Ingredients Of Atkins Diet

The Atkins diet restricts the amounts of carbohydrates for daily food consumption. The ingredients and meal plans for the Atkins diet are not difficult but can be very time consuming for the average busy chief cook and bottle washer. Here are a couple of ingredients and meal plans for the Atkins diet to save a little time.

One can try a little spaghetti as an ingredient and meal plan on the Atkins diet; not the kind made with pasta but spaghetti squash. A cup of spaghetti squash contains 10 grams of carbohydrates; if one takes out the fiber, it nets eight and is a great addition to a meal. Now the ingredients for low carbohydrate spaghetti sauce are: 4 cups of chopped fresh tomatoes; 1 tablespoon of green bell pepper chopped; 1 pound of ground beef fried with 2 tablespoons of onions chopped; 1 cup of mushrooms; Salt, pepper, celery salt and garlic to taste; 4 grams of carbohydrate per cup; Grated Parmesan cheese 20 grams per tablespoon or 1 gram for 5 tablespoons; Wedge of iceberg lettuce (1/6 of a head) 1 gram.

For Ranch salad dressing, the ingredients are: 1 cup of mayonnaise; 3 tablespoons of sour cream; 1 small spring onion; 1 small clove of garlic minced; Salt and pepper to taste; Carbohydrates per tablespoon .05

For a dessert meal the ingredients would be: 1 cup of fresh blackberries topped with 1 tablespoon of Cool whip and Net carbohydrates count: 7.2 grams.

Total carbohydrate count for this menu depends on the serving size someone chooses. If he wants 1?cups of spaghetti squash, 2 cups of sauce, 2 tablespoons parmesan, the salad and 4 tablespoons of dressing and the dessert are only 31 grams of carbohydrates.

When a person chooses meal plans for the Atkins diet; he should make sure to vary the vegetable selection. Most meats, fish and poultry contain no carbohydrates, except breaded meats, organ meats, mussels and oysters.

Another well-liked main dish for the Atkins diet is the Beef Roll. The ingredients for this meal are: Two pounds of beef round, cut ?inch thick slices; ?cup Parmesan cheese; ?cup of fresh basil, chopped fine; 2 ounces red bell peppers, roasted; 2 cloves of garlic crushed; 6 slices of thin sliced prosciutto; 2 cups of tomato sauce; ?cup of chopped onion.

To prepare, one need to pound the meat thin and then sprinkle the top with salt and pepper. Putting a little red pepper on each thin slice of meat, it can be topped with basil and the Parmesan cheese then each piece should be rolled tightly and brown in a heated pan containing oil, the crushed garlic and onion. Browning the rolled steak on all sides' one need to place the steak, garlic and onion in a baking dish, pouring tomato sauce over the top of the ingredients and cover with foil. It should be baked at 300 degrees for 1-?hours. In this meal, net carbohydrates are 7 grams.

There are many other low carbohydrate foods to choose from and the main course is the easiest since meat is low in carbohydrates. When someone makes meal plans for the Atkins diet, he should make sure to record the carbohydrate count in a book. After a few months he will have ready made menus at the tip of his fingers.

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