Low Carb Chicken Recipes
While the main focus of Truth About Abs isn't a low-carb diet, I Mike makes several great arguments for why low-carb is the best way to eat. Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that low carb is actually a very easy way of eating to follow long-term; it's unlike any other diet out there in that calories hardly matter, and fat is your friend! When you're just starting out, though, it can be a little tough; especially if you're used to cakes, cookies, and loads of other sweet-tooth-tempting items.
Dieting is never really a joy, but if you can find a diet and lifestyle plan that you find to be easier than most for you, you are more likely to stick with it and have a healthier life. Some diets are so restrictive that on one can not stay on them for very long, and others have a wide array of options that keep things interesting, tasty, and easy to stick with in the long run. Many people, myself included, love low carb diets and find they work well for them. This is generally because you get to eat rich, tasty, satisfying food, and are generally allowed much larger portions (and certainly many more calories) than on low-fat or low-calorie diets. If you are doing the low carb thing, finding some low carb chicken recipes will help keep things fresh and tasty.
The best thing about a low carb diet is that you can have loads of variety as long as you take some time to come up with new things. Chicken is always great, but you can get bored with it really fast if you do not find some new ways to prepare it. You can find some great low carb chicken recipes, but you can also easily come up with some on your own. You can also find great websites and also cook books that have low carb options that you can use as-is, or that you can tweak on your own. If you have been doing low carb for a while, you undoubtedly already have the tools that you need.
Fat is not off limits in a low carb diet, in fact, it is encouraged, as long as you are eating healthy fats. The fat in chicken is not always good for you, but you can still have the skin on your chicken if you wish. Instead of going for the no-skin, bone out breast for your low carb chicken recipes, think about using other parts of the bird, or the entire bird for that matter. A simple salt and pepper chicken with the skin on is actually really good and fits right in with a low carb eating plan. Add garlic to it when baking, or any other herbs or spices that you like. Thighs are generally the juiciest, tastiest part of the bird, and as a bonus, they're generally much less expensive than breast meat. Make sure to try thigh meat in some of your recipes!
You can come up with your own low carb BBQ sauce. Though most of the ones you buy in the store are no-nos on a low carb plan, there are some you can make at home. The trick is to leave out the sugar. There is more sugar in most BBQ sauces that you may realize. Look around online or in a cookbook for a sauce that you can make with the sugar substitute of your choice. They may not be the same as the sauces that you are use to having, but you may find that you like them just as much. You can now add some BBQ low carb chicken recipes to your menu plan.
You can also use chicken that you have baked and seasoned with low carb safe ideas. Make a batch of yummy seasoned chicken breast to keep in your refrigerator. You can then cut it up when you need it to add it to a salad. You can make a nice plate of fajitas (using either low carb tortillas, or cabbage leaves as wraps of course :), or a fajita salad using the breast rather than hamburger.
There are many great ways that you can use all parts of the bird for low carb chicken recipes that you are going to love, and that those not on you eating plan can enjoy just as much as you do. Exploring all these options, and making friends with an online recipe site, will help you immensely as you work your way to a slender new you with the Truth About Abs program!
