27 Ridiculously Delicious Carb-On-Carb Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What are the highest carb dishes? ›

1. Sugary Foods. Most people already think of many of the foods in this category as unhealthy treats. Candy, soft drinks, and sweet desserts such as cake, chocolate, and ice cream are all expected entries on a list of carbs to avoid to lose weight.

The healthiest sources of carbohydrates—unprocessed or minimally processed whole grains, vegetables, fruits and beans—promote good health by delivering vitamins, minerals, fiber, and a host of important phytonutrients.

Healthy high-carb foods include sweet potatoes, brown rice, navy beans, chestnuts, lentils, bananas, oatmeal, milk, raisins, and healthy snacks like brown rice cakes. The current daily value (DV) for carbs is 300 grams.

20 grams of carbs in high-carb foods

Just one large potato contains 20 grams of net carbs, the daily limit on a keto low-carb diet. As does one half of a large hamburger bun. Or half a cup of rice or pasta.

Complex carbohydrates should make up the bulk of your carb intake. Examples of these healthier carbs include whole grains, fruit with skin, vegetables and legumes. Refined carbs—sometimes called "simple carbohydrates"—often consist of mostly white flour and/or sugar.

Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite carbohydrate sources to eat with chicken; these honey mustard-glazed roasted sweet potatoes are no exception. Sweet potatoes are full of fiber, which helps to keep blood sugar levels stable. They're also rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, and manganese.

Low in carbs

Pure peanut butter contains only 20% carbs, making it suitable for a low carb diet. It also causes a very low rise in blood sugar, making it a good option for people with type 2 diabetes ( 7 ).

What are the 5 foods that burn belly fat? ›

"Eating refined carbs like bread, rice, pasta and cookies [in excess] will increase our belly fat. If we want to lose it, we should focus on eating nutrient- and fiber-rich carbs such as vegetables and low-glycemic fruits," says Djordjevic.

THE WORST: Refined or processed carbohydrates

These are carbohydrates like white bread, white sugar, white flour pasta, and white rice that have been stripped of their blood-sugar-buffering fiber, as well as vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, things both your body and hair are big fans of.

Fast-acting carbs: Glucose tablets, glucose drinks, full-sugar soft drinks or squashes, jellies (not diet), sweets. Medium-acting carbs: Bread, pasta, potatoes, yams, breakfast cereal, couscous. Slow-acting carbs: Pearl barley, peas, beans, lentils, sweetcorn, pumpkin.