Atkins Diet Recipes: Low Carb Chicken Alfredo
In this video, I demonstrate that good Italian is indeed possible on Atkins or a low carb diet. The unique ingredient in this Low Carb Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is the cream cheese in the sauce. As I mentioned in the video, there are lots of different options for to place the sauce on: — Spaghetti Squash (demonstrated in the video) — Dreamfield Pasta www.amazon.com — or one of my favorite, Riced Cauliflower. INGREDIENTS (Nutrition) * 1/2 cup butter * 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (low fat acceptable) * 1 teaspoons garlic powder * 1 clove garlic * 1 cup heavy cream * 1/2 cup water * 1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese * 3 ounces shredded Parmesan cheese * 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper DIRECTIONS 1. Quarter the Spaghetti Squash, and place in pot to cook for 20 minutes. 2. Fry chicken breast in olive oil, season with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning 3. Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic powder, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Add water. Add cream, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Stir in Parmesan and pepper. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. Sauce will thicken rapidly, thin with additional cream if cooked too long. 4. Cook Broccoli. 5. Cut up chicken breasts and combine with broccoli and alfredo sauce. Serves 8+ people. Nutrition Facts: (based upon 
Calories 470, 38g Fat, 3.7g Total Carbs (.8g Fiber), 28g Protein
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this sounds delicious.
Ah ha! There’s the arrow and there are the notes. Thanks for the quick response. And, thanks for the delicious recipe. I’ll be trying that soon!
@gdcleanfun Click the down arrow underneath the 360p or 480p on the video player. That should expand the video description to show the ingredients as well as the nutrition information.
The Alfredo sauce looks really yummy. Where do I find the show notes so I can print out the recipe? Thanks.
Another option to the pasta is you can get a canned bamboo shoot that is shredded very similar to the way spaghetti squash comes out. It is actually VERY close in taste and instead of having like 8 net carbs with half being sugar it has like 1 or so with none being sugar. I get it at a local Asian Market. Very good. Great videos by the way! Giving me some great ideas on foods to eat when splurging a little.
@raven1234 The pasta in this video was spaghetti squash which is allowed on all phases of the diet. I did refer to Dreamfield’s pasta for those near maintenance phase, but that is lower carb pasta (they claim under 5g per serving, but I don’t necessarily believe them). All the photos are of spaghetti squash though.
How about the pasta?? the pasta is carb
@oliviaolas Absolutely… That was my reaction. If I could eat this well and still lose 211 pounds, why would I want to do anything else.
OMG !!!!!! This is low carb?! I could totally do atkins and eat food like this…look delish. I have to lose weight fast!
@bowulf ok thanks
@mermer3m You can certainly try them. I would suggest washing thoroughly and cooking them in the final product to mask or give flavor. Some people swear by them, but I am not much of a seafood eater either.
@bowulf oh really
i haven’t tried them yet I thought they weren’t supposed to have any taste.
@mermer3m You could after Induction… I have tried Shirataki (konjac flour) and Tofu noodles in the past, but I am not a big fan of the taste.
how about tofu pasta thats just a protein
this looks delicious!
@Markofitch Great, happy you do marathons… Enjoy your fluctuating diet. As for my running marathons, it has everything to do with eating fat. The best marathoners in the world are the ones who can fuel their runs with both macronutrients and manage the glycogen depletion. I simply have eliminated the problem at mile 0 than mile 20 like most marathoners.
Farewell.
@bowulf ha ha i f i am a gaunt what are you? the gauntest of them all??? i wonder ….i do marathons as well , and it has nothing to do with eating fat …..look it up…..
@bowulf Eventually it will wear down and stop altogether.
One final thing I am about a long term way of eating too. Not a cyclical eating style for some competition or looks. I am looking for permanent results with a permanent way of eating.
If you want a short term results to make yourself feel good or look good short term, do whatever you want. Good luck!
@Markofitch Eating or not eating butter has nothing to do with getting cut. Getting down to below 10% body fat is more about fueling the body and then using the fuel in exercise. Butter doesn’t detract from that goal. If your sole goal is to drop all the fat in temporary phase, then sure eat extremely low Calories, and you get gaunt.
I wouldn’t count on energy for fueling great workouts or running marathons like I do.
The body can only cannibalize itself for so long.
@Markofitch…if you really want to be in great shape with at least 10 % body fat you need to get cut, i could be slim eating bread and fats as well… but not for the results i am seeking ….since it would not help me at all….farewell
fat is important , but good types of fat, if you are cooking with a lot of fat , then you are still storing some besides the fact you are loosing weight, , i dont need to loose weight, i m fine like i am , i am in a cutting or shreding face, and fats and carbs are not good in my case.
@bowulf@bowulf i wont keep arguing, but i have reduced butter to the spray non stick butter flavor and i ve seen much more difference, i searched the kimkims thing didnt say nothing about butter…you keep doing your thing…i will mine
@Markofitch Yes, I lost weight due to the butter, the wings, the sausage and all the rest of my high fat diet. In fact, I lost 211 pounds eating those high fat foods. You can find my Atkins Diet success story here on Youtube. Limiting the butter or the fat on a low carb diet only leads negative consequences. If you want to see the results of a low fat, low carb diet (which essentially becomes a really low Calorie Diet) and what can happen to its followers, google “Kimkins followers.”
@Markofitch i understand, but you havent lost the weight cause of the butter right?
@Markofitch You are missing the point of a ketogenic (high-fat) diet. The whole point is you are fueling yourself with fat. FYI – The correct amounts for a 1tbs of butter is 11g and 7g of saturated fats.
As to the saturated fats point of your post, the danger of saturated fats is greatly over-blown. My cholesterol and every single heart risk factor has dropped significantly for me since starting an Atkins diet, and this has also been demonstrated in scientific studies as well.
I cannot believe that you claim this to be low carb! Read Atkins New Diet Revolution to CURE your diabetes!
This is not low carb. Might as well have the regular chips. lol
10g carbs for a piece! That is a lot! You can wrap your asparagus in bacon and bake! Delicious but way less carbs. Not even 1 carb per piece!
what a dumb ass black fatty.
“can you eat less and save carbs?”
what a fuckin idiot.
this is anything, but low carb!!!!!!
2 sheets of phylo is 190 calories,39g carbs,fibre 1g and 1g of sugar
what is the carb count in phylo?
pita chips and dough are not low in carbs :p
Low carbs way to go-
Glycemic Index is based on faulty science. The basic chemistry they used in determining GI is not correct. Please see-
GLYCEMIC INDEX- why it does not worK ?
Just copy and paste into SEARCH box.
Glycemic Load is based on DIRECT measurement of the glycemic response to a known weight of test food. No calculation or estimation of GI from apparent weight of contained CARBOHYDRATE is needed. Although the GI Researchers can’t or don’t want to understand this, it is a fact