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Posted: 7/5/2024 5:33:44 PM EDT
I have been wanting Mexican type food for a while.  Any easy keto variations would be appreciated.  I guess I could eat taco filling, but I think the mix is pretty high in carbs.
Link Posted: 7/5/2024 5:47:56 PM EDT
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Fajitas with no tortillas
Link Posted: 7/5/2024 5:51:02 PM EDT
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Ya basically the stuff in a taco on a plate.

Taco Salad if you want to put it on greens.

I sometimes do corn tortillas as they are less bad than flour.

Mexican food Keto is a good idea. Onions, peppers, tomatoes are a lot of flavor and very little carbs.
Link Posted: 7/5/2024 5:51:36 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By LoudLyle:
Fajitas with no tortillas
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This.

Link Posted: 7/5/2024 6:14:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: xCLAYBUSTERx] [#4]
Take a break, eat some Mexican get back on keto.


ETA: These are actually really good.

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Link Posted: 7/5/2024 6:58:53 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2024 7:09:13 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/5/2024 7:15:09 PM EDT
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Ole Mexican Foods Xtreme Wellness High Fiber Low Carb Tortilla. Low carb, I use them for everything. Breakfast burritos, tacos, buffalo chicken wraps, deli meat wraps...

also, Quest nacho chips for taco salads.
Link Posted: 7/5/2024 7:26:08 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By intheburbs:


You'll want to have something like pee strips to check after eating those.  They knocked me out of ketosis.  My body treated them like regular carbs.  I'd eat two and be out of ketosis a few hours later.

When I was doing hardcore keto, I just made myself a taco bowl - ground beef, cheese, jalapenos, onions, salsa, guac, sour cream.  And then some kind of super-hot hot sauce or pepper flakes...ghost to Reaper-level heat.  
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Link Posted: 7/5/2024 8:27:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: txjim42] [#9]
When I was doing keto a few years back I would eat stuff like this:
  • fajitas, grilled onions/peppers, avocado/guac, salsa - no tortillas/chips, or low-carb variants if you just can't do without.
  • skirt steak/chicken (fajita meat) with grilled onions, peppers, tomatoes - this was more like a stew, usually served on rice, would order without rice and add serranos if I wanted spicy
  • roasted chili relleno - charred (not battered/fried) poblano stuffed with monterrey-jack/queso blanco and meat (chicken, shrimp, steak), roasted to heat/melt cheese
  • ... Marianos/La Hacienda in DFW makes something like this, poblano al-carbon, ask for grilled veggies instead of the rice/beans it normally comes with
  • Carne guisada - (stew, without potatoes, spicy) - Often served with tortillas, rice, and beans.  Skip those.
  • Chili - bowl of red.  Cheese, peppers, sour-cream, other toppings, if you must.
There is/was (haven't been in a few years) also place around here called Taco Joint that made among other things, breakfast bowls... They had something called a "Tyler plate" on their secret menu.  It was a lot of food but easy enough scale down and make quickly at home.
  • Scrambled eggs, steak fajita meat, grated cheese, jalapenos, couple slices of avocado
 


Link Posted: 7/5/2024 8:49:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Gunner226] [#10]
Make a thin 6" (or whatever) diameter circle of shredded cheddar cheese on parchment paper and bake in the oven at 350° until it's all melty and starting to brown a little. (Seems like 8 to 11 minutes, IIRC). Take them out and fold them over something to cool - I use long wooden spoons suspended over a large, deep bowl - so they cool and harden into the classic taco shell shape. Fill with your preferred taco fixings. Enjoy.

Adding a little shredded or grated Parmesan to the cheese will help it firm up and toast a little better.

I can eat a lot of these.
Link Posted: 7/6/2024 1:49:48 AM EDT
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Thanks All, sounds good.
The last sprint on keto, I used those tortillas,  along with keto bread.  I think they messed up my ketosis.   I'll try lettuce or cheese crust this time.
Link Posted: 7/6/2024 3:19:51 AM EDT
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I wouldn't have made it through two years of strict keto without my taco salad.  

Just don't use the mix.  Start browning 80% ground beef, chop up a jalapeno and cook it in with the meat.  Salt, pepper, garlic, cumin, cilantro, and a few red pepper flakes and done.

I now prefer that mix over the prepackaged stuff.
Link Posted: 7/6/2024 8:41:37 AM EDT
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Thanks. I was just looking for a carb free mix online.  I have plenty of peppers in the garden.
Link Posted: 7/7/2024 8:01:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Cooper1] [#14]
I hodge podged  it. Jalapeño,  cayenne,  banana peppers, scallions from the garden. 3.7 pounds 85 percent beef. 9 Oz bacon.  Garlic, soy sauce,  fish sauce,  worcesteshire,  half cup of beef lard.  And a quarter head of cabbage.  Some spices.

Not pretty,  but hopefully calories for the week.

And a bit of that kitchen bouquet,  whatever the fuck that is.
Link Posted: 7/8/2024 4:15:04 PM EDT
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Most taco filling are meat and veg. Salsa is vegetables.

Use your preferred one -leaving out papas or nopalitos- and make tacos using romaine lettuce leaves instead of tortillas.
Link Posted: 7/17/2024 10:49:21 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/18/2024 9:18:59 AM EDT
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Thank you, that looks amazing.  I am down 10 pounds over the past 2 weeks.  I do allow one cheat meal a week to keep my sanity.  I may just use that to go full blown Mexican.  I don't plan on keto for life.  I've done it in the past and got addicted to it when the weight was pouring off and I couldn't gain weight no matter how much bacon I ate.  BTBH, I get really sick of eating the same shit over and over.  These fancy meals look great, but my schedule leaves room for simple stuff, like ground beef frittata or a can of salmon over lettuce.  My kryptonite is Italian sandwiches or the braunschweiger sandwich a member here passed on to me.  I need to focus a bit more on overall calories and stick with my workouts.  Getting old sucks.
Link Posted: 8/8/2024 2:45:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By xCLAYBUSTERx:
Take a break, eat some Mexican get back on keto.


ETA: These are actually really good.

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La Banderita is better.
Link Posted: 8/9/2024 1:12:59 PM EDT
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I'm going through a pack of Guerrero's chipotle right now with some tuna salad.  0 net/ 7 fiber.  Not perfect, but beats celery sticks.
Link Posted: 8/15/2024 12:52:22 PM EDT
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carne asada with peppers, onions, guac, sour cream, extra salad (the basic bitch salad they serve with mexican).
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