Low Carb Menu at the Roth House

I was asked for my low carb menu ideas.

It's been just as tricky to cook low-carb as it was to cook without concern to carbs. This is a great place for ideas!

For breakfast, I have a few cashews and some carrots or apples dipped in almond or peanut butter. Or nothing, just vitamins. A big glass of cold water makes me feel charged and clean. I have to leave earlier; Greg handles breakfast.

The children and Greg have oatmeal or cold cereal maybe twice a week; we are still running out our storage. The other days, they have eggs, eggs with bacon, eggs with ham, eggs with sausage, eggs and spam, spam with rats, etc. Eggs are fast and yummy. Based on my research, the hype about cholesterol and fat causing heart problems is unfounded and relies on unproven theories that are just bad science and wrong. I am betting my life on it. I am going to have my annual doctor visit soon, I'll have them do a complete blood analysis and tell you how it goes.  

I pack the kids lunches every day. They get chicken nuggets, ham slices, corn dogs, tacitos, or leftovers with carrots and apples, a few nuts, cheese sticks and 100% juice box, but we are switching them to milk now. Juice is sugar water. Honestly, I think the only appropriate drinks for children are milk and water. I never put in candy or cookies. Rarely, I will put in pretzels, chips, or crackers.

I eat lunch when I get home. I actually like canned/packaged meats, like tuna, salmon, oysters, and sardines. I eat leftover chicken/roast or canned seafood with steamed and fresh veggies. Green beans, broccoli, asparagus, mixed vegetables, brussel sprouts, carrots, edamame, spinach, Romain, green stuff. Cheese. I've been craving zucchini. I end up with 1 part protein, 2 parts green vegetables, 1 part fruit, 1 part dairy.  

Dinners are trickiest, trying to please and feed and nurture all of us at the same time. Picky bunch, lately. 

I love to buy the frozen boneless skinless chicken tenders. They defrost and cook fast and taste great. With just basic salt and pepper, we like to dip em in ketchup, ranch, honey mustard. Or switch up spices for diversity. Cumin. Soy. Chipotle. Onions and garlic.

We get a thing called "Moist Brisket" pre-cooked from Whole Foods sometimes. It's pricey per pound, but one pound is sufficient to feed my little family of five when all we eat is brisket and a couple veggies (and potato salad, but potato salad is a "treat").

Good old crock pot roast.

Grilled chicken legs.

Baked frozen fish.

Sauteed shrimps are very popular here.

Then we steam or saute a bunch of veggies - mushroom, onions, garlic, tomatoes, broccoli, etc. Have some beans, grapes, raspberries, on the side because three is a nicer number of items on the plate.


We have refried beans and tortilla chips and salsa and sour cream. We might have ravioli and chunky marinara with chicken.

We snack on cashews, pistachios, jerky, carrots, grapes.


Sagan loves noodles. We add beef and broccoli to the ramen.

We are still struggling with implementing the new diet into our whole family. I am not as concerned with the
children eating more carbs than me. They run and move and jump a lot more than I do.

And that's all I really have right now.


You know how I imagine and you maybe experienced food in France? They have this fancy rich food, but just a tiny amount on the plate? And it seems ridiculous; that would never fill anyone up! Right? But it's delicious and has a lot of fat (VITAL FOR BRAIN AND HEART FUNCTION!) and you eat it slowly, savoring and you do end up feeling full.