Slow Cooker & Low Carb Diets

Many low carb recipes can be made in the slow cooker - just add passata or bouillon to make the basis of sauces, and herbs and spices, and omit any carbohydrate heavy foods such as potatoes, carrots and peas.

To substitute potatoes, you could try cauliflower, yams, or celeriac, depending on the dish.

To substitute pasta, you could use courgette or aubergine, peeled into thin strips to make a faux tagliatelle, and these will work in the slow cooker better than pasta so you could make your entire dish in one pot.

To substitute rice, you could use grated cauliflower. This can be added to the slow cooker or prepared simply by steaming in a container in the microwave for six minutes.

Some delicious recipes which will be featuring in the blog in the coming days are:

• Moroccan Chicken
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• Diet Coke Chicken
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• Sausages and Cabbage
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• Gammon and Dijon Sauce
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• Fish In Butter Sauce

For more information, please see this article on cooking low carb dishes in the slow cooker.