leaves and bean sprouts. Just don't put in the rice noodles, they aren't necessary.

Ummm.. Okay not a great suggestion. How about something with lots of veggie goodness? Like minestrone soup? Good minestrone has no noodles, just some beans and they have protein. Though the best has to be homemade. I've got a killer recipe from America's Test Kitchen that uses a Paresan rind left over from putting cheese on salads.

Zero calorie comfort food for me means tea. Celestial seasonings Roastarama or loose leaf decaf black tea. Or hot wings. Though not together.

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

Yeah- hot wings with blue cheese (if you like blue cheese) and celery sticks. Deep fried pork rinds- spicy or BBQ, and best of all, Cheesecake Factory makes a low-carb cheesecake. :) I'm back on Atkins myself- lost 40 pounds the first time, now planning on losing the other 40. Good luck!

[carbonel]

Pistachios are my low-carb comfort food. Also small servings of very dark chocolate.

[velvet-wood.livejournal.com]

Yummy extra hot tabasco chicken, fajita style, plain or with a blob of sourcream and low carb tortillas.

Um... quick recipe, cube chicked or slice in strips, soak in bowl with one bottle Frank's hot sauce, garlic, brown mustard, dash worcheshire, dash white worcheshire, powdered red pepper, powdered ancho pepper, bottled chilipepper paste, sage, a pinch of curry, colored pepper blend, squirt of lemon juice, bit of jalepeno(pickled) juice, maybe a chopped habenero (wear gloves to chop) and some onion powder or pureed onion, and a teaspoonful of moist chicken base (dissolved). For at least a couple of hours. Overnight is better. Dip out and grill in a mixture of olive oil and hot chili oil until browned. Add carmalized onions and grilled red bell peppers if you want. Or do onions, peppers, and maybe mushrooms in a seperate pan, adding a spoonful of marinade for flavor.

An alternate method my husband loves but that isn't my favorite is to cook the chicken in a skillet instead of on a grill, and once it's done, mix a bit of cornstarch in with the marinade and pour it over and cook until it thickens just a bit into a burning hot red gravy. Messier this way, but could be argued to be more flavorful. Either way, it's delicious and very, very spicey, but at least the dry version has almost no carbs. Peppers and onions have to be counted, too, though.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Pho tends to be very cheap too, here I can get more pho than I can eat for $5, and the added cheering bonus of going out and being in a Vietnamese restaurant. You can have it as spicy as you want it, which in my case is not spicy at all.

Miso soup, the ultimate comfort food. You can buy it in perfectly reasonable Kikkoman individual sachets and make it with boiling water from the kettle. (Boiling = water at 100 degrees C. Not 80 degrees C, as for coffee.)

Chocolate. No carbs at all. Chocolate coated ginger.

Meringue, with red fruit and cream. All the soothingness of cake, with no flour. See also, the Jon Singer version, also lactose free: meringue with raspberries and melted dark chocolate. Incidentally, this makes a fine impressive dessert to serve friends and it's practically no work if you buy the meringues, and very little if you make them, provided you have an oven that holds low temperatures well.

Poire Belle Helene -- a whole pear, poached, with a little of the poaching liquid, some ice-cream and melted dark chocolate. There are more complicated versions with chestnut cream. You poach the pear by completely immersing it in simmering sugared water, or mixed water and wine, for about 15 minutes. Can be reheated in the microwave -- so you can do several pears at a time and reheat one at a time as you want them.

Steak and watercress. Broil a great big steak (hey, you're not having carbs) until it's as done as you like it, then put watercress on a plate and put the steak on top. The steak juices make a delicious "salad dressing". You can flavour the steak with salt&pepper and whatever herbs and spices you like. This does not work with a porkchop, you don't get enough juice.

Sausage and tzatziki. Zorinth's favourite comfort food.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

I favor cheese, myself. Not the over-processed supermarket crap, but good foreign cheese that places like DiBruno's carry.

[mneme]

Don't forget popcorn. Low carb, can be low fat, very filling, very yummy.

For me, raw cabbage. Not everyone's choice, I understand. :)

Fruit. Not no-carb -- but very high in fiber, yummy, and comfortable.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Omelettes -- fill 'em up with whatever spicy stuff you like. I made one last night after a stressful work meeting.

[boxofdelights]

Peanut sauce. Use as dip for broccoli, carrots, apples, any other crunchy fruits or vegetables. Use as sauce over stir-fry, tempeh, baked tofu, bean salad. Here's a recipe which is similar to mine and comes with a carb count:

INGREDIENTS:
¾ cup water
¼ cup peanut butter
2 T low sodium tamari or soy sauce
1 T apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoon honey
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 fresh or dried cayenne or Thai chili pepper, minced (can use other small red hot pepper)
¼ cup roasted peanuts
PREPARATION:
Mix peanuts and water together. (Terri uses her fingers. A fork or whisk also works well.) Combine with other ingredients.

Nutritional Information: Each of four servings contains 8.5 grams of usable carbohydrate, plus 3 grams fiber and 7 grams of protein.

From http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/saucesandmarinades/r/peanutmarinade.htm

It keeps well (if you can resist eating it) but remember that the cayenne will become stronger with keeping.