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This week's menu features a simple fish dish, a cooked vegetable, and a side salad. Notice the variety of colors (white fish sprinkled with green parsley and red paprika), yellow waxed beans, and a dark green spinach salad with splashes of red and orange. Imagine what this meal would look like if mashed cauliflower were substituted for the waxed beans and coleslaw were substituted for the spinach salad. While all the dishes might taste good, the lack of color would be so boring that your eyes would cross. And I can guarantee that your kids wouldn't eat it. Never underestimate the visual aspects of the meals you prepare!

Low carb pancakes with Carbquick Low-Carb Baking Mix recipe video. CarbQuik pancakes are a great substitute for your Low-Carb lifestyle. You're not going to want to have Low-Carb pancakes every morning but when you do want a special Low-Carb breakfast, CarbQuik is your answer.

Barbara from Texas is 36, and has been following the Atkins program since August of 2000, She has also read Protein Power, using it to figure out lean body mass, among other things, and she thinks that both Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution and Protein Power are great programs.