06-10-2004, 01:26 AM
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Originally posted by tootie
Cream cheese and chives spread on lunch meat (like roast beef) and rolled up is a good snack.
Drop a thin layer of shredded cheddar cheese in an ungreased frying pan and fry until it starts to bubble around the edges like a pancake. Flip. Cook until it looks somewhat firm and drain for 10 minutes on a paper towel. Crisps up like crackers. 
Take chicken skin and spread it out as flat as possible on a rack inside a broiler pan. Sprinkle with seasoning salt. Cook in a 450 degree oven until brown and crisp. Like pork skins but WAY better... almost potato chip like.
Want something sweet? Mix cream cheese, Splenda and vanilla together. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet and place in freezer. Freeze until firm and then store in the freezer in Ziploc bags.
Take boneless, skinless chicken breast tenders and wrap in a slice of your favorite cheese. Then wrap in a slice of ham. Then wrap a slice of bacon around all of it. Make a bunch of these and bake them on a roasting rack inside a roasting pan in a 400 degree oven until the bacon is crisp. Internal temperature should read at least 170 degrees with a meat thermometer.
Barbecued chicken is great. There are some great low carb and no carb barbecue sauces now.
Cut chicken breast or beef into chunks. Marinate in salted lemon juice in the refrigerator for at least two hours. Skewer the chunks on kabobs and grill or broil in the oven until done.
Chop up some of your favorite low carb vegetables. I like celery, garlic and spinach, along with a small amount of onion, which is a bit higher in carbs. I usually add one rib of celery, diced, two cloves of garlic, some chopped spinach and about 1/4 of a small onion, diced. Add this to a pot containing two cans of chicken broth or beef broth. Add one can of chicken breast or some diced chicken or beef. Shrimp is good in it, too. Boil gently until the vegetables are tender. Nice low carb soup 
Meatloaf is good for low carb. Mix ground beef, herbs, finely diced mushrooms, 1/4 of a small onion, minced finely, crushed pork skins and a couple of eggs together. Shape into a loaf and bake at 400 degrees for about an hour (until no longer pink inside, about 160 degrees on a meat thermometer). Serve with low carb, sugar free ketchup or barbecue sauce.
Cook chicken breast chunks in butter or margarine until at least 170 degrees inside. Add Louisiana Hot Sauce to taste. Eat as-is or roll up inside lettuce leaves.
I have a friend who lost about 75 pounds on the Atkins diet about 2 years ago. Her cholesterol is down, her borderline diabetes is gone and she hasn't gained any back. It can be a great diet if you stick to it, but it isn't healthy to be on the diet unless you stick to it.
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Thanks for those ideas. They're great! |
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