Lunch Ideas

[LDC134]

I'm currently trying to eat a carb free lunch and have been alternating a plain salad (lettuce, cucumber, pepper, sweetcorn, olives and tomatoes) with either salmon or smoked mackerel. Trouble is, after 3 months of this, I am pretty bored with it now and looking for some alternative lunch ideas - especially anything hot - which is still carb free.

I only have access to a microwave at work.

Do you have any suggestions ?

[AlwaysConfused]

I'm no good with diets or microwaves for that matter, but if you have a kindle, this may be useful http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microwave-Low-Carb-Recipes-ebook/dp/B005IHWG9S

[hammerman]

Think you can eat almost any lean meat or fish (including seafood) as well as cheeses. I got a bit bored because i like my foods covered in some kind of dressings or sauce and that was usually a no go

[Anngel]

You could make soup. Leek with a stock blitzed down would be low carb.

[pastafreak]

Any meat,cheese,egg or fish based dishes. Try crustless quiche/Italian frittata,tinned fish like kippers or sardines,cold chicken,etc.
As for your current salad-sweetcorn is quite high in carbs.

[boxtops]

I'd second frittata, that's a really nice lunch.

[LDC134]

Thank you so much for answers and ideas so far - keep them coming !
Pastafreak - i am only adding a teaspoon of sweetcorn so I think that should be ok - it's 'carb-free' to avoid bread and pasta mainly.
Thanks again to you all

[McMouse]

Just had a gammon steak with a couple of fried eggs. Very tasty.

[jd_1984]

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/whatveg.htm

"Carb free" isnt entirely true. Reduced or low carb diets work fine, you would be suprised what you have to cut out to become Carb Free!!