Looking for Low Carb High Protein meals (pre-made or frozen dinners)

 The most important part of this process is at looking at what you have been doing, and find out what isnt working, and change it. Its different for all of us - I think you have a big advantage of enjoying the kitchen! There are soooo many great blogs/recipes/ideas you can work with! I'm jealous lol. 

I wish I could cook for everyone! Maybe collaborate with Frisco on the cookbook! Hmmm what hasn't been working? Too much of all the good stuff. Maybe too much butter, cheese, sausages, etc. i don't cook low fat nor low carb. So there is definitely space for change!!

 I agree you have a real advantage here- channel that love of cooking passion of yours into reworking your diet.  Come up with a host of sleeve friendly recipes.  Ideally really easy and tasty ones that you can post here so those of us who don't cook can manage them!

In your previous post you said you were worried you won't lose an ounce because of all the food you will have around.  I think that is very telling.  You likely will need to be very honest with yourself and purge your house.  I still can't handle junk food or trigger food in the house- just as likely to overeat that crap as before surgery still.  The difference is I now just accept that it has to stay out of the house.  I substitute healthier options when I really am craving something.  You will have to figure out what your achilles heal is in all of this and really go after it.  

 There are only 2 frozen dinners that I keep on hand for those times when I want a hot meal, but I'm the only one eating and I don't want to cook a lot.  They are both Lean Cuisine and have gravy on the meat...may not be super low carb but no starchy side.  One is beef tips with broccolli and the other is turkey with green beans, both are carried by Kroger here.

Most of the time I am more likely to do Greek yogurt, salad w/tuna or chicken, nitrate free lunchmeat rolled up with ultra thin cheese and some pickles/carrots/cucumber, a protein drink, a piece of cheese, a hundred calorie pack of almonds, etc. - IOW no real cooking involved.  

Okay thanks for the info.  I'll keep that in mind.

I quite literally throw a package of frozen chicken in the crockpot and turn it on and let it go. No seasonings, no fuids, nothing.   That takes less time than microwaving a meal.  And it turns out incredibly moist.  The chicken in one package of breasts will last you ALL WEEK - probably lunches and dinner!.   You can then do whatever you want with it - throw a little BBQ sauce on it, chop it up for a little chicken salad, or heat it up and add a little salsa.  I'm far enough out that I can enjoy salads again and so of course it goes on salad. Keep buying the prepared stuff for your hubby so you don't have to cook.  Also, someone posted a long time ago how to make parmesean tuna burgers.   They are one of my favorites.  I cook up two large cans on the weekend and they last me all week.  Love them with a little reduced fat honey mustard dressing.

Wow I'm surprized it would have taste with no seasoning.  This is a stupid question but are we supposed to wash the meat before it goes in the crock pot.  Or is cooking it enough to kill the germs/bacteria?  I wouldn't even know.  lol :-)

Hi! I'm new around here, planning to have the sleeve. I sympathize with you on the pain issue. Mine isn't as bad as yours, but it still gets me--hips, lower back, feet. What I've done at times is to sit down for as much of the preparation as I can. Chopping, stirring, seasoning can all be done sitting down. You can even load your crockpot or other dish while sitting, then get up and take it to the counter to plug it in. You can't make fancy sauces that require reduction this way, but I doubt you'd be doing that kind of stuff. Sauces are often high calorie.

I use my kitchen table, especially when there's something that takes a while to do, like peeling and cutting fruit for a pie (which I don't bake anymore, so don't yell at me!). The only thing you might not want to do sitting down is cutting meat, just because you have to stop and wash your hands so often--at least, that's what I do.

As for washing meat before putting it in the crockpot, I don't do that. A lot of food safety experts say you shouldn't wash meat before cooking it because it really doesn't remove germs. It just spreads them around, like all over your sink for example. I rely on the cooking method to get the food hot enough to kill germs.

If you're worried about food safety and crockpots, I'd Google the subject. I'm not sure how hot the food gets ultimately.

Another thing you can do is cook ahead and freeze portion sizes. I used to do this a lot with soups and it's pretty convenient. It works well with stew, chili, and spaghetti sauce, too.

Tori

Since I just started back to work, I threw a couple chicken breasts in a pie plate with about 3/4 of an inch of water in the bottom, some Mrs Dash on top and cover it with foil...then I throw it in my toaster oven set on 400 for about 30-40 minutes. It makes me 5 days worth of chicken. I cut it up, weigh it out & put it in little rubbermaid containers. If I want to change things up, I'll throw salsa on it or some pizza or spaghetti sauce on it.

Also, I love the flavored chicken sausage (some of them are like 19g protein). Those are precooked and you can just microwave them. I can't eat a whole one, but you can dice one up and throw it in with some veggies in a container then just microwave the whole thing together. Aidelle's Chicken meatballs are pretty good too. I can't remember their nutritional content but again, they're precooked and all natural. Very yummy! I don't have BP problems (if anything, it's been too low) so I don't check sodium.

I hope this helps.

I have arthritis in my legs and standing in the kitchen can be difficult. I keep a chair in my kitchen or use the dining room table. The kitchen is very small but I am the only one in there. Assemble all your ingredients on the table and sit and chop away. I make all my meals on Sunday because if it is not a grab and eat during the week, I am in trouble. There are lots of websites with recipes and even YouTube videos. I usually make something like a chili with ground meat, tomato sauce, onions and garlic, celery, spinach or kale, and any other vegetable I have. Everything is in there and after I heat my chili portion for dinner I top it with greek yogurt to increase the protein. It is even good on top of romaine lettuce.

IMHO cooking is an important part of being successful on this journey.