Atkins for Life Low-Carb Cookbook: More than 250 Recipes for Every Occasion

by Veronica Atkins, Robert C. Atkins, Stephanie Nathanson

"Controlling carbs works in virtually every situation, when you're having dinner with the family or hosting a dinner party, when you're in a hurry or spending the day creating delicacies in your kitchen. If you like to take shortcuts or you enjoy starting from scratch, if you mostly tinker in the kitchen on the weekends or cook every day, here are the recipes that suit your lifestyle."
- Veronica Atkins

Atkins for Life took the nation by storm, proving that doing Atkins is not a "fad" - it's a healthy and satisfying way of eating that you can follow for a lifetime. With multiple weeks at the top of the New York Times bestseller list, Atkins for Life whet the appetites of millions of new and established Atkins followers, and had them clamoring for even more great-tasting recipes that complement the low-carb lifestyle. Enter Atkins for Life Low-Carb Cookbook . Whether you're an Atkins devotee or you're just beginning to explore the benefits of controlling carbs, this all-purpose cookbook has the solutions you need to cook and eat appropriately - and enjoyably every day, at every meal, whether you're feeding your family, throwing a sit-down dinner party, or just looking for a healthy between-meal snack!

This invaluable book makes low-carb cooking easier than ever before. Illustrated with more than 80 full-color photographs, it includes 250 recipes for sumptuous dishes such as Pan-Seared Steak with Mustard Sauce, Clementine-Glazed Duck Breast, Ginger Ice Cream with Caramelized Pears, and more! There are also a slew of home-style favorites you may not have thought you could enjoy on Atkins, including Pork Stew with Hominy and Collards, Mini Meatballs and Spaghetti, Mexican Chicken Wrap, and Creamy Lemon Bars.

Although many of these recipes are tailored to fit the Pre-Maintenance and Lifetime Maintenance phases of Atkins, more than half of them are also appropriate for the Induction and Ongoing Weight Loss plan. Inside you'll find:
* More than 100 tips and sidebars including: Nuts About Nuts, Smart Snacks and Sides, and Spotlight on Ginger
* Complete nutritional information for every recipe, including Net Carbs and suitable Atkins phases
* Helpful ideas for choosing the highest-quality foods and avoiding those full of hidden sugars or dangerous added trans fats
* Countless bits of wisdom to simplify cooking and preparation, plus important low-carb cooking techniques

The wide range of recipes fills the bill for:
* Speedy weeknight suppers in under 30 minutes
* Budget and vegetarian options
* Family-friendly fare for healthy eating at any age
* Outdoor grilling and barbecuing
* Snacks and bag lunches
* Luscious desserts to satisfy a sweet tooth - all without sugar
* Special-occasion and party menus, including: Thanksgiving, New Year's, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and more!

Now you don't have to give up your favorite dishes to control your carbs - you can simply make them the Atkins way.

Genres: Cookbooks, Health, Cooking

384 pages, Hardcover

First published October 26, 2004

Reviews

[Gabby · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I am reading through the recipes, I find the bulk of them are for maintaining your weight. Not as many for people just starting out. I have been able to get a lot of information from the book though. There are four levels, I am on step one at the moment.

There are a lot of good recipes for my future self!

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it, lots of good recipes.

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't get me wrong: I love Atkins. But I don't know what they were thinking when they put this cookbook together. Oh wait, I do know: they were thinking that total carb count is all that matters. Anyone who really understands low carb knows that it isn't just the total number of carbs you consume: where those carbs come from matters at least as much. So I was surprised to see recipes in this book calling for ingredients most low carbers wouldn't dream of touching on a regular basis. There also seemed to be an over-reliance on Atkins products, and overall, it looked too much like someone took a regular cookbook and just substituted artificial sweeteners for sugar and Atkins bake mix for flour and thought the recipes would fly. Not only did I make the decision not to buy this book, I didn't even like it enough to check it out of the library after reading through it. I hope the next Atkins book is closer to the mark. (from my Amazon.com review)

[Elizabeth]

I don't actually know much about the Atkins Diet except that it's very pro-protein and anti-carbs, making its cookbooks possibly a good match for the s/low carb diets we're trying at the moment. I picked this up at the library along with 500 Low-Carb Recipes: 500 Recipes from Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love in hopes of getting ideas for meals that we'd actually enjoy preparing and eating.

My biggest complaint about this book - as is often the case with books that tie into a specific product or plan - is the heavy reliance on Atkins products. I'm not interested in seeking out Atkins Quick Quisine Deluxe Blueberry Muffin & Bread Mix.

[Kellea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone knows about The Atkins Diet, but after the founder, Dr. Robert Atkins passed away in 2003, his wife Veronica Atkins, kept the spirit of one of the most successful diets going and wrote Atkins For Life: low-carb cookbook in 2004, as a companion to the Atkins for Life book by Dr. Robert Atkins. As a person who is currently exploring different diet plans, I, like everyone else, have always known about Atkins, but this is the first time I have actually picked up an Atkins book and I love it! The photos are vivid and easy to assemble. The recipe I tried was the Stir-Fried Ginger-Garlic Greens on page 31 (and I added chicken). It was delicious. I'm definitely an Atkins convert and I intend to adapt a more purposeful low-carb diet.

[Allison Severson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only found a few recipes to try from this book. Many of the others called for ingredients I hadn't heard of (mesclum greens, to name one), low carb chips and bread, or Atkins ingredients (Atkins pancake mix).

The recipes I saved to make were: Waldorf salad in apple bowls, Apricot-glazed pork with carrots, Asparagus, pepper, and goat cheese frittata, pumpkin pecan cheesecake, and Iceberg wedges with blue cheese dressing.

I did enjoy reading the preface, and her sections by holiday (including Oscar night) were fun to flip through.

[Melvie · Rating 3 out of 5]

If only Dr Robert Atkins had asked his wife to help write his first book! (I don't know if they were married then...) This is a simple, clear, easily understandable read. Even someone very unfamiliar with the Atkins diet idea would find this easy to follow. Plus, the range of ideas is extraordinary: vegetarian, cooking for kids, cooking on a budget, cooking for special occasions, slow cooker meals, and much more. Very impressive for what could have been a very narrowly-focused book.

[Madam Claire of Whistley Woo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has some good recipes in here whether you are on a low-carb diet or not.

[Renee · Rating 2 out of 5]

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