Look at vegetables that give you more carb bang for your buck. And you don't have to hit the 30 grams a day, every day.

Avocados and tomatoes are good ways of raising your carbs without resorting to ice cream. Have a some guacamole or salsa as a condiment with your meat. Other carb dense foods like eggplant or peppers works. Try ratatouille or an eggplant, tomato, zucchini and pepper casserole with a ricotto cheese and mozzarella topping.

Soups are a good way of getting more vegetable carbs in. A pumpkin and cauliflower soup with sausage and spinach will give you vegetable variety. Or a multi-vegetable soup like minestrone without the beans and pasta.

If you're having a salad, you could add sliced strawberries or some melon and some sliced almonds. Tasty with chicken!

It does become easier as you get more comfortable with it.

Karen