| When doing the Atkins Diet or other low carb diet, it's | | | | cookbooks just provide recipes for meals comprising |
| easy to get stuck in a rut and have the same old | | | | meat, fish, eggs or cheese coupled with salad or green |
| foods every day. And getting bored with your food | | | | vegetables, which you can find in any cookbook. |
| choices is one of the quickest ways to fall off your | | | | Breakfast on the Atkins Diet isn't just about bacon and |
| diet! So it is helpful to get hold of some Atkins and low | | | | eggs! Try porridge made with dessert-type ricotta |
| carb menu plans and a good low carb cookbook to | | | | cheese, flax seeds, soya bran and unsweetened |
| ensure your diet is varied and enjoyable. | | | | desiccated coconut. Just put a teaspoonful of each |
| Atkins dieters and other low carbers often get fed up | | | | dry ingredient into your bowl and cover with hot water, |
| with packing a salad and cutlery for lunch at work or | | | | leaving for a few moments. Then mix in the ricotta and |
| on a day out, and think wistfully back to the days of | | | | warm in the microwave, adding artificial sweetener |
| putting their ham and salad in a sandwich. Low carb | | | | and a pinch of cinnamon to taste. Or try making low |
| breads are available on the Internet and in some | | | | carb crunchy breakfast cereal or granola. |
| shops, but even these may be too high in carbs for | | | | High in vitamins, minerals and 'good' fats, nuts are |
| some people. However, low carb breads containing | | | | making something of a comeback in healthy eating |
| little more than a gram of net carbs per slice can be | | | | and their low carbohydrate content means they are |
| made from flax and other healthy ingredients. Low | | | | also perfect for dieters on Atkins and other low carb |
| carb cookbooks which include bakery recipes (the | | | | diets. But don't just think of them as something to |
| minority) usually include recipes for flax bread. | | | | nibble raw -- ground into nut flours, they're also great |
| If you are on the Atkins or other low carb diet, you | | | | for use in low carb bake mixes. |
| may need to boost the fiber you get from your green | | | | Dietary needs and preferences differ, so when |
| vegetables and salads. There are various fiber | | | | considering which low carb or Atkins Diet cookbook to |
| supplements you can take in capsule form or mixed | | | | buy, why not think about getting an interactive one? |
| with water, but how much nicer to incorporate your | | | | For instance, you might want to be able to adjust the |
| added fiber into your cooking. For instance, fiber-rich | | | | recipes to suit your likes and dislikes, and even |
| flax seeds and soya bran can be used in making low | | | | recalculate the carb counts if you substitute ingredients |
| carb bread, muffins, chocolate refrigerator cake and | | | | or change serving sizes. Or you might want to add |
| even fish cakes and 'breaded' fish or chicken. | | | | low carb recipes of your own. A good interactive |
| When starting the Atkins or other low carb diet, many | | | | cookbook will not only organize and index your own |
| people find the most difficult thing is making the change | | | | recipes along with the existing recipes, it will allow you |
| to a whole new way of thinking in the kitchen. A low | | | | to import recipes from elsewhere as well. |
| carb cookbook will help with this, but it's important to | | | | When choosing a low carb cookbook, be sure to |
| choose one which focuses on everyday, quick and | | | | check which ingredient measurement system it uses. |
| easy recipes and shows you how to make low carb | | | | The best cookbooks show ingredients in metric and |
| versions of the foods you miss most, be they bread, | | | | imperial as well as cup measures, so that you do not |
| cookies, pies, quiche, sauces, ice cream, risotto, lasagna | | | | have to spend time converting ounces into cups or |
| or whatever. Many of the so-called low carb or Atkins | | | | cups into grams and so on. |