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Mix all the ingredients together. Drop them on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Yummy patchlings are ready to serve.

The Atkins diet plan works very well when it is a question of your health. But beware, it may not bother much about the expense part that is to say you may be required to spend more. For gaining something you have to loose something. For example to reduce the intake of Carbohydrate you have to increase the intake of some thing else. You spend on meat which is very expensive. However let us see whether we can reduce the cost to whatever possible extent without diluting on the benefits of the plan.

The first advice is do not be meticulously following the recipes books. They are correct as far as the effect of dieting is concerned but you may end up spending more money. What you are required to do is to substitute those costly recipes with simpler methods. You are running a commercial restaurant and therefore need not use those costly ingredients to attract the customers. There are recipes that fall within the cost parameters of the ordinary individuals like me and you but still give the same effect.

The second method of reducing the cost is to use economic quantities-that is to say buy in bulk so that you get quantity discounts to reduce your cost. Store them in your freezer in small packets of the desired sizes easy to handle. Follow cooking the same type of food in the styles of various places so as to get some variety without changing the basic materials but just by changing the ingredients so as to get different tastes.

It is better to go in for cheaper materials you can get less tender meat at a reduced rate and you can tenderize with a slow cooker.

You can look for less costly substitutes to reduce your bill. Instead of meats you can try on eggs, tofu and the likes. They are dirt cheap but at the same time are in proteins. Fruit nuts can also be added to this list but check on the prices. If it fallas within your budget you can try that as well.

While you are on Atkins plans you cannot ignore salads. But chopped and bagged
Vegetables would be very costly so go in for different types of lettuce and use a salad spinner.

Another method is to go in for items on sale provided those items fit into your diet plan. Instead of meat beef happens to be on sale go in for that. When meat gets on sale you can go for that. Ensure not to buy anything that does not fall within the requirements of the diet plan.

Do not buy any item of the so-called low carbohydrate items which contain lot of unwanted chemicals. Avoid them as they may contain hidden carbohydrates and such packed food items are generally very expensive. You can do well to avoid such items.

Last but not the least planning your purchases is very essential to reduce your costs without sacrificing on the effects of the Atkins diet plan. Before entering the grocery shop be prepared with your homework to reap the best benefit on the cost front.

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Mix all the ingredients together and cook until all it tender. Serve the hot erman sauerkraut.

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Add meats and other ingredients. Cook until the meats are brown and tender. Serve the mouth watering krautrunza.

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Cook sausage, potatoes and onion until it is cooked. Mix soup, sugar and sauerkraut to it. Cook until all ingredients blended well. Mix them with other ingredients and garnish with cheese. Tasty polish sausage stew is ready to serve.

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Take a saucepan, cook rhubarb with 1 cup of water. Boil until fruit is soft. Add 1 package of jello to it and stir well to dissolve it. After dissolving jello add cup cold water. Mix well and pour into individual dishes or a 1 quart casserole. Cool them until it is set. Serve the chilled rhubarb or cranberry jello. Cranberries can also be used instead of rhubarb.

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Mix all the ingredients together in blender except jicama. Fold in jicama and pour into crust lined 10 inch pie pan. Bake them at 350 degrees for about 40 to 45 minutes. Delicious coconut custard pie is ready to serve.

Though sweet potatoes are am American institution at the holiday table it is not everyone that likes it. It is a vegetable with cloying sweetness and there is something wrong even when it I covered with marsh mallows. I avoid this dish as a plague when I was a child after tasting it first.

As an adult I observe that many agree with me in spite of the apparent popularity of this side dish. However there is a sweet potato recipe if you dislike this nutritious vegetable. People who have tasted this orange vegetable recipe prepared as usual have given rave reviews about this delightful variation. This sweet potato recipe strikes the liner as a gourmet upscale take on the plain dish.

Orange juice and orange zest are two additional secret ingredients though the basic preparation is similar to the traditional sweet potato recipe.

As usual mash and cook sweet potatoes smoothly. Add one cup of orange juice and a table spoon of orange zest for serving eight people after the mashing is over. Mix thoroughly, add marsh mallows and pop it in the oven for the usual time when the result will be delicious.

Orange juice should be fresh squeezed not the pulp variety sold in the carton. A significant gourmet taste is added on to the sweet potato recipe thus. If you use frozen orange juice dont dilute it as per the directions given. Peel your zest from the orange freshly for the best taste. Only the zest should e used not the white pith of the skin which will give a bitter taste to the finished dish.

In another variation sweet potato recipe uses a tea spoon full of freshly grated ginger thrown into a mix along with orange juice and zest. This makes it more piquant and mysterious. This addition transforms the recipe completely. The taste transcends a bare sweet potato flavor, which is the aim of one like myself.

When you plan a holiday menu next time give a try to this sweet potato recipe. You may give it a new name also. Sweet potato a la orange with more imagination.

You are introducing yourself to a new world of eating when you start with the Atkins diet, and it is more evident when you are in a supermarket and foods like macaroni, cheese, pasta and bread are not included in your shopping list and feel totally strange when you are shopping first time. But in the long run and practice you feel as easy as you used to when you shopped with the previous lists of things.

Your actual shopping begins when you look out for help from the internet and Atkins books. A list of the recipes for the week deciding each meal, is to be prepared before you reach the store and be sure to buy low-carb snacks for the break time between the meals

Also keep in mind the changes to be made in the meals for the other members in your family as it is not an easy task to prepare two different meals for you and others always. So the best way is to prepare a main meat dish for the meal for the whole family and add with a side dish of carbohydrate for the others. Like if you plan to eat meatloaf you can make an addition of half a potato for the other members.

So, when the plan for the whole week is chalked off you visit the store and purchase your protein foods first, although it may sound easy and makes you feel that it is not going to create a difference, it will surely and once the basket is filled with the acceptable foods you will not find space for more.

Have a good idea of where meat can be purchased in family sized packs to avoid spending more and buy them in large quantities as they can also be cooked fully so that it is available readily when you require it. Foods like ground beef, chicken pieces, small steaks and also seafood can be purchased in lot.

If you can resist Cheese, it can also be taken in bulk like large bricks, but be sure to go through the labels before you pick them up. But be careful to have some fiber diet (salad or raw vegetables) too along with cheese. A quick snack between meals is to have large blocks of your favorite cheeses.

It is a good idea to keep walking on the outer edges of the store as they have the fresh foods, if you recollect the grocery shop in your neighborhood the deli, the meat are mostly on the sides of the store and the packaged items in the passage and this is a very important aspect if you are in the beginning phase of the Atkins diet as in the induction phase you have to avoid all packaged foods even if they are the low carb ones. You can try with the low-carb foods when you start adding more carbohydrate grams to your limit each day.

The next important aspect is to inspect the labels clearly as it may have hidden sugars though it states low carb. It is better to have a good research work done at the store to avoid carrying home foods that may lead to weight gain.

It takes some time to get used to Atkins diet as you will going through the sections of the shop with which you are not acquainted and buying stuffs that you have never tried or cooked earlier. But slowly with good planning and commitment your shopping becomes easy and especially if you have a prepared list in hand and shop on the outer aisles of the store you will find that you have become a skilled low carb shopper.

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Fry onions, garlic, mushrooms, carrots and peppers until it is soft. Add tomatoes, parsley, basil, oregano, chilli powder, rosemary and pepper to it. Cook on low flame for about 15 minutes. Mix the 3 cheeses together. Starting with sauce, Layer them with 8 cooked lasagne noodles and cheese in an 8×12 inch casserole. Bake them at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes. Tasty lasagne is ready to serve. Makes about 4 servings.