Chickpea, spinach and tomato curry
The one to make when the cupboard looks empty. Two tins, a bag of spinach and about twenty minutes, and it is
- Time
- ⏱ 30 min
- Serves
- 🍽 Serves 4
- Carbohydrate per serving
- 29.9g carbs
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Garlic prawn and cauliflower rice
All the satisfaction of a fried rice with about a fifth of the carbohydrate. Ready before a takeaway would hav
- Time
- ⏱ 22 min
- Serves
- 🍽 Serves 2
- Carbohydrate per serving
- 23.6g carbs
Greek-style chicken salad
The lunch that does not leave you asleep at three o'clock. Almost no carbohydrate, and it packs for work witho
- Time
- ⏱ 27 min
- Serves
- 🍽 Serves 2
- Carbohydrate per serving
- 11.6g carbs
Harissa halloumi and courgette traybake
Vegetarian, very low in carbohydrate, and salty enough that nobody asks where the meat is.
- Time
- ⏱ 35 min
- Serves
- 🍽 Serves 2
- Carbohydrate per serving
- 24.3g carbs
Lemon and thyme chicken thighs with greens
One tray, four ingredients that matter, and almost no carbohydrate. The kind of thing you can put in the oven
- Time
- ⏱ 45 min
- Serves
- 🍽 Serves 4
- Carbohydrate per serving
- 13.4g carbs
Mushroom and pearl barley risotto
Barley instead of arborio: more fibre, more texture, and it does not need standing over with a ladle for half
- Time
- ⏱ 55 min
- Serves
- 🍽 Serves 4
- Carbohydrate per serving
- 57.9g carbs
Cooking around something
Each of these is a filter, not a label we stuck on afterwards. A recipe only appears under a requirement when every single ingredient in it passes.
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Dairy free
No milk, butter, cheese, cream or yoghurt.
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Diabetes friendly
Lower carbohydrate meals with enough fibre and protein to slow things down, for anyone watching their blood gl
Under 30g carbs per serving
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Egg free
No eggs, including in mayonnaise and pasta.
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Gluten free
No wheat, barley, rye or oats that are not certified gluten free.
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Halal
No pork or alcohol. Meat should be sourced halal.
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High fibre
At least 7g of fibre per serving. Most of us get about half what we should.
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Kosher style
No pork or shellfish, and no meat and dairy in the same dish. Certification is down to your supplier.
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Low FODMAP
Avoids the fermentable carbohydrates that set off IBS for a lot of people.
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Low carb
Under 20g of carbohydrate per serving.
Under 20g carbs per serving
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Low salt
Under 1.5g of salt per serving, for anyone managing blood pressure.
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Nut free
No peanuts or tree nuts.
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Pescatarian
Fish and seafood, but no meat.
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Vegan
Nothing from an animal.
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Vegetarian
No meat or fish.
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Carbs and blood glucose: what actually matters when you are cooking
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