Very few people would tell you that radishes are their favorite vegetable. Most people probably wouldn’t even put them in their top ten. But, if you follow a low-carb diet, they can be a perfect substitute for the universally beloved potato.
While radishes rarely get the spotlight, they can steal the show as a stand-in for potatoes and quickly become one of your favorite side dishes once you have tried them! Once you have started cooking with them, they will become a staple in your kitchen! Here are four amazing low-carb radish recipes you will find yourself making again and again.
Any roast meal — roast beef, chicken or any other meat — feels incomplete without roast potatoes. But if you follow a low-carb diet, including them as a side isn’t always a great choice. This recipe mimics roast potatoes so well that people will think you are using red-skinned potatoes if you don’t tell them the truth. The spicy, bitter flavor of radishes mellows as they cook and caramelize. You will be shocked at how similar they taste! A serving has 91 calories, one gram of carbs and eight grams of fat. Get the recipe.
Loving potato ships can be a bit of a curse. Someone on the team doesn’t even allow herself to go down the ship aisle in the grocery store because “it will only end badly.” Chips are delicious. They are also pure carbs, fat and salt. They generally aren’t part of your plan if you are trying to help your blood sugar or on a health journey. These homemade baked chips are much healthier and can be enjoyed without worrying about your health goals! The instructions tell you how to make them in an oven or a dehydrator, so you have options. A serving has 21 calories, five grams of carbs, two grams of fiber and 0.1 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
We love this recipe! Really, it’s that we love fries. But it can be simplified. The instructions tell you to put all the ingredients into a sealable bag to mix everything together. You can easily massage the spices and olive oil onto the radishes with your bare hands and then just wash your hands. This seems like an unnecessary use of a Ziploc to us. If you don’t like touching your raw food, follow the instructions. But we think you can skip it. A serving has 272 calories, 6.7 grams of carbs, three grams of fiber and 27 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
This is the least potato-like of all of the recipes. If you want something more potato-ish, go for mashed cauliflower. But if you are looking for a new, delicious, pureed side dish, try this. Despite having “mash” in the name, the radishes are pureed and strained to eliminate as much fluid as possible. With cream, garlic and parsley, these go beyond your average mashed potatoes. They aren’t trying to emulate mashed potatoes but fill in for them on the plate, and they play the role fantastically! A serving has 157 calories, 5.1 grams of carbs, 4.1 grams of fiber and 12.9 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
We hope you try one of these dishes soon and enjoy radishes more often. They aren’t a vegetable we eat often enough!
