Atkins Recipes, Menus, and Meal Plans

The basis of the Atkins diet plan is very low levels of carbohydrates. Depending on your current eating patterns, this formula can be challenging when it comes to meal planning. Most of us use carbohydrates as the basis for our meals.

The good thing is, there are many low-carb snack foods and supplements around - not all of us like to eat 3 square meals a day, and snacking (or grazing) is often a healthier way to eat.

Atkins Recipes

• Without doubt, Dr Robert Atkins book - Atkins for Life, is the best place to go for Atkins meal plans, recipes, and other nutritional information. The latest edition has 6 months of Atkins menu plans and 125 recipes.
• Download - Linda McCune's Low Carb Recipe e-book is chock full of low carb recipes (127 pages). It is currently priced at $19 and can be downloaded instantly.
• Download - 1300+ Low Carb Motivational Recipes
• Books - Also worth looking at is the Low Carb Cookbook (250 low carb recipes), and the well-known Laurie's Low Carb Cookbook.

Official Atkins Diet Food

Atkins branded diet foods and supplements can be sourced at wholesale (33%-40% discount)

Or get Atkins diet food (at drugstore.com) with shipping which also includes Atkins supplements, Atkins bars, and the Endulge candy bars. Note that there are a number of brands (Carb-Lite, Carbsense etc etc) that market low-carb foods.

Atkins Meal Plans

One of the best books is Low-Carb Meals in Minutes by Linda Gassenheimer. This has a 14 day meal plan as well as some good low carb recipes. Also take a look at the 'sequel' More Low-Carb Meals in Minutes: A Three-Stage Plan to Keeping It Off. Really cookbooks are still the best way to go.

For the best value for money, join the eDiets recipe club and/or the Atkins on-line program (which comes supplied with full meal plans).