What you describe above is typical Sunday roast fare in my family, though I admit to adding less desirable carrots and parsnip to the mix too.

When I do it, I boil up a half a head of cauliflower and broccoli. Cauliflower goes in first, when almost done, add the broccoli.

At the same time grill up on the bbq or roast in the oven sliced red onions, asparagus, a skewer of whole mushrooms, yellow and green zucchini and all three colors of peppers.

Seriously, I make about 6-8 cups of cooked veggies at a time, and I only have to microwave a cup or two to add to my meat……..

Voila, simple and tasty. If done in the oven, add some fresh chopped thyme and rosemary, salt and pepper. Toss it all in olive oil beforehand so the herbs and seasoning stick……….

Thanks for the list Chris! There’s several on there I never would have guessed. The carbs I bought today to last me 3 days are:

- 2 round lettuce
- a bag of baby spinach
- a punnet of cherry tomatoes
- 3 red peppers
- 6 kiwi and a punnet of apricots (which is 1/3 the fruit I normally buy).

Will see how it goes. I also reduced my carb intake today by about a third and *think* I noticed an improvement in the time I went before feeling hungry.