Carb Restriction (“keto”) and meat shortage fears

I eat cage-free eggs, and dairy, but no meat or fish. This is a general list that I use, I just don't any of the animal products on it.


DAIRY: Cottage cheese - Full fat likely has less sugars, same for other dairy products. Cream cheese - Full fat. Greek yogurt - Plain, full fat. Hard & Soft Cheese ( natural full fat, NO processed cheese foods). Heavy whipping cream (HWC) also called double cream. Ricotta cheese - Full fat. Sour cream - Full fat. Unsweetened nut milks: Almond, coconut, macadamia.

VEGETABLES: Artichoke. Asparagus. Brocolli. Brussel sprouts. Cabbage. Cauliflower (use as rice substitute). Celery. Cucumber. Eggplant aka aubergine. Garlic. Green beans aka wax beans. Jicama. Leeks. Mushrooms. Okra. Olives. Onions: all types. Peppers: all types. Pickles: sugar free. Pumpkins. Radish. Rutabaga (use as potato substitute). Sauerkraut. Snap peas aka snow peas. Spaghetti squash. Squash blossoms & greens. Tomatoes. Turnips (use instead of potatos: fry, mash, roast, stew). Yellow aka summer squash. Zucchini aka courgettes. All GREENS: lettuces, spinach, collard greens, kale, bok choy, turnip greens, etc.

FRUITS: Avocado: 1/4 cup maximum. Berries: 1/4 cup only if blood sugar is controlled. Coconut: unsweetened. Lemons & Limes.

FATS: Avocado oil. Coconut oil. Macadamia oil. Mayonnaise: full fat, no added sugars. Olive oil. Sesame oil.

NUTS & SEEDS: Almond or almond butter. Brazil nuts. Hazelnuts. Macadamia. Peanuts (very few, count them). Peanut Butter: All natural peanuts and salt only. Pecans. Pine Nuts: pigloni. Walnuts. Chia seeds. Flax seeds. Pumpkin seeds: pipitas. Sesame seeds. Sunflower seeds.

FLOUR: Almond flour. Coconut flour. Other compliant nut flours.

THICKENING AGENTS (use in place of flour/cornstarch): Xantham gum. Cream Cheese. ? HWC: (heavy whipping cream) aka double cream. ?

SWEETENERS: Monk fruit, erythritol, Swerve, etc. Read the labels, as some of them have hidden sugars like maltodextrin and sucrose.


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