Dieting Plans

Low Carb Diet and Atkins Recipes

2/08/2013

Antipasto Skewers

  • Course:               Lunch
  • Preparation time: 25 Minutes
  • Cooking time:     5 Minutes
  • Quantity:             8 Persons

  • Preparation instructions 
    Soak bamboo skewers in water for 15 mins. Wrap slice of proscuitto round each pepper and thread each skewer with 1 olive, 1 tomato, 1 courgette cube, 1 proscuitto wrapped pepper, 1 mushroom, 1 salami cube, 1 olive & 1 tomato; in that order. Place the skewers in shallow baking dish. In a small bowl, mix oil, lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper. Pour over skewers and turn to coat them all over. Preheat the grill and grill until the vegetables are tender, about 4-5 mins.
     

Ancho Macho Chili

  • Course                :Dinner
  • Preparation time: 10 Minutes
  • Cooking time:      2 Minutes
  • Quantity:             10 Persons
          Preparation instructions
  • 1. Heat oven to 160 Celsius. Toss beef with salt and pepper. Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil in a Dutch over over high heat. Add one-third of the beef and brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. 2. Transfer to a bowl and repeat two more times with beef and oil. Add the last 1 1/2 teaspoons oil to Dutch over and cook onion until lightly browned. 3. Stir in chile powder, tomatoes, wine and garlic; bring to a simmer. Return beef and accumulated juices to Dutch over. Cover and bake 2 1/2 hours, stirring once halfway through cooking time, until beef is very tender.