First off just want to say Hi

I have been reading a bit about the Atkins Diet,and a lot of the recipes i see are a bit whoosh over my head,

Please dont laugh, but is it possible to buy straight from supermarkets ready made low carb meals that i can just throw in the microwave or the oven,

Reason i ask is im a MAN im hopeless at making meals from scratch,

I read up on a guy who went on the atkins diet and he said like what i thought that you can just eat meat and nothing else but apparently you cant,so any insight would be appreciated.

thanks

Welcome to the forum

Though as far as I know we canot buy ready to heat/eat lowcarb meals in UK, if you check labels you might find some that fit the allowed foods list for Atkins induction.

Otherwise you don't really need to be a chef to cook lowcarb meals.

Anyone can open a pack of mixed salad leaves, cut up a few radishes or red peppers and lay them on a plate with some oil/vinegar dressing or mayo (read labels to find one without sugar).

Or put a pile of frozen brocolli, cabbage or brussels sprouts into the microwave and zap for a few minutes.

You can even buy ready prepared veg like cauliflower, green beans, cabbage, onions etc to boil, oven bake or sautee in butter.

Men usually feel they can grill/barbeque most meats better than their other halves from what I have seen, so no problems there I imagine.

If time is a factor then buy a slowcooker and just throw meat/veg in it with a little water and spices and turn it on in the morning so you can arrive home to a house filled with the aroma of a deliciously tender roast/casserole dish.

Buy an egg cooker to allow you to cook 6 or more eggs at a time so you can have hardboiled ones available at any time to toss into a salad or mash up the yolks with some mayo/mustard/chilli flakes for devilled egg snacks.

Check the list of ingredients of precooked roasted chickens to use for salads or heat up in the microwave or oven, or to cook with curry paste (again check labels for sugar/starches in ingredients) and serve over cooked cauliflower, green beans etc.

If you have a conventional oven just wrap any raw meat/fish in a foil parcel with butter/spices/veg and seal tightly and throw in the oven to cook - no mess to clean up - and a moist succulent meal in half an hour or so depending on size.

You could at the same time put some veggies coated with oil in a baking dish and roast them.

Just choose meats and veggies you like and have a play - who knows, you might discover you are the next Jamie Oliver!!

And I don't know old you are, but most of us women love a guy who can cook!!

Thank you for you replys really helpful