Dinner today: bacon with a smidgen of onions and fried cabbage.

I love cabbage...
 

and I always forget about it. Glad you reminded me. It's going on my shopping list today.

Dinner tonight:

Steak pan-grilled in brown butter, mixed green salad, cucumber, black olives, red onion. Bleu cheese dressing. Yummy!

We had pork tenderloin just into chunks grilled with onions and peppers with a bit of feta . ( i missed my sweet chili sauce though but was good )

BBQ pork chops and salad with blue cheese dressing.

Trying to figure out what to make for company on Wednesday. I think bbq chicken, salad and (for them) spiced rice and a blue berry cobbler with ice cream. (I will have blue berries and whipped cream)

Great menus!
 

These are excellent menus, Frazzeled and Shells! I haven't cooked a pork tenderloin since I've been on Atkins...it's easy to get stuck in an eating rut. This week I'm going to cook one and have cabbage with it. Maybe even sauteed with onion and bacon AND Atkins' coleslaw!

Shells, that's a great company dinner menu. Everyone will love it, and you'll stay on plan. (But, Lord, I love a cobbler!...Get Thee Behind Me, Satan!) :devil:

I thought to do Atkins properly, you were supposed to eat the skin. I am new to low carb eating, but I got inspired when I read Primal Blueprint - it's similar in lots of ways to Atkins, but eating the skin (and lots of fat) is a big part of why it works. Anyone have more info on this?

Hamburger cooked in bacon fat atop a salad of romaine, half an avocado, garden tomato, and dressed with sesame tahini/tamari dressing. It was good!

I'm starting two weeks of induction today... never done the VLC before, so wish me luck. I will be coming here for ideas, so keep 'em coming!

Yummy dinner idea's.

Dinner at Chili's
 

Today was horrendous...my last day of preparation before my students come on Wednesday. It was so exhausting I'm taking the optional teacher work day; this teacher ain't working.

We had to work from noon until 8 - orientation for ninth-graders. Okay. I ate brunch before I left for school at 11:00. Ate a slice of American cheese about 2 and drank 30 oz. water between 12:00 and 4:30.

Then dinner at Chili's with teacher buddies. I ordered the cheeseburger with sauteed mushrooms and jack cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion. Ditched the bun, gave the fries away. Drank another 20 oz. of water with lemon.

My big treat: 1/3 cup of Atkins' recipe ice cream when I got home at 8:45. Woo-hoo! I'm glad I made it last night; it was just what I wanted when I got home. It made watching teacher buddies eat Chili's Carb / Sugar / White Flour atomic bombs no problem. I feel very superior! :lol:

Good for you for staying on plan. I fall back at the hospital cafeteria is always a burger (no bun) with bacon and onions, a slice of cheese and mushrooms if available. Good and filling

Tonight it is grilled pork chops and greenbeans

Greenbeans ..... steamed, sprinkled with olive oil, salt, pepper and parmesan cheese (or other flavourful cheese)

Serious meal today: bacon and cube steak, side of high fat yoghurt

Less hefty meal: bacon and cabbage soup in beef broth

Dessert: 1 T. blueberries and 1/2 c. half and half

Pork Tenderloin Barbecue!
 

I'm very excited about my dinner tonight:

Pork tenderloin marinated in Scott's barbecue sauce and fresh garlic

Red Cabbage Cole Slaw (Atkin's for Life):

1 head of red cabbage, cored and sliced thinly
Whisk together 3/4 c. mayonnaise, 1/2 c. sour cream, 1 tsp. celery seed, 2 T. cider vinegar, 2 pkgs. Splenda, 1 tsp. salt (if desired). In a large bowl, combine the cabbage and the dressing. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 min. to blend flavors.

This makes A LOT of cole slaw, but it's really yummy. I'll take some to school this week to go with my lunches.

Sounds lovely. Will need to try this.

Not too ambitious...
 

Not at all ambitious about dinner tonight...I have 3 or 4 thin slices of pastrami I'm going to top with crisp bacon strips and Monterey Jack cheese...more sodium than I need, but I want something really tasty and really salty! This should be just the thing.

And I'm exhausted. Going back to school and dealing with teenagers all day is very tiring...even when you really like them and missed them over the summer. :dizzy:

power food
 

Saurkraut, with corned beef shredded on it, covered with swiss cheese.
a reuben melt without the bread.
yum

- oven fried chicken wings with ranch sour cream
- greek salad w. cucumbers, green peppers, black olives, balsamic vinagrette, feta cheese & oregano

Lazy supper ..... sliced zucchini, cucumbers and tomatoes with blue cheese dip.

YO Sandy!!....I came over to visit and check on you! I will hopefully get and post wedding photos for you soon after the wedding. Hope school is going well.

And Cher....I remember you! Glad you're back here. I reached goal and even went past it (mainly due to dental surgery.
deena :hug:

Yay! :broc: but sorry 'bout the dental surgery :wave:

After work with the Ladies
 

My best teacher buddies and I met after school at a favorite crab shack on the water...excellent! I ordered a grilled scallop sandwich - no bun and had water with lots of lemon and two fried oysters.

I LOVE fried oysters, so I deliberately ordered the scallops and two fried oysters (for which they charged me $1.00 - no problem). I really wanted about a dozen, but decided to take a smarter path and eat scallops and limit my treat to two. And they were AWESOME.

About 8:30, I got hungry again and ate 2 pieces of chicken barbecued in Scott's sauce. Yummy.

OMG... that sounds great. So, sauerkraut is low carb??

Great idea!
 

You ladies always give me great dinner ideas, Thanks alot!

Nice thread!

Tonight will be roasted chicken with zuchinni (etouffé if I can find a good recipe). Maybe some tzasiki salad too (if I don't have that at lunch). Dessert of strawberries and cream.

Last night was a big salad with fresh lettuce, zucchini, bell pepper, avocado, tomatoe, olives and a light dill dressing ....

lunch is a stirfry

Steak tonight...
 

Dinner tonight is steak pan-fried with fresh garlic, asparagus sauteed in olive oil and my neighbor's fresh sliced tomatoes! YUM!

Thanks for the great menu ideas, everyone.

a huge honkin' plate of lettuce salad with chicken breast strips, bacon, sauteed onion, and ranch dressing

SF/FF jelly for dessert

Dinner sounds perfect...
 

Easy and delicious! I never thought of putting sauteed onions on my salads...good idea.

Tonight, I'm finishing up the pan-fried steak and having sliced tomato, sauteed red peppers and onions. Maybe top the veggies with a dollop of sour cream.

I'm glad dinner's easy. My kitchen's wrecked. I made 6 cups of coffee this morning, pre-set to be ready at when I get up. OOOPS...the coffee pot was in the dishwasher. I woke up to coffee EVERYWHERE...no time to clean it all up - 2 kitchen drawers with silverware and cooking utensils full of coffee. Noooooo!!! I have to finish cleaning up tonight.

I was so freaked out I couldn't make my lunch. I packed an instant breakfast, slices of ham and sf-ff jello for lunch. Weird.:coffee2:

Chicken Salad and Cheese Crisps
 

Chicken Salad tonight and Cheese Crisps:

Rotisserie chicken, mayonnaise, sour cream, green onions. Two or three of Linda's Low Carb cheese crisps give you that "crackers" crunch and a sliced fresh tomato. :dizzy:


http://genaw.com/lowcarb/cheese_crisp.html

Almost a Cheeseburger...
 

Friday night: EXHAUSTED from my first full week of school with students. YIKES!

Hamburger patty, pan grilled with sauteed onions and red peppers, topped with a little mayonnaise, jack cheese, and red onion. (Pretend cheeseburger)

I made a yummy snack to take to school this week. Ham salad scooped with pork rinds. Slices of deli ham chopped very fine in the food processor and mixed with mayonnaise and grainy mustard. It made a very satisfying, quick take-along lunch.

I also used some as an after-school snack. Sometimes I come in starving and want a quick bite. This did the trick.

Any idea what to do with a package of pork cutlets that I have thawing??

Marinate and grill?
 

How about marinating them in soy sauce or teriyaki sauce and some fresh chopped garlic and grilling them outside?

Or treat them as if they're chicken and make "pork marsala"? (Just skip the flour) The wine will cook off, no worries.

Maybe check Linda's Low Carb site for ideas too.

Cheeseburger Meatloaf
 

This is what I think I'm making for dinner. The recipe is adapted from Paula Deen's recipe for Cheeseburger Meatloaf. I think I'll have broccoli or a spinach salad with it. :dizzy:


Ingredients

• 1 lb ground chuck
• 10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 (8 ounce) package sharp Cheddar, grated
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup diced tomatoes or petite canned tomatoes, well drained
• 2 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 1/2 c. sweet onion, sauteed in butter until carmelized

How to make it

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the ground chuck and next 8 ingredients, mixing well.
• In a small bowl, combine the onion and tomatoes (reserve a little onion)
• Stir 1/4 cup tomato mixture into meat mixture, reserving remaining onion/tomato mixture.
• Press meat mixture into a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan, or shape into a loaf and place on a rack in a broiler pan.
• Spread remaining onion/tomato mixture over loaf.
• Bake 40 minutes.
• Top with sauteed onions; bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink.

Sandyfanny -- That looks tasty! Let us know how it turns out :-)

Supper: Beef taco salad without the taco! Seasoned beef, sauteed onions & green peppers, ranch dressing, shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and salsa, all on top of lots and lots of lettuce!!! Yum :D

Dessert: SF/FF lime jello w. fresh whipped cream

Taco Salad...Yum!
 

Cher, that sounds delicious! I'm having that one night this week.

Tonight: shredded Barbecue Pork, Atkins' Red Cabbage Cole Slaw. Hungry Girl cheesecake (adapted for Atkins) for dessert! YES!:dizzy:

I made a big pot of Greenbeans and Ham.