Dinner today: bacon with a smidgen of onions and fried 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)

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!)

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.

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!

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

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.