Dawn wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I'm having a casual New Year's Day dinner for 6, and as several of the
> guests are from the southwest I was planning tamales as one of the
> dishes. Now I'm stumped for the rest of the meal, because half the
> people at the table will be on a low-carb diet and that means no beans,
> rice, tortillas, etc. that traditionally accompany mexican fare. Even
> the tamales are pushing it, but hey, it is the New Year.
>
> I'm thinking of adding spanish style roasted cornish hens to the menu
> (baked with tomato, olives, ham) but after that I'm stumped.
>
> Has anyone got ideas for vegetables that fit the spanish-mexican theme,
> or other side dishes that aren't starchy?
>
> Dawn

Ungh, being a low carber myself, there are not really that many starchy
veggies. :-) There is actually more that you CAN eat on a low carb diet
then you can't. <G>

Any leafy greens, summer squashes or even green beans come to mind...

Avocado fits the bill also.

It might be easy to do a mexican style zucchini?

K.

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