Recipes Without Carbohydrates and Fat: The 5 Best Ideas

Without fat and carbohydrates: tofu soup

Tofu soup is quick and easy to prepare, healthy, and low in carbohydrates and fat. If you want to prepare the dish for 4 people, you will need 1 shallot, 1 clove of garlic, 1 spring onion, 1 piece of ginger, lemongrass, some oil, 600 ml chicken stock, 2 tbsp fish sauce, 2 tbsp rice wine, 150 g tofu and salt and coriander for seasoning.

• Peel the shallot, garlic, and ginger. Then cut them into small cubes along with the spring onion and lemongrass.
• Now heat some oil in a saucepan and sauté the sliced meat in it. Pour in the chicken broth and let it simmer for a bit.
• Now season the broth with fish sauce, rice wine, and salt. Then cut the tofu into small pieces, put it in the pot, and heat everything up. Finally, arrange the soup with coriander and the dish is ready.

Zucchini spaghetti with almond and sesame sauce

If you don’t want to do without spaghetti despite being low-carb, the following recipe might appeal to you: You need 125 g almond butter, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp lime juice, 2 tbsp sesame seeds, 100 g almonds, 2 zucchinis, 3 spring onions, and a spiralizer.

• Wash the onion and coriander and chop both. The almonds are crushed into large pieces.
• Combine soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, lime juice, almond butter, and some water in a bowl and use an immersion blender to puree the mixture into a thick sauce. Then season it all with salt and pepper.
• Wash the courgettes, cut off the ends and use the spiralizer to cut them into long, spaghetti-shaped strands. Mix the zucchini noodles with the sauce, add the onions and almonds and decorate with the coriander and sesame seeds.

Stuffed tofu peppers – recipe without carbohydrates and fat

Yet another tofu dish that is quick to prepare and at the same time rich in vitamin C: you need 150 g of tofu, 1 onion, 3 peppers (green peppers have even fewer carbohydrates than red peppers), 150 g of mushrooms, and 2 tomatoes.

• Wash and chop onions and tomatoes along with tofu and mushrooms.
• Wash the peppers, remove the “lid” and hollow them out.
• Lightly sauté the onions in a little oil, then the mushrooms, tofu, and tomatoes. Season the mixture with salt and pepper and fill the peppers with it.
• Then you only have to close the peppers again with the “lid” and let them bake at 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

Tuna Meatballs

Now a slightly more nutritious recipe with lots of protein, but which is also prepared in no time at all. The shopping list includes soy flour, 1 can of tuna in its own juice, soy flour, basil and chives, 60 g of mushrooms, 1 red pepper, and lemon juice.

• Clean the peppers and the mushrooms and cut both into small pieces.
• Put the tuna in a bowl, mix with the vegetables and cover with the soy flour. Now mix the whole thing together and form into meatballs of the desired size.
• Sear the meatballs in a little oil for about three minutes on both sides. Then let them simmer over low heat until they turn golden brown.

Lentil curry

For a lentil curry, you need 2 onions, 1 red chili pepper, 3 medium-sized tomatoes, 1 packet of tomato passata, 200g dried lentils, cumin, and parsley.

• Wash onions and tomatoes and cut them into small cubes. The chili is finely grated.
• Heat the cumin in a pan with some oil. Add the ingredients you cut up in the previous step and sauté for a short time.
• Finally, the lentils and the tomato passata are added and the dish is seasoned with parsley, salt, and pepper.