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Atkins Diet Meals

LC Slow Cooker Taco Soup

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I made Taco Salad for the Meat Eaters and made this warming Taco Soup with the leftover Taco Beef mixture. It was ridiculously easy to make too! Throw everything in the slow cooker, put the lid on and walk away for 6 – 8 hours! Done deal! I wish making dinner could be this easy every night of the week!
This was very different from the Taco Soup that I normally make loaded with Kidney Beans, Black Beans and Corn Kernels.

Low Carb Taco Soup
Deliciously Spicy Taco Soup

450g  Taco Beef
1 each, diced: Green, Red, Yellow Pepper
1 796 ml  can Diced Tomatoes
1.1 litre (1 1/2 of the 796 ml tin) of Water
2 Mc Cormicks Beef Bouillon Cubes
1 teaspoon Chili Flakes
1 teaspoon ground Cumin
1 teaspoon Salt
Pepper, to taste

Toppings:
Cheddar Cheese, shredded
Sliced Black Olives
Sour Cream or Plain Greek Yogurt
Jalepenos, chopped

Combine all the ingredients in the Slow Cooker put the lid on.
Turn on LOW heat for 6 – 8 hours.

Top with toppings of your choice and serve with a Cheddar Cheese and Olive MIM.

 

Muffins in a Minute (MIMs)

Raspberry Carob MIM (Muffin in a Minute)

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My husband likes Savoury for Breakfast, not sweet and definitely not a combination of the two! On the weekends I prefer all the old standards: Pancakes with Maple Syrup, Crepes with Homemade Jams or Fresh Fruit, Waffles with Syrup…you see where I am going with this? Probably not the healthiest breakfasts going.

Ever since Luke started the Atkins diet in January I am trying to support him in every way I can which means I have stopped making all the old standby weekend breakfasts! This past week I discovered Muffin in a Minute, often referred to as MIMs. I found a basic recipe and have made a few variations: Cheddar Bacon, Black Forest, Cinnamon Spice and today combined chocolate flavour with raspberries. Yum!

Raspberry Carob MIM
A not too sweet MIM combining Carob and Raspberries.

1 teaspoon Butter, melted (0.15 ounce)
*1 Egg, slightly beaten
1/4 cup Almond Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Xylitol
Splash of Vanilla
2 teaspoons Carob or Cocoa Powder
1 ounce Raspberries, fresh or frozen

Lightly spray a 4″ Ramekin with vegetable oil spray.
In large measuring cup melt butter to just melted.
Add egg and stir to combine.
Stir in flour, sweetener, baking powder, vanilla, carob or cocoa powder.
Fold in berries.
Pour into prepared ramekin and microwave on HIGH for 1 -2 minutes depending on the strength of your machine.
Loosen from edges, turn out and enjoy.

Atkins Diet Meals, Muffins in a Minute (MIMs)

Cheddar Bacon MIM (Muffin in a Minute)

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A Sunday morning Breakfast Muffin alongside Bacon and Eggs.

Cheddar Bacon MIM
Cheddar Bacon MIM

1 teaspoon Butter, melted (I use a scale 0,15 ounce)
1 Egg, lightly beaten (1.75o ounce)
1/4 cup Flax Meal Flour or Almond Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
Pinch of Pepper
Dash of Chili Flakes
1 ounce Cheddar Cheese, shredded
1 strip Bacon, crumbled

Lightly spray a 4″ Ramekin with vegetable oil spray.
In large pyrex measuring cup melt butter to just barely melted (5 – 7 seconds) and stir in egg.
Add flour, baking powder, salt, pepper and chili flakes stirring until combined.
Stir in cheddar cheese and bacon.
Pour into prepared Ramekin.
Microwave on HIGH for 1 – 2 minutes depending on the strength of your oven.

Make it an Egg McMuffin:

Egg McMuffin
Egg McMuffin - Breakfast on the Go!