Low-carb Snack Recipes

A low-carb diet is based on the principle that low intake of carbohydrates conduces to decreased production of body's insulin, which in turn results in consumption or usage of fat stored as reserved energy sources. Thus, a low-carb diet prohibits the high carbohydrate content in the food, especially consumption of items like sugar, white flour, starchy vegetables, etc. Therefore, low-carb snacks contain less amount of the carbohydrate rich items and are replaced by other ingredients.

Veggie Cheese Omelet

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• ½ cup shredded Swiss cheese
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ¼ cup half and half
• 1 small zucchini (chopped)
• ¼ cup green pepper (chopped)
• 1 small onion (chopped)
• ¾ cup tomato (chopped)
• ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Preparation Procedure

Take a nonstick pan and add the butter into it. Now add chopped onions and green pepper to the butter and sauté the vegetables. Once tender, add the rest of the vegetables till they also become tender. Keep stirring occasionally for 5 - 8 minutes, until the juice from the vegetables has evaporated. Once done, place it in a bowl and keep aside. Next take another mixing bowl and crack the eggs in them. Beat the eggs, salt and half and half (equal parts of milk and cream) and blend well. Pour the smooth batter into an oven pan coated with nonstick spray. Cook this mixture for 5 minutes till its bottom is slightly brown. Then place it in the oven for baking at 350º F for 9 - 10 minutes. Then gently dollop out the vegetable mixture on one side of the omelet. The other half is to be covered with the grated Swiss cheese. Fold the omelet over the filling and cut into half and serve.

Stuffed French Toast

Ingredients

• 1 loaf low-carb white bread
• 3 eggs
• 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 packets sugar substitute
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 3 tablespoons sugar-free strawberry syrup
• ½ cup chopped fresh strawberries
• 1 cup heavy cream mixed with water (½ cup each)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Preparation Procedure

Set the oven on warm setting. Take a baking pan and line it with foil and place it in the warm oven. Now take the loaf of white bread and slice out 8 thick slices of bread. With your sharp knife, tear a pocket in each slice. Be careful not to cut through the other end. Do the same for all slices. Now, in a bowl take cream cheese and strawberry syrup and mix them together until they blend. Drop in the strawberries and mix. Add the cinnamon powder as well and mix. Dollop this mixture into the bread pockets. Now, take another bowl and mix the cream-water mixture, eggs, sugar substitute, vanilla extract and salt in a shallow vessel. Dip each stuffed bread slice into the mixture till they get completely enveloped by the mixture in the bowl. Do the same for all slices. Heat some oil in a large skillet and drop these slices in the hot oil. Once golden brown, take them out and transfer them to a baking sheet. This is a delicious low-carb snack recipe.

Almond Flour Pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp sour cream
• 5 tbsp almond flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 packet artificial sweetener
• 1 tsp cooking oil
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 splash vanilla syrup

Preparation Procedure

Into a mixing bowl, drop in all the ingredients and mix them together. Take a non-stick skillet and spray it with non-stick spray or butter. Spoon out the pancake batter into a ladle and pour it into the pan to form a pancake. Cook until bubbles begin to rise and then cook the other side as well. Your almond flour pancake is ready.

Greek Turkey Salad

Ingredients

For Salad Base

• 3 cups cooked chopped turkey meat
• 1½ cups crumbled feta cheese
• ½ cup tomato (thinly sliced)
• 10 pitted Kalamata olives
• 2 Medium cucumbers (thinly sliced)
• 1 cup sweet onion
• ¼ cup red onion

For Greek Dressing

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 2 tbsp fresh oregano (chopped)
• ⅛ tsp sugar
• 1 tsp pepper

Preparation Procedure

Whip all the Greek dressing ingredients together in a bowl. The dressing is ready. Now, take all the salad ingredients together and toss them in a bowl. When you are ready to eat, pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and serve.

Low-carb snack recipes for diabetics would be peanut butter, carrot sticks, cheese (Cheddar, string, cottage), pickles, nuts, hard-boiled eggs, Deli meat, fresh berries with plain yogurt (low-fat), etc. There are several low-carb snacks to buy in supermarkets today. However, before you lunge forward to put them into your trolley, please note that many of them do not provide good nutrition, whereas, you can solve this problem with the healthy snack recipes given above.