Atkins Salad
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 cauliflower, head
1 cucumber cut into bite-sized pieces
grape tomatoes
1 thick sliced ham (from deli) diced
1 thick sliced turkey (from deli) diced
Mayonaise
Salt
Pepper
How to Prepare:
Cook the cauliflower until tender drain and cut into bite sized pieces. Add the cucumber, tomatoes, ham & turkey. Mix with mayonnaise and add salt & pepper. Chill.
Avocado, Cheese, And Flavoured Tuna
Prep Time:5 mins
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 cucumber
1 small tin of flavoured tuna
1 avocado block cheese (your choice depends on your preference)
How to Prepare:
Quite easy i just thought it up the other day and i haven't tried it yet but it sort of gives a substitute instead of using cracker biscuits. Slice the cucumber to reasonable thickness. Put a slice of cheese on the cucumber. Then some avocado then finally some flavoured tuna on top. Great snack
Aspertame-free Cherry Soda
CarbsPerServing:Zero!
Prep Time:5 min.
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
2-liter bottle Club Soda
1 tbsp. Cherry Extract
1/4 c. bulk Splenda -OR- 9 packets Splenda
How to Prepare:
I prefer this to commercial sugar-free soda because I avoid aspertame. Mix the Splenda and cherry extract together in a measuring cup until dissolved, adding a splash of the club soda if necessary. If you add soda, this will foam a lot until mixing is complete. Pour the mixture slowly back into the 2-liter bottle.
Tirimisu
CarbsPerServing:10g
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
5 egg yolks 16 ounces marscapone cheese — (Bel-Gio-Oso brand is best. Some of the other brands don't set up as well)
1/8 cup artificial sweetener — or equivalent, sweeten to taste.
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/8 cup espresso coffee — or extremely strong coffee(can be decaf)
24 vanilla wafer cookies — (Keeblers brand has fewest carbs)
2 teaspoons cocoa powder — (optional – cinnamon or little peels of unsweetened chocolate make good garnishes as well)
Whipping cream — (also optional)
How to Prepare:
Brew the espresso or very strong coffee. Pour in a cup. Put in the freezer to cool. Mix together the eggs, sugar, mascarpone cheese and vanilla, until very smooth. Side aside. Line the bottom of a 12″springform pan with one layer of vanilla wafers (about 24). When the coffe is cool, spoon the coffee onto the wafers, just enough to flavor them but not make them distingerate (a very fine line).Spoon the cheese mixture onto the wafers, smooth with the back of a metal spoon. Refrigerate for 4 hours. When ready to serve, top the tiramisu with a thin layer of cocoa powder. Garnish with whipped cream and serve. Serves 12. Also try mixing in a bit of the espresso into the cheese mixture
Walnut Ice Cream
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 Cup Plain Yogurt
1/8 Cup Howard's Low Carb Maple Syrup
1/8 Cup Chopped Walnuts
How to Prepare:
Mix ingredients together and put in freezer, stirring every 15 minutes until ice cream like. Enjoy!
Anise Shrimp With Zuchinni Ribbon Noodles
CarbsPerServing:3 total recipe excluding zucchini noodles and anise
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon dried parsley — flakes
2 cloves garlic — crushed.. I used garlic salt to tasted instead..lower carbs
1 teaspoon dried anise
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
12 jumbo shrimp
How to Prepare:
Melt butter in skillet, add parsley, garlic, anise & pepper. Melt & set aside. Clean shrimp, place between paper towels to dry. Just before you are ready to serve dinner, reheat butter mixture, add shrimp, cooking for 2 minutes on either side.
Asparagus With Salmon Sauce
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups Heavy Cream
1 pound fresh salmon
2 tablespoons salmon cream cheese
Asparagus
How to Prepare:
Cook Salmon until barely done. Put Cream in pan and heat, add cream cheese, cook until melted. Add flaked (or chunked fish) Heat through and sauce has thickened. Pour over cooked Asparagus.
Alfredo Beef And Broccoli Bake
CarbsPerServing:7
Prep Time:25-30 minutes
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1.5lbs lean ground beef
1 cup diced onion
1 can (4oz) sliced mushrooms; drained
1lb bag frozen broccoli flowerettes; thawed
1/2 bottle ragu alfredo sauce
salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste
extra parmesan cheese for the top
How to Prepare:
Brown ground beef with onions. Drain if needed. Add salt, pepper and gralic powder to taste then add the mushrooms and broccoli. Cover and let steam for about 5 minutes over medium heat, stiring occasionally. Raise heat to high, pour on alfredo sauce* and let simmer 2-3 minutes to heat through. Top with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and enjoy!
Atkins Baked Chicken
Serves:2-4 people
CarbsPerServing:3-4
Prep Time:5 minute
Effort:Average
Ingredients:
3-4 chicken drumsticks
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup Atkins bake mix (or other low-carb friendly baking mix)
2 tbsp Adobo (Goya preferred)
**for Italian style chicken, substitute 1/8 cup of grated parmesan/romano cheese w/ Italian seasonings for 1 tbsp of Adobo**
salt and pepper
How to Prepare:
Heat oven to 350. For best results, use glass bottom baking dish (if not available, cookie/baking sheets are fine too). No need to spray or butter. Prepare chicken drumsticks (thaw, etc, if they have been in the freezer). Prepare two bowls, one w/ the beaten egg, the other with the Atkins mix — which includes the bake mix, adobo seasonings and liberal amounts of salt and pepper (to taste). (To those making Italian-style, grate your parmesan/romano cheese into the bake mix, and add liberal amounts of Italian seasonings and adobo). Mix baking mix around till everything is well-blended. Dip chicken into egg batter, cover well. Take the egg-battered chicken and dip into bake mix, cover well. Take covered chicken drum and place into baking dish. Repeat for as many drums as needed. When completed, place into pre-heated oven. Baked for about 40-45 minutes
Awesome Easy Chicken Wings
Prep Time:20 min.
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
3 lbs. chicken wings
6 T. Hot Sauce
1 Stick Butter
2 qts. cooking oil
Lawry's Seasoned Salt
How to Prepare:
WINGS: Cut whole wings at joints and discard tips. Sprinkle wings liberally with Lawry's Seasoned Salt. Deep fry until golden brown and crispy. Drain on paper towels. SAUCE: Combine melted butter and hot sauce in a large bowl, mix well. Add wings and coat evenly. This recipe is for mild wings-add extra hot sauce for more heat. Goes great with a fresh salad!
Mover Muffin
Serves:8 muffins
CarbsPerServing:5 carbs each
Prep Time:5 min
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 scoop choc protein powder
1/4 c oat bran
1 c bran
1/2 c cream
1 large egg
1/2 c Splenda
1 tsp vanilla extract
How to Prepare:
Combine all ingredients. Makes 8 muffins. Bake about 15 minutes. These are short but so tasty, better than a real muffin.